Richard Preston Carlisle is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association.
24 Facts About Rick Carlisle
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Rick Carlisle has previously served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.
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Rick Carlisle is one of only eleven people to win an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach.
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Rick Carlisle attended Lisbon Central High School, then spent a year at Worcester Academy.
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Rick Carlisle played two years of college basketball at the University of Maine from 1979 to 1981, before transferring to the University of Virginia.
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Rick Carlisle averaged 12.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game during his college career.
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Rick Carlisle then played for the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association under Bill Musselman.
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Rick Carlisle then signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks, where he played under coach Rick Pitino alongside emerging star Patrick Ewing.
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In 1989, Rick Carlisle played in five games with the New Jersey Nets under Bill Fitch.
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In 1994, Carlisle joined the assistant coaching staff with the Portland Trail Blazers under coach P J Carlesimo, where he spent three seasons.
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In 1997, Rick Carlisle joined the Indiana Pacers organization as an assistant coach under former teammate, Larry Bird.
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Bird stepped down as coach, and pushed for Rick Carlisle to be selected as his replacement, but Pacers team president Donnie Walsh gave the job to Isiah Thomas.
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Rick Carlisle's Pistons had just dispatched Brown's Philadelphia 76ers in the Conference Semifinals before being swept by the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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However, Rick Carlisle was still able to rally the Pacers to the NBA Playoffs that season.
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The Pacers offered to let Rick Carlisle stay on in the front office, but Rick Carlisle resigned that post on June 12,2007.
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On May 9,2008, Carlisle signed a four-year deal with Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks, replacing Avery Johnson.
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On May 15,2012, Carlisle agreed to a new four-year deal with the Mavericks.
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Rick Carlisle signed a new five-year deal on November 5,2015.
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Four days earlier, Carlisle recorded his 340th win as Mavericks coach, passing Don Nelson as the winningest coach in franchise history.
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On December 2,2017, Rick Carlisle recorded his 700th win in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
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On January 13,2021, Rick Carlisle recorded his 800th win in a game against the Charlotte Hornets.
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On June 17,2021, Carlisle stepped down as the Mavericks head coach with two years remaining on his contract.
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On June 24,2021, Rick Carlisle was hired as the head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
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Rick Carlisle is an avid pianist and private pilot, who as of September 2015 had logged nearly 200 hours flying his Cirrus SR22T single-engine light aircraft.