1. Terry Linn Stotts was born on November 25,1957 and is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is the top assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.
18 Facts About Terry Stotts
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Terry Stotts previously served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association from 2012 to 2021 before most recently spending an offseason as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association in 2023.
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Terry Stotts later got opportunities as a head coach for the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks, before helping the Dallas Mavericks win the 2011 NBA championship as an assistant coach.
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Terry Stotts was a member of the 1976 Indiana All-Star Team.
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Terry Stotts was a starter in all his four seasons with the University of Oklahoma Sooners basketball team and was an Academic All-American selection in his junior and senior seasons and an All-Big Eight Conference selection in his senior season.
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Terry Stotts began his professional playing career in Italy before joining George Karl's Continental Basketball Association team, the Montana Golden Nuggets, in the early 1980s.
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Terry Stotts was selected to the CBA All-Defensive First Team in 1983.
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Terry Stotts then returned to Europe for several seasons, playing in Spain and France.
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Terry Stotts then coached the CBA's Fort Wayne Fury for one season before rejoining Karl as part of his staff on the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA.
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Terry Stotts then moved with Karl to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1998.
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In 2002, Terry Stotts decided to part ways with Karl and joined the Atlanta Hawks as an assistant coach.
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Terry Stotts was promoted to head coach 27 games into the season after Lon Kruger was fired.
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In 2005, Terry Stotts became the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Terry Stotts guided them to the playoffs in his first season, but was fired towards the end of his second season on March 14,2007.
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Terry Stotts was hired as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks shortly after Rick Carlisle was hired as head coach in September 2008.
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On May 16,2016, Terry Stotts agreed to a contract extension with the Trail Blazers.
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Terry Stotts left the club with the second-most wins in franchise history with 402.
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On June 28,2023, Terry Stotts was hired by the Milwaukee Bucks as an assistant coach.