Bill Bayno
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Bill Bayno is an American
basketball
coach and former player. He was the head men's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University
from 2008 to 2009, resigning due to medical reasons. He was also the head coach of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team from 1995 through 2000.
, where he was an all-county, all-city and Daily News all-star selection in basketball at John S. Burke Catholic High School. His father, Joe Bayno, was head basketball coach at Burke. He graduated in 1980 and went on to play guard for the University of Massachusetts
under coaches Ray Wilson and Tom McLaughlin from 1980 to 1982.
He transferred to Sacred Heart University
where he helped the Pioneers to two Division II tournaments and earned selection as a Division II All-American. After graduating in 1985, Bayno was invited to rookie camp with the NBA
's New York Knicks
as a free agent, but did not make the team.
for the 1985-86 season. He was responsible for underclass recruiting and served as co-director of the Pirate Basketball School. Bayno then served during the 1986-87 season as a graduate assistant coach at Kansas under head coach Larry Brown
.
Bayno earned his first job as a full-time assistant coach at Baptist College, now known as Charleston Southern
. Working under head coach Gary Edwards, Bayno helped lead the Buccaneers to a 17-12 record, and the school was named the “surprise team in the country” for the 1987-88 season by Basketball Times.
Bayno moved on after the season, returning to UMass where he served as assistant coach from 1988 to 1995 under head coach John Calipari
. He played a key role in the team's rise to national prominence. During Bayno's tenure the Minutemen made five consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the 1995 regional finals. A year after his departure, UMass reached the Final Four
in 1996.
as the head men's coach at UNLV with an annual salary of $600,000. Bayno had a successful career there, with the Runnin' Rebels earning NCAA Tournament bids in 1998
and 2000
, and winning four conference championships. During his tenure, Bayno's UNLV teams logged a 94-65 record, making him the third-winningest coach in the school's history
In 1996-97, Bayno's second season at the helm, the Rebels went 22-10 and reached the third round of the 1997 NIT, which marked the program’s first postseason appearance since the 1992-93 season. The 22 wins more than doubled his first season’s win total and were the most at UNLV since 1991-92. Following the season, UNLV signed Bayno to a new five-year contract through the 2002-03 season.
However, in 2000 UNLV was subject to NCAA sanctions for recruiting violations. The penalties included a one-year team suspension from the 2000-01 postseason, and the basketball program was placed on probation for four years. The allegations focused on the 1996 and 1997 recruitment of Lamar Odom
, who the NCAA determined had received $5,400 in cash and improper benefits from David Chapman, a Las Vegas-area dentist and UNLV booster who was also a friend of Bayno. Odom was ultimately denied admission and went on to play for Rhode Island
for one year before jumping to the NBA.
Although the NCAA's report did not implicate Bayno, and he denied any involvement in or knowledge of the transgressions, he was nonetheless fired by UNLV on December 12, 2000. School officials cited a provision in his contract that stated he could be fired if he knew about any NCAA violations. The NCAA officially cleared Bayno of any wrongdoing, and he sued the university for money owed him for the balance of the '00-01 season and the final two years on his contract. He eventually received a $400,000 out-of-court settlement.
of the American Basketball Association, the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals of the Philippine Basketball Association
, and the Yakima Sun Kings of the Continental Basketball Association
, leading the Sun Kings to the CBA championship in 2003.
During his one-year stint in the Philippines, Bayno was fined a league-record $6,000 for his public allegations of game-fixing against the four teams that finished at the top of the PBA standings. All four teams shared common ownership.
In 2005, former Portland Trail Blazers
coach Maurice Cheeks
was fired by the team, and Tim Grgurich, who was then the Trail Blazers' assistant coach for player development, quit the team in protest. Interim Blazers head coach Kevin Pritchard
, whom Bayno had coached and mentored while at Kansas, hired Bayno for the position—the second time in Bayno's career that he had served as Grgurich's replacement.
Before the 2008-09 college basketball season, Bayno accepted the head coaching position at Loyola Marymount University
in Los Angeles
, California
. In January 2009, the Loyola Marymount University athletic department announced that Bayno had resigned from the program due to health issues, and would be replaced by interim coach Max Good
. In February 2009, Bayno rejoined the Trail Blazers as an assistant coach under Nate McMillan
.
On September 15, 2011, Bayno was reported to be hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves
under head coach Rick Adelman
.
United States
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basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach and former player. He was the head men's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
from 2008 to 2009, resigning due to medical reasons. He was also the head coach of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team from 1995 through 2000.
Early life and playing career
Bayno grew up in Goshen, New YorkGoshen (town), New York
Goshen is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 12,913 at the 2000 census.The Town of Goshen contains a village also called Goshen, the county seat of Orange County. The town is centrally located in the county....
, where he was an all-county, all-city and Daily News all-star selection in basketball at John S. Burke Catholic High School. His father, Joe Bayno, was head basketball coach at Burke. He graduated in 1980 and went on to play guard for the University of Massachusetts
UMass Minutemen
The UMass Minutemen are the athletic teams that represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst in NCAA Division I sports competition. The nickname is also applied to club teams that do not participate within the NCAA structure. Strictly speaking, the Minutemen nickname applies to men's teams and...
under coaches Ray Wilson and Tom McLaughlin from 1980 to 1982.
He transferred to Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University is a Roman Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Sacred Heart was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart University was the first Catholic university in...
where he helped the Pioneers to two Division II tournaments and earned selection as a Division II All-American. After graduating in 1985, Bayno was invited to rookie camp with the NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
's New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
as a free agent, but did not make the team.
Early coaching career
After graduating from Sacred Heart, Bayno had written 100 form letters to coaches throughout the country, asking for a chance to work as a graduate assistant. P. J. Carlesimo, who had met Bayno working summer basketball camps, was the only one who responded with an offer. Bayno served as a graduate assistant under Carleismo at Seton HallSeton Hall University
Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
for the 1985-86 season. He was responsible for underclass recruiting and served as co-director of the Pirate Basketball School. Bayno then served during the 1986-87 season as a graduate assistant coach at Kansas under head coach Larry Brown
Larry Brown (basketball)
Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats....
.
Bayno earned his first job as a full-time assistant coach at Baptist College, now known as Charleston Southern
Charleston Southern University
Charleston Southern University, founded in 1964 as Baptist College, is an independent comprehensive university located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston Southern enrolls a maximum of 3,200 students. Affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the university's mission is...
. Working under head coach Gary Edwards, Bayno helped lead the Buccaneers to a 17-12 record, and the school was named the “surprise team in the country” for the 1987-88 season by Basketball Times.
Bayno moved on after the season, returning to UMass where he served as assistant coach from 1988 to 1995 under head coach John Calipari
John Calipari
John Calipari is an American basketball coach. Since April 2009, he has been the men's head coach at the University of Kentucky....
. He played a key role in the team's rise to national prominence. During Bayno's tenure the Minutemen made five consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the 1995 regional finals. A year after his departure, UMass reached the Final Four
Final four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
in 1996.
UNLV
On March 30, 1995 at age 32, Bayno was hired to succeed Tim GrgurichTim Grgurich
Tim Grgurich is an American basketball coach and native of the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania having attended Central Catholic High School in the city. He also served as the head basketball coach at UNLV for the first seven games of the 1994–95 season before abruptly...
as the head men's coach at UNLV with an annual salary of $600,000. Bayno had a successful career there, with the Runnin' Rebels earning NCAA Tournament bids in 1998
1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio,...
and 2000
2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana...
, and winning four conference championships. During his tenure, Bayno's UNLV teams logged a 94-65 record, making him the third-winningest coach in the school's history
In 1996-97, Bayno's second season at the helm, the Rebels went 22-10 and reached the third round of the 1997 NIT, which marked the program’s first postseason appearance since the 1992-93 season. The 22 wins more than doubled his first season’s win total and were the most at UNLV since 1991-92. Following the season, UNLV signed Bayno to a new five-year contract through the 2002-03 season.
However, in 2000 UNLV was subject to NCAA sanctions for recruiting violations. The penalties included a one-year team suspension from the 2000-01 postseason, and the basketball program was placed on probation for four years. The allegations focused on the 1996 and 1997 recruitment of Lamar Odom
Lamar Odom
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American professional basketball forward with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.-Early life:...
, who the NCAA determined had received $5,400 in cash and improper benefits from David Chapman, a Las Vegas-area dentist and UNLV booster who was also a friend of Bayno. Odom was ultimately denied admission and went on to play for Rhode Island
Rhode Island Rams
The Rhode Island Rams are the athletic programs of the University of Rhode Island, based in Kingston, Rhode Island, USA. The school sponsors 18 athletic programs , most of which compete in the NCAA's Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The football team, however, competes in the Colonial Athletic...
for one year before jumping to the NBA.
Although the NCAA's report did not implicate Bayno, and he denied any involvement in or knowledge of the transgressions, he was nonetheless fired by UNLV on December 12, 2000. School officials cited a provision in his contract that stated he could be fired if he knew about any NCAA violations. The NCAA officially cleared Bayno of any wrongdoing, and he sued the university for money owed him for the balance of the '00-01 season and the final two years on his contract. He eventually received a $400,000 out-of-court settlement.
Post-UNLV career
After leaving UNLV, Bayno coached the Phoenix EclipsePhoenix Eclipse
The Phoenix Eclipse was an American Basketball Association team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The team began play in the fall of 2001 and played in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix...
of the American Basketball Association, the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals of the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
, and the Yakima Sun Kings of the Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...
, leading the Sun Kings to the CBA championship in 2003.
During his one-year stint in the Philippines, Bayno was fined a league-record $6,000 for his public allegations of game-fixing against the four teams that finished at the top of the PBA standings. All four teams shared common ownership.
In 2005, former Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
coach Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeks is a retired American professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association from May 23, 2005 to December 13, 2008...
was fired by the team, and Tim Grgurich, who was then the Trail Blazers' assistant coach for player development, quit the team in protest. Interim Blazers head coach Kevin Pritchard
Kevin Pritchard
Kevin Lee Pritchard is a retired American professional basketball player.- College career :Pritchard played college basketball for the University of Kansas, where he was the starting point guard on the Jayhawks team that defeated the Oklahoma Sooners for the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball...
, whom Bayno had coached and mentored while at Kansas, hired Bayno for the position—the second time in Bayno's career that he had served as Grgurich's replacement.
Before the 2008-09 college basketball season, Bayno accepted the head coaching position at Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. In January 2009, the Loyola Marymount University athletic department announced that Bayno had resigned from the program due to health issues, and would be replaced by interim coach Max Good
Max Good
Max Good is the head men's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University. He was promoted from his assistant's job to replace Bill Bayno, who resigned due to illness after three games into the 2008–09 season, his first and only season with the Lions...
. In February 2009, Bayno rejoined the Trail Blazers as an assistant coach under Nate McMillan
Nate McMillan
Nathaniel "Nate" McMillan is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers...
.
On September 15, 2011, Bayno was reported to be hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
under head coach Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman
Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelman is an American former basketball professional player and current basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. Confirmation of the hiring came from the Timberwolves on September 13, 2011...
.