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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the largest city on the Connecticut River, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States.In the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 154,082....
, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport. This is a list of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors exceptional basketball players, all-time great coaches, Referee#basketball, executives, and other major contributors to the game....
, current as of the latest induction ceremony in September 2008.

After the induction of the Class of 2008, the Hall has honored 285 individuals (of whom 134 were enshrined as players, 79 as coaches, 3 as both player and coach, 56 as contributors, and 13 as referees) and 6 teams.

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InducteeCategoryYear
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., then known as Lew Alcindor, is an American athlete and retired professional basketball player, widely considered one of the greatest National Basketball Association players of all time....
Player1995
Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Phog Allen

Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, was an American College basketball Coach known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching." His basketball career got off to an auspicious start as a University of Kansas letterman under James Naismith, the inventor of basketball....
Coach1959
W. Harold Anderson
Harold Anderson

W. Harold Anderson was a college men's basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. As a player, he played at Otterbein College, a small liberal arts college outside of Columbus, Ohio....
Coach1985
Nathaniel Archibald
Nate Archibald

Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald is a retired American professional basketball player. He spent 13 years playing in the National Basketball Association, most notably with the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics....
Player1991
Paul J. Arizin
Paul Arizin

Paul Joseph Arizin , nicknamed "Pitchin' Paul," was an United States basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association career with the Golden State Warriors from 1950-51 NBA season to 1961-62 NBA season....
Player1978
Arnold J. Auerbach
Red Auerbach

Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was a basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death....
Coach1969
Geno Auriemma
Geno Auriemma

Geno Auriemma is an Italian-American basketball Coach , best known as the head coach of the University of Connecticut Connecticut Huskies Connecticut Huskies#Women's Basketball, in which capacity Auriemma has led the Huskies to five National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship and has g...
Coach2006
Charles W. Barkley
Charles Barkley

Charles Wade Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player and aspiring politician. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and "The Round Mound of Rebound," for his unusual build and talent as a player, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dom...
Player2006
Thomas B. Barlow
Thomas Barlow (basketball)

Thomas B. Barlow was one of the first professional basketball players. He is mostly known for his time with the Philadelphia Sphas and Philadelphia Warriors of the American Basketball League ....
Player1981
Leon Barmore
Leon Barmore

Leon Barmore is a college women's basketball coach. He coached at Louisiana Tech University from 1985 to 2002. Upon his retirement his .869 winning percentage was the best in women's basketball history....
Coach2003
Justin M. Barry
Sam Barry

Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry was an American collegiate sport coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four and the College World Series....
Coach1979
Richard F. D. Barry III
Rick Barry

Richard Francis Dennis Barry III is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forward of all time as a result of his very precise outside shot, uncanny court vision, knowledge and execution of team defense principles, tenacious and ofttimes d...
Player1987
Elgin G. Baylor
Elgin Baylor

Elgin Gay Baylor is a retired Basketball Hall of Fame American basketball and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a Basketball position for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers....
Player1977
John Beckman
John Beckman

John Beckman was an early professional basketball player.During his 27 years lasting pro career he was known as the "Babe Ruth of basketball"....
Player1973
Clair F. Bee
Clair Bee

Clair Francis Bee was an American basketball coach who led the team at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York to two undefeated seasons in 1936 and 1939 as well as two National Invitation Tournament titles ....
Contributor1968
Walter J. Bellamy
Walt Bellamy

Walter Jones Bellamy is a retired United States Professional sports basketball player....
Player1993
Sergei A. Belov
Sergei Belov

Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR and later at Armed Forces ....
Player1992
Senda Berenson Abbott
Senda Berenson Abbott

Senda Berenson Abbott was a pioneer of women's basketball, authoring the first Basketball Guide for Women . She was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on July 1, 1985 and into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999....
Contributor1985
Daniel Biasone
Daniel Biasone

Daniel Biasone was the founding owner of the Syracuse Nationals, an National Basketball Association team now known as the Philadelphia 76ers. Biasone, who was a childhood immigrant to the United States from Italy, was mostly known for advocating the use of the shot clock in basketball....
Contributor2000
David Bing
Dave Bing

David Bing is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975....
Player1990
Larry J. Bird
Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird is a retired American National Basketball Association basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time and one of the top clutch performers in the history of U.S....
Player1998
Carol A. Blazejowski
Carol Blazejowski

Carol Ann Blazejowski , nicknamed "The Blaze", was a women's collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently the President and General Manager of the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association ....
Player1994
Ernest A. Blood
Ernest Blood

Ernest A. Blood was a former high school and college men's basketball coach. Between 1915 and 1924 he coached Passaic High School to a remarkable 200-1 record....
Coach1960
James A. Boeheim
Jim Boeheim

James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim is the head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team at Syracuse University. In 33 seasons leading the Orange, Boeheim has guided his team to seven Big East regular season championships, five Big East Men's Basketball Tournament championships, and 25 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearanc...
Coach2005
Bernhard Borgmann
Bennie Borgmann

Bernhard "Bennie" Borgmann was one of the early pro basketball players. He played for 17 years between 1919 and 1936, and is mostly known for his time with the Kingston Colonials and Original Celtics....
Player1961
William W. Bradley
Bill Bradley

William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an United States Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player, Rhodes Scholarship, and former United States Senate from New Jersey and President of the United States candidate, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party 's nomination for President of the United States in the United States presidential elect...
Player1983
Joseph R. Brennan
Joseph Brennan (basketball)

Joseph R. Brennan was one of the early professional basketball players. He is mostly know for his time with the Brooklyn Visitations, which he led to three ABL championships ....
Player1975
Hubert J. Brown
Hubie Brown

Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brown is a former basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years....
Contributor2005
Lawrence H. Brown
Larry Brown (basketball)

Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is the basketball coaching of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats.He has been a college and professional basketball coach since 1975....
Coach2002
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown

Walter A. Brown was the original owner of the Boston Celtics as well as an important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States....
Contributor1965
Buffalo Germans
Buffalo Germans

The Buffalo Germans was an early basketball team formed in 1895 at a YMCA on Buffalo's East Side. Team members included Dr. Fred Burkhardt , Philip Dischinger, Henry J....
Team1961
John W. Bunn
John Bunn

John W. Bunn was an American basketball coach and key contributor to the game of basketball. The Wellston, Ohio native played three seasons under coach Phog Allen at University of Kansas while earning his bachelors degree ....
Contributor1964
James B. Calhoun
Jim Calhoun

James B. Calhoun is the head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team. He has won two national championships, the 1999 and 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship titles, the 1988 National Invitation Tournament championship, and 6 Big East tournament championships in 1990, 1996, 1998...
Coach2005
Howard G. Cann
Howard Cann

Howard Gardsell Cann was an American sportsman best known as the long-time men's basketball coach at New York University. He was also an Olympic Games shot putter and a college basketball and American football player....
Coach1968
Dr. H. Clifford Carlson
Clifford Carlson

Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson was a well-known college men's basketball coach. He coached at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, between 1922 and 1958, compiling a 369-247 record ....
Coach1959
Louis P. Carnesecca
Lou Carnesecca

Luigi P. Carnesecca is a former basketball coach at St. John's University, New York. He coached the Redmen's basketball program to 526 wins and 200 losses over 24 seasons ....
Coach1992
Bernard L. Carnevale
Ben Carnevale

Bernard Louis "Ben" Carnevale was an United States college basketball men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching United States Naval Academy between 1947 and 1967, compiling a 257-160 record despite the Naval Academy height restrictions, at that time 6'5" ....
Coach1970
Peter J. Carril
Pete Carril

Peter J. "Pete" Carril is a former professional and collegiate basketball coach.Son of Spanish immigrants in the USA, Carril is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was an all-state selection for Pennsylvania in the 1947-48 season....
Coach1997
Everett N. Case
Everett Case

Everett N. Case , nicknamed "Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964....
Coach1982
Original Celtics
Original Celtics

The Original Celtics were a great Barnstorm professional basketball team in the 1920s.The team's roots lay in the New York Celtics team which disbanded during World War I....
Team1959
Alfred N. Cervi
Al Cervi

Alfred Nicholas Cervi is an American former professional basketball player and Coach . He was born in Buffalo, New York. One of the strongest backcourt players of the 1940s and 1950s, Cervi played in the National Basketball League and early National Basketball Association....
Player1985
Wilton N. Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain

Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain , nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional National Basketball Association basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters....
Player1979
Van Chancellor
Van Chancellor

Van Chancellor is the current LSU Lady Tigers basketball coach. He was named head coach on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. He was enshrined as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2007....
Coach2007
John ChaneyCoach2001
Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelo

Jerry Colangelo is an American businessman and sports Business magnate.He is the former owner of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball....
Contributor2004
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt

Jody Conradt is a retired women's basketball coach. She was the head coach for the women's team at University of Texas at Austin . Her coaching career spanned 38 years, with the last 31 years at UT from 1976 to 2007....
Coach1998
Charles T. Cooper
Tarzan Cooper

Charles "Tarzan" Cooper was an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the New York Renaissance .Cooper was born in Newark, Delaware, Delaware....
Player1977
Krešimir Cosic
Krešimir Cosic

Kre?imir Cosic was a Croatian professional basketball player, member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame. He was also a notable church leader and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
Player1996
Robert J. Cousy
Bob Cousy

Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy is a retired United States professional basketball player. The 6'1" , 175-pound Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and briefly with the Sacramento Kings in the 1969-70 NBA season....
Player1971
David W. Cowens
Dave Cowens

David William Cowens is a retired American professional basketball player and National Basketball Association head coach. At 6'9", he played the Center position....
Player1991
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (basketball)

Joan Crawford is a former basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame , Women's Basketball Hall of Fame , and Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame....
Player1997
Denzil E. Crum
Denny Crum

Denzil E. "Denny" Crum is a former American men's college basketball coach at the University of Louisville from 1971 to 2001, compiling a 675–295 record....
Coach1994
William J. Cunningham
Billy Cunningham

William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid....
Player1986
Denise M. Curry
Denise Curry

Denise Curry is an United States former basketball player and National Collegiate Athletic Association and American Basketball League basketball coach....
Player1997
Dražen Dalipagic
Dražen Dalipagic

Dra?en Dalipagic , born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY, is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Dra?en, widely known by his nickname Praja, finished high school in the Mostar Technical School and college in the Belgrade Teachers College....
Player2004
Charles J. Daly
Chuck Daly

Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly is a former American basketball head coach. He is famous for coaching the Detroit Pistons for nine years, winning consecutive NBA Championship in 1989 NBA Finals and 1990 NBA Finals, and for coaching the gold medal-winning basketball Dream Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics....
Coach1994
Adrian D. Dantley
Adrian Dantley

Adrian Delano Dantley is a retired United States basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association, seven of which as a member of the Utah Jazz....
Player2008
William M. Davidson
William Davidson

William Morse Davidson, J.D. is an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame....
Contributor2008
Robert E. Davies
Bob Davies

Robert Edris Davies was a professional basketball player in the 1950s. Alongside Bobby Wanzer he formed one of the best backcourt duos in the National Basketball Associations early years....
Player1970
Everett S. Dean
Everett Dean

Everett S. Dean was a college men's basketball and baseball coach.Born in Livonia, Indiana, Dean was the head baseball and basketball coach at his alma mater, Indiana Hoosiers, from 1924 to 1938....
Coach1966
Forrest S. DeBernardi
Forrest DeBernardi

Forrest S. "Red" DeBernardi was a well-known College basketball player in the 1920s. At 6 ft. 1 in. DeBernardi was one of the best Center s of his era, but basically played all five positions....
Player1961
David A. DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere

David Albert DeBusschere was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History...
Player1983
Henry G. Dehnert
Dutch Dehnert

Henry G. "Dutch" Dehnert was an American basketball player whose career lasted from 1915 to 1935.Dehnert, a bulky forward, is mostly known for his time with the Original Celtics and is sometimes credited with inventing the pivot play....
Player1969
Antonio Díaz-Miguel
Antonio Diaz-Miguel

Antonio D?az-Miguel was a Spain pro basketball coach. He studied in Madrid and graduated from the University of the Basque Country.He was coach of the Spain national basketball team for as long as 27 years ....
Coach1997
Edgar A. Diddle
Edgar Diddle

Edgar Allen Diddle was a college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1922 to 1964....
Coach1972
Anne T. Donovan
Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan is one of the most decorated figures in women's basketball, both as a college player and as a head coach in the Women's National Basketball Association....
Player1995
Robert L. Douglas
Bob Douglas

Robert L. Douglas was the founder of the New York Renaissance basketball team and one of the first African American team managers in sports history....
Contributor1972
Bruce Drake
Bruce Drake

Bruce Drake was a college men's basketball coach. The Gentry, Texas native was head coach at the University of Oklahoma between 1938 and 1955, compiling a 200-181 record....
Coach1973
Clyde A. Drexler
Clyde Drexler

Clyde "The Glide" Austin Drexler is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. A ten-time All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the NBA named him one of basketball's 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as of 1996....
Player2004
Alva O. Duer
Alva Duer

Alva O. Duer was a college basketball Coach and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and United States Olympic Committee administrator and is a member of the NAIA and Basketball Hall of Fame....
Contributor1982
Joe Dumars III
Joe Dumars

Joe Dumars III is a former basketball player in the National Basketball Association, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations....
Player2006
Wayne R. Embry
Wayne Embry

Wayne Richard Embry is a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11 year career spanned from 1959 to 1969. He played for the Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks all of the National Basketball Association....
Contributor1999
Paul Endacott
Paul Endacott

Paul Endacott was a well-known College basketball player in the 1920s. The Lawrence, Kansas native attended University of Kansas from 1919 to 1923....
Player1972
Alexander English
Alex English

Alex English is a retired American basketball player and current assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association who played at the forward position....
Player1997
James E. Enright
James Enright

James Enright was a National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Basketball Association basketball referee and sportswriter. He was born in Sodus, Michigan, Michigan and began officiating at 20 years old....
Referee1979
Julius W. Erving II
Julius Erving

Julius Winfield Erving II , commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired United States basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim....
Player1993
Patrick A. Ewing
Patrick Ewing

Patrick Aloysius Ewing is an American retired Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic....
Player2008
Clifford B. Fagan
Clifford Fagan

Clifford B. "Cliff" Fagan was a high school basketball referee who became executive director of the National Federation of High School Athletic Associations and eventually president of the Basketball Hall of Fame and board member for FIBA, the international governing body for the sport of basketball....
Contributor1984
Pedro Ferrándiz González
Pedro Ferrándiz

Pedro Ferr?ndiz Gonz?lez is a Spanish basketball coach. He is most famous for coaching Real Madrid Baloncesto basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s....
Coach2007
The First Team
The First Team

The First Team were the first players known to have played the sport of basketball, having been taught the game in 1891 in sports by James Naismith, who is recognized as the inventor of the sport....
Team1959
Harry A. Fisher
Harry Fisher

Harold A. Fisher was an United States National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball coach.In 1905, while a student and player at Columbia University, Fisher began coaching the basketball team of Fordham University, leading the team to a 4-2 record while capturing All-America honors as a player and leading Columbia to its second strai...
Contributor1974
Lawrence Fleisher
Lawrence Fleisher

Lawrence "Larry" Fleisher was an United States Lawyer and sports agent.Fleisher, a 1953 graduate of Harvard Law School, at the request of National Basketball Association basketball player Tom Heinsohn, helped found the NBA Players Association, of which he would serve as president from 1962 to 1968, during which time pensions, minimum salar...
Contributor1991
Harold E.






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Naismith
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the largest city on the Connecticut River, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States.In the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 154,082....
, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport. This is a list of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors exceptional basketball players, all-time great coaches, Referee#basketball, executives, and other major contributors to the game....
, current as of the latest induction ceremony in September 2008.

After the induction of the Class of 2008, the Hall has honored 285 individuals (of whom 134 were enshrined as players, 79 as coaches, 3 as both player and coach, 56 as contributors, and 13 as referees) and 6 teams.

InducteeCategoryYear
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., then known as Lew Alcindor, is an American athlete and retired professional basketball player, widely considered one of the greatest National Basketball Association players of all time....
Player1995
Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Phog Allen

Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, was an American College basketball Coach known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching." His basketball career got off to an auspicious start as a University of Kansas letterman under James Naismith, the inventor of basketball....
Coach1959
W. Harold Anderson
Harold Anderson

W. Harold Anderson was a college men's basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. As a player, he played at Otterbein College, a small liberal arts college outside of Columbus, Ohio....
Coach1985
Nathaniel Archibald
Nate Archibald

Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald is a retired American professional basketball player. He spent 13 years playing in the National Basketball Association, most notably with the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics....
Player1991
Paul J. Arizin
Paul Arizin

Paul Joseph Arizin , nicknamed "Pitchin' Paul," was an United States basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association career with the Golden State Warriors from 1950-51 NBA season to 1961-62 NBA season....
Player1978
Arnold J. Auerbach
Red Auerbach

Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was a basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death....
Coach1969
Geno Auriemma
Geno Auriemma

Geno Auriemma is an Italian-American basketball Coach , best known as the head coach of the University of Connecticut Connecticut Huskies Connecticut Huskies#Women's Basketball, in which capacity Auriemma has led the Huskies to five National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship and has g...
Coach2006
Charles W. Barkley
Charles Barkley

Charles Wade Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player and aspiring politician. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and "The Round Mound of Rebound," for his unusual build and talent as a player, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dom...
Player2006
Thomas B. Barlow
Thomas Barlow (basketball)

Thomas B. Barlow was one of the first professional basketball players. He is mostly known for his time with the Philadelphia Sphas and Philadelphia Warriors of the American Basketball League ....
Player1981
Leon Barmore
Leon Barmore

Leon Barmore is a college women's basketball coach. He coached at Louisiana Tech University from 1985 to 2002. Upon his retirement his .869 winning percentage was the best in women's basketball history....
Coach2003
Justin M. Barry
Sam Barry

Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry was an American collegiate sport coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four and the College World Series....
Coach1979
Richard F. D. Barry III
Rick Barry

Richard Francis Dennis Barry III is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forward of all time as a result of his very precise outside shot, uncanny court vision, knowledge and execution of team defense principles, tenacious and ofttimes d...
Player1987
Elgin G. Baylor
Elgin Baylor

Elgin Gay Baylor is a retired Basketball Hall of Fame American basketball and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a Basketball position for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers....
Player1977
John Beckman
John Beckman

John Beckman was an early professional basketball player.During his 27 years lasting pro career he was known as the "Babe Ruth of basketball"....
Player1973
Clair F. Bee
Clair Bee

Clair Francis Bee was an American basketball coach who led the team at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York to two undefeated seasons in 1936 and 1939 as well as two National Invitation Tournament titles ....
Contributor1968
Walter J. Bellamy
Walt Bellamy

Walter Jones Bellamy is a retired United States Professional sports basketball player....
Player1993
Sergei A. Belov
Sergei Belov

Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR and later at Armed Forces ....
Player1992
Senda Berenson Abbott
Senda Berenson Abbott

Senda Berenson Abbott was a pioneer of women's basketball, authoring the first Basketball Guide for Women . She was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on July 1, 1985 and into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999....
Contributor1985
Daniel Biasone
Daniel Biasone

Daniel Biasone was the founding owner of the Syracuse Nationals, an National Basketball Association team now known as the Philadelphia 76ers. Biasone, who was a childhood immigrant to the United States from Italy, was mostly known for advocating the use of the shot clock in basketball....
Contributor2000
David Bing
Dave Bing

David Bing is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975....
Player1990
Larry J. Bird
Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird is a retired American National Basketball Association basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time and one of the top clutch performers in the history of U.S....
Player1998
Carol A. Blazejowski
Carol Blazejowski

Carol Ann Blazejowski , nicknamed "The Blaze", was a women's collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently the President and General Manager of the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association ....
Player1994
Ernest A. Blood
Ernest Blood

Ernest A. Blood was a former high school and college men's basketball coach. Between 1915 and 1924 he coached Passaic High School to a remarkable 200-1 record....
Coach1960
James A. Boeheim
Jim Boeheim

James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim is the head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team at Syracuse University. In 33 seasons leading the Orange, Boeheim has guided his team to seven Big East regular season championships, five Big East Men's Basketball Tournament championships, and 25 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearanc...
Coach2005
Bernhard Borgmann
Bennie Borgmann

Bernhard "Bennie" Borgmann was one of the early pro basketball players. He played for 17 years between 1919 and 1936, and is mostly known for his time with the Kingston Colonials and Original Celtics....
Player1961
William W. Bradley
Bill Bradley

William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an United States Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player, Rhodes Scholarship, and former United States Senate from New Jersey and President of the United States candidate, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party 's nomination for President of the United States in the United States presidential elect...
Player1983
Joseph R. Brennan
Joseph Brennan (basketball)

Joseph R. Brennan was one of the early professional basketball players. He is mostly know for his time with the Brooklyn Visitations, which he led to three ABL championships ....
Player1975
Hubert J. Brown
Hubie Brown

Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brown is a former basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years....
Contributor2005
Lawrence H. Brown
Larry Brown (basketball)

Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is the basketball coaching of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats.He has been a college and professional basketball coach since 1975....
Coach2002
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown

Walter A. Brown was the original owner of the Boston Celtics as well as an important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States....
Contributor1965
Buffalo Germans
Buffalo Germans

The Buffalo Germans was an early basketball team formed in 1895 at a YMCA on Buffalo's East Side. Team members included Dr. Fred Burkhardt , Philip Dischinger, Henry J....
Team1961
John W. Bunn
John Bunn

John W. Bunn was an American basketball coach and key contributor to the game of basketball. The Wellston, Ohio native played three seasons under coach Phog Allen at University of Kansas while earning his bachelors degree ....
Contributor1964
James B. Calhoun
Jim Calhoun

James B. Calhoun is the head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team. He has won two national championships, the 1999 and 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship titles, the 1988 National Invitation Tournament championship, and 6 Big East tournament championships in 1990, 1996, 1998...
Coach2005
Howard G. Cann
Howard Cann

Howard Gardsell Cann was an American sportsman best known as the long-time men's basketball coach at New York University. He was also an Olympic Games shot putter and a college basketball and American football player....
Coach1968
Dr. H. Clifford Carlson
Clifford Carlson

Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson was a well-known college men's basketball coach. He coached at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, between 1922 and 1958, compiling a 369-247 record ....
Coach1959
Louis P. Carnesecca
Lou Carnesecca

Luigi P. Carnesecca is a former basketball coach at St. John's University, New York. He coached the Redmen's basketball program to 526 wins and 200 losses over 24 seasons ....
Coach1992
Bernard L. Carnevale
Ben Carnevale

Bernard Louis "Ben" Carnevale was an United States college basketball men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching United States Naval Academy between 1947 and 1967, compiling a 257-160 record despite the Naval Academy height restrictions, at that time 6'5" ....
Coach1970
Peter J. Carril
Pete Carril

Peter J. "Pete" Carril is a former professional and collegiate basketball coach.Son of Spanish immigrants in the USA, Carril is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was an all-state selection for Pennsylvania in the 1947-48 season....
Coach1997
Everett N. Case
Everett Case

Everett N. Case , nicknamed "Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964....
Coach1982
Original Celtics
Original Celtics

The Original Celtics were a great Barnstorm professional basketball team in the 1920s.The team's roots lay in the New York Celtics team which disbanded during World War I....
Team1959
Alfred N. Cervi
Al Cervi

Alfred Nicholas Cervi is an American former professional basketball player and Coach . He was born in Buffalo, New York. One of the strongest backcourt players of the 1940s and 1950s, Cervi played in the National Basketball League and early National Basketball Association....
Player1985
Wilton N. Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain

Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain , nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional National Basketball Association basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters....
Player1979
Van Chancellor
Van Chancellor

Van Chancellor is the current LSU Lady Tigers basketball coach. He was named head coach on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. He was enshrined as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2007....
Coach2007
John ChaneyCoach2001
Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelo

Jerry Colangelo is an American businessman and sports Business magnate.He is the former owner of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball....
Contributor2004
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt

Jody Conradt is a retired women's basketball coach. She was the head coach for the women's team at University of Texas at Austin . Her coaching career spanned 38 years, with the last 31 years at UT from 1976 to 2007....
Coach1998
Charles T. Cooper
Tarzan Cooper

Charles "Tarzan" Cooper was an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the New York Renaissance .Cooper was born in Newark, Delaware, Delaware....
Player1977
Krešimir Cosic
Krešimir Cosic

Kre?imir Cosic was a Croatian professional basketball player, member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame. He was also a notable church leader and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
Player1996
Robert J. Cousy
Bob Cousy

Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy is a retired United States professional basketball player. The 6'1" , 175-pound Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and briefly with the Sacramento Kings in the 1969-70 NBA season....
Player1971
David W. Cowens
Dave Cowens

David William Cowens is a retired American professional basketball player and National Basketball Association head coach. At 6'9", he played the Center position....
Player1991
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (basketball)

Joan Crawford is a former basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame , Women's Basketball Hall of Fame , and Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame....
Player1997
Denzil E. Crum
Denny Crum

Denzil E. "Denny" Crum is a former American men's college basketball coach at the University of Louisville from 1971 to 2001, compiling a 675–295 record....
Coach1994
William J. Cunningham
Billy Cunningham

William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid....
Player1986
Denise M. Curry
Denise Curry

Denise Curry is an United States former basketball player and National Collegiate Athletic Association and American Basketball League basketball coach....
Player1997
Dražen Dalipagic
Dražen Dalipagic

Dra?en Dalipagic , born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY, is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Dra?en, widely known by his nickname Praja, finished high school in the Mostar Technical School and college in the Belgrade Teachers College....
Player2004
Charles J. Daly
Chuck Daly

Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly is a former American basketball head coach. He is famous for coaching the Detroit Pistons for nine years, winning consecutive NBA Championship in 1989 NBA Finals and 1990 NBA Finals, and for coaching the gold medal-winning basketball Dream Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics....
Coach1994
Adrian D. Dantley
Adrian Dantley

Adrian Delano Dantley is a retired United States basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association, seven of which as a member of the Utah Jazz....
Player2008
William M. Davidson
William Davidson

William Morse Davidson, J.D. is an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame....
Contributor2008
Robert E. Davies
Bob Davies

Robert Edris Davies was a professional basketball player in the 1950s. Alongside Bobby Wanzer he formed one of the best backcourt duos in the National Basketball Associations early years....
Player1970
Everett S. Dean
Everett Dean

Everett S. Dean was a college men's basketball and baseball coach.Born in Livonia, Indiana, Dean was the head baseball and basketball coach at his alma mater, Indiana Hoosiers, from 1924 to 1938....
Coach1966
Forrest S. DeBernardi
Forrest DeBernardi

Forrest S. "Red" DeBernardi was a well-known College basketball player in the 1920s. At 6 ft. 1 in. DeBernardi was one of the best Center s of his era, but basically played all five positions....
Player1961
David A. DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere

David Albert DeBusschere was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History...
Player1983
Henry G. Dehnert
Dutch Dehnert

Henry G. "Dutch" Dehnert was an American basketball player whose career lasted from 1915 to 1935.Dehnert, a bulky forward, is mostly known for his time with the Original Celtics and is sometimes credited with inventing the pivot play....
Player1969
Antonio Díaz-Miguel
Antonio Diaz-Miguel

Antonio D?az-Miguel was a Spain pro basketball coach. He studied in Madrid and graduated from the University of the Basque Country.He was coach of the Spain national basketball team for as long as 27 years ....
Coach1997
Edgar A. Diddle
Edgar Diddle

Edgar Allen Diddle was a college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1922 to 1964....
Coach1972
Anne T. Donovan
Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan is one of the most decorated figures in women's basketball, both as a college player and as a head coach in the Women's National Basketball Association....
Player1995
Robert L. Douglas
Bob Douglas

Robert L. Douglas was the founder of the New York Renaissance basketball team and one of the first African American team managers in sports history....
Contributor1972
Bruce Drake
Bruce Drake

Bruce Drake was a college men's basketball coach. The Gentry, Texas native was head coach at the University of Oklahoma between 1938 and 1955, compiling a 200-181 record....
Coach1973
Clyde A. Drexler
Clyde Drexler

Clyde "The Glide" Austin Drexler is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. A ten-time All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the NBA named him one of basketball's 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as of 1996....
Player2004
Alva O. Duer
Alva Duer

Alva O. Duer was a college basketball Coach and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and United States Olympic Committee administrator and is a member of the NAIA and Basketball Hall of Fame....
Contributor1982
Joe Dumars III
Joe Dumars

Joe Dumars III is a former basketball player in the National Basketball Association, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations....
Player2006
Wayne R. Embry
Wayne Embry

Wayne Richard Embry is a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11 year career spanned from 1959 to 1969. He played for the Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks all of the National Basketball Association....
Contributor1999
Paul Endacott
Paul Endacott

Paul Endacott was a well-known College basketball player in the 1920s. The Lawrence, Kansas native attended University of Kansas from 1919 to 1923....
Player1972
Alexander English
Alex English

Alex English is a retired American basketball player and current assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association who played at the forward position....
Player1997
James E. Enright
James Enright

James Enright was a National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Basketball Association basketball referee and sportswriter. He was born in Sodus, Michigan, Michigan and began officiating at 20 years old....
Referee1979
Julius W. Erving II
Julius Erving

Julius Winfield Erving II , commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired United States basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim....
Player1993
Patrick A. Ewing
Patrick Ewing

Patrick Aloysius Ewing is an American retired Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic....
Player2008
Clifford B. Fagan
Clifford Fagan

Clifford B. "Cliff" Fagan was a high school basketball referee who became executive director of the National Federation of High School Athletic Associations and eventually president of the Basketball Hall of Fame and board member for FIBA, the international governing body for the sport of basketball....
Contributor1984
Pedro Ferrándiz González
Pedro Ferrándiz

Pedro Ferr?ndiz Gonz?lez is a Spanish basketball coach. He is most famous for coaching Real Madrid Baloncesto basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s....
Coach2007
The First Team
The First Team

The First Team were the first players known to have played the sport of basketball, having been taught the game in 1891 in sports by James Naismith, who is recognized as the inventor of the sport....
Team1959
Harry A. Fisher
Harry Fisher

Harold A. Fisher was an United States National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball coach.In 1905, while a student and player at Columbia University, Fisher began coaching the basketball team of Fordham University, leading the team to a 4-2 record while capturing All-America honors as a player and leading Columbia to its second strai...
Contributor1974
Lawrence Fleisher
Lawrence Fleisher

Lawrence "Larry" Fleisher was an United States Lawyer and sports agent.Fleisher, a 1953 graduate of Harvard Law School, at the request of National Basketball Association basketball player Tom Heinsohn, helped found the NBA Players Association, of which he would serve as president from 1962 to 1968, during which time pensions, minimum salar...
Contributor1991
Harold E. FosterPlayer1964
Walter Frazier
Walt Frazier

Walter "Clyde" Frazier is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association . Blessed with a unique combination of court vision, quickness, and size for a guard, Frazier is regarded as one of the best point guards in the history of the game....
Player1987
Max Friedman
Marty Friedman (basketball)

Max "Marty" Friedman was a pro basketball player and coach.He played almost 20 years of pro basketball , while being mostly known for playing with the New York Whirlwinds....
Player1972
Joseph F. Fulks
Joe Fulks

Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks was a United States basketball player, sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards". He was one of the first players enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame....
Player1978
Clarence E. Gaines
Clarence Gaines

Clarence Edward "Big House" Gaines, Sr. was a college men's basketball coach with a 47-year coaching career at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
Coach1982
Lauren Gale
Lauren Gale

Lauren "Laddie" Gale was an United States of America National Collegiate Athletic Association and professional basketball player....
Player1977
Harry J. Gallatin
Harry Gallatin

Harry J. Gallatin is an American former professional sports basketball player and coach. Gallatin played nine seasons for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association from 1948 to 1957, as well as one season with the Detroit Pistons in 1958....
Player1991
Alessandro Gamba
Sandro Gamba

Alessandro Gamba , better known as Sandro Gamba, is an Italian basketball coach and former professional basketball player.He played for several teams, winning ten Italian championships, and also captained the Italy national basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics....
Coach2006
James H. Gardner
Jack Gardner (basketball)

James H. "Jack" Gardner was a Hall of Fame college men's basketball coach.Gardner, a native of New Mexico and a graduate of the University of Southern California, is most well-known for coaching Kansas State University from 1939-1942 and 1946–1953, compiling a 147-81 record with the Wildcats, and thereafter coaching the University of...
Coach1984
William P. Gates
Pop Gates

William "Pop" Gates was a professional basketball player. Gates was born in Decatur, Alabama and attended high school in New York, New York. After playing college basketball at Clark Atlanta University, he went on to continue his basketball career in New York....
Player1989
David R. Gavitt
Dave Gavitt

David "Dave" Gavitt was a college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also well known as the first commissioner of the Big East Conference and as part of the committee which created the 1992 Olympic Basketball "Dream Team."...
Contributor2006
George Gervin
George Gervin

George "The Iceman" Gervin is a retired American professional basketball player; a shooting guard for the American Basketball Association's Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs and the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls....
Player1996
Amory T. Gill
Slats Gill

Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill was a men's basketball and baseball coach at Oregon State University....
Coach1968
Thomas J. Gola
Tom Gola

Thomas Joseph Gola is a retired United States basketball player.Gola was praised as a great all-around player as a high school student at La Salle College High School, where he led the Explorers to a Philadelphia Catholic League Championship....
Player1976
Aleksandr J. Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky

Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a Soviet Union and Russian basketball Coach .Gomelsky began his coaching career in 1948 in Saint Petersburg with LGS Spartak....
Coach1995
Gail C. Goodrich, Jr.
Gail Goodrich

Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is a retired United States professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He is best-known for his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 NBA season....
Player1996
Edward Gottlieb
Edward Gottlieb

Edward Gottlieb was the first coach and manager of the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association and the former owner and coach of the team from 1951 to 1962 when he sold the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco....
Contributor1972
Harold E. Greer
Hal Greer

Harold Everett Greer is a former professional basketball player.He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA in 1958....
Player1982
Robert F. Gruenig
Robert Gruenig

Robert F. "Ace" Gruenig was a United States amateur basketball player during the 1930s and 1940s. The 6 Foot 8 Inch Gruenig is considered as one of the game's first great big men....
Player1963
Dr. Luther H. Gulick
Luther Gulick (physician)

Luther Halsey Gulick Jr., M.D., was an United States of America physical education instructor, international basketball official, and founder of the Camp Fire Girls, an international youth organization now known as Camp Fire USA ....
Contributor1959
Sue Gunter
Sue Gunter

Sue Gunter was a women's college basketball coach. She is best known as the head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team.In Gunter's 22 years as the head coach at Louisiana State University , the Lady Tigers played in 14 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship and two Women's National Invitation Tournament....
Coach2005
Clifford O. Hagan
Cliff Hagan

Clifford Oldham Hagan is an united States former professional basketball player. A 6-4 forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nickname "Li'l Abner," played his entire 10-year NBA career with the Atlanta Hawks....
Player1978
Alexander M. Hannum
Alex Hannum

Alexander Murray Hannum was a professional basketball player and Hall-of-Fame coach....
Coach1998
Victor A. Hanson
Vic Hanson

This article refers to the college athlete. For the historian, please see Victor Davis HansonVictor A. Hanson was a well-known multi-sport college athlete in the 1920s....
Player1960
Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters are an Exhibition game basketball team that combines wikt:athleticism and comedy.Created by Abe Saperstein in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a major African-American community....
Team2002
Lusia Harris-Stewart
Lusia Harris

Lusia Harris-Stewart is a pioneer of women's basketball. She was born in Minter City, Mississippi, the tenth of eleven children.She always wanted to beat her siblings in basketball and eventually grew to six feet three inches....
Player1992
Lester Harrison
Lester Harrison

Lester "Les" Harrison was an United States of America professional basketball player, coach, and team owner and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame....
Contributor1980
Marv K. Harshman
Marv Harshman

Marv K. Harshman is a former college men's basketball coach. The Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA native coached at the University of Washington from 1971 to 1985....
Coach1985
Donald L. Haskins
Don Haskins

Donald Lee Haskins, nicknamed "The Bear" , was an United States collegiate basketball Coach and Player . He played for three years under legendary coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma State Cowboys ....
Coach1997
John J. Havlicek
John Havlicek

John J. Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning List of National Basketball Association players with most championship rings, half of them coming in his first four seasons....
Player1984
Cornelius L. Hawkins
Connie Hawkins

Cornelius "Connie" Hawkins is a former National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, and New York City playground legend....
Player1992
Elvin E. Hayes
Elvin Hayes

Elvin Ernest Hayes is a retired American basketball player. He is a member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team....
Player1990
Marques O. Haynes
Marques Haynes

Marques Haynes is an United States former professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, notable for his remarkable ability to dribble the ball and keep it away from defenders....
Player1998
Francis D. Hearn
Chick Hearn

Francis Dayle "Chick/Chicky Baby" Hearn was an American sportscaster. Known primarily as the long-time play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, the legendary Hearn is remembered for his rapid fire, staccato broadcasting style, inventing colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, an...
Contributor2003
Thomas W. Heinsohn
Tom Heinsohn

Thomas William "Tom" Heinsohn is a former professional basketball player, known for his time as a player on the Boston Celtics National Basketball Association team....
Player1986
George T. Hepbron
George Hepbron

George T. Hepbron was one of basketball's first referees and rules pioneers. He is also credited with writing the game's first book, How to Play Basketball, in 1904....
Referee1960
Dr. Ferenc Hepp
Ferenc Hepp

Dr. Ferenc Hepp was a basketball administrator. He is considered "the father of Hungarian basketball". He became the president of the Hungary national basketball team in 1954 and was a member of the International Basketball Federation Central Board in the 1950s and 1960s....
Contributor1981
Edgar S. Hickey
Eddie Hickey

Edgar S. "Eddie" Hickey was a college men's basketball coach. He coached at his alma mater of Creighton University , St. Louis University and Marquette University , compiling a 436-231 record....
Coach1979
Edward J. Hickox
Ed Hickox

Edward J. Hickox was an United States basketball coach and administrator. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he coached the basketball team of Springfield College from 1926 to 1941, was a chairman of the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1945 to 1948, served on the Board of Directors of the Basketball Hall of Fame from 1959 to 1966 and was an e...
Contributor1959
Paul D. HinkleContributor1965
Howard A. Hobson
Howard Hobson

Howard A. "Hobby" Hobson was an influential college basketball Coach , who authored numerous books on the subject. He also has the distinction of coaching the team who won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in its inaugural year, 1939....
Coach1965
Nat Holman
Nat Holman

Nat Holman was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the game's most important innovators.Known for his exceptional ball-handling and his accurate shooting, Holman was a star player at New York University and an important part of the Original Celtics ....
Player1964
William Holzman
Red Holzman

William "Red" Holzman was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA Finalss in 1970 and 1973, and was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985....
Coach1986
Robert J. Houbregs
Bob Houbregs

Robert J. "Bob" Houbregs is a former professional basketball player.A 6'8", 225 pound forward-center, Houbregs attended the University of Washington from 1949 to 1953....
Player1987
Bailey E. Howell
Bailey Howell

Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia 76ers....
Player1997
George H. Hoyt
George Hoyt

For 34 years, George Hoyt was known as New England foremost basketball referee, earning him the moniker "Mr. Basketball". A tireless worker, Hoyt's talents were not merely requested, but demanded....
Referee1961
Charles D. Hyatt
Chuck Hyatt

Charles D. "Chuck" Hyatt was a well-known collegiate basketball player in the late 1920s.The Syracuse, New York native played three seasons at University of Pittsburgh under Basketball Hall of Fame coach Clifford Carlson ....
Player1959
Henry P. Iba
Henry Iba

Henry Payne "Hank" Iba was a well-known college men's basketball coach....
Coach1969
Edward S. Irish
Ned Irish

Edward S. "Ned" Irish was a basketball promoter and one of the key figures in popularizing professional basketball. He was the president of the New York Knicks from 1946 to 1974....
Contributor1964
Daniel P. Issel
Dan Issel

Daniel Paul Issel is a retired American Basketball Hall of Fame professional basketball player and coach....
Player1993
Philip D. Jackson
Phil Jackson

Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson is a former American professional basketball player and the current Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association ....
Coach2007
Harry E. Jeannette
Buddy Jeannette

Harry Edward "Buddy" Jeannette was a former professional basketball player and coach.Jeannette was widely regarded as the premier backcourt player between 1938 and 1948....
Player1994
Earvin E. Johnson, Jr.
Magic Johnson

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball point guard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ....
Player2002
William C. Johnson
Skinny Johnson

William C. "Skinny" Johnson was a well-known United States basketball player during the 1930s. As a 6-4 Center Johnson was among the tallest players of his time....
Player1977
D. Neil Johnston
Neil Johnston

Donald Neil Johnston was an American Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player at the center position who played 8 years in the NBA from 1951 to 1959....
Player1990
K.C. JonesPlayer1989
R. William Jones
Renato William Jones

Renato William Jones , also known as R. William, or simply William Jones, was a popularizer of basketball in Europe and in Asia.He was one of the founding fathers of the International Basketball Federation in 1932 and served as the first Secretary-General from 1932 until 1976....
Contributor1964
Samuel Jones
Sam Jones (basketball)

Samuel Jones is a retired American professional basketball player at point guard and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame....
Player1984
Alvin F. Julian
Doggie Julian

Alvin F. "Doggie" Julian was a well-known college basketball coach. He gained legendary status by leading the College of the Holy Cross to the NCAA title in 1947....
Coach1968
Frank W. Keaney
Frank Keaney

Frank W. Keaney was a college men's basketball coach and known as the architect of modern "run-and-shoot" basketball.Keaney was a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Cambridge Latin School, graduating in 1906....
Coach1960
J. Walter Kennedy
Walter Kennedy (NBA)

J. Walter Kennedy was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association from 1963 until 1975. He is occasionally referred to as Walter J....
Contributor1981
Matthew P. Kennedy
Matthew P. Kennedy

Matthew P. "Pat" Kennedy was an United States basketball referee.A native of Hoboken, New Jersey, Kennedy officiated over 4,000 games from the 1928 to 1957....
Referee1959
George E. Keogan
George Keogan

George E. Keogan was an United States collegiate basketball coach, most known for coaching University of Notre Dame from 1923 to 1943. Keogan never had a losing season in his 20 years at Notre Dame....
Coach1961
Robert M. KnightCoach1991
Edward W. Krause
Moose Krause

Edward Walter "Moose" Krause was a well-known collegiate basketball player during the 1930s....
Player1976
Michael W. Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski

Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski is an USA basketball coach. Currently the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, he also coached the United States men's national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics, culminating with the gold medal at the Olympics....
Coach2001
John A. Kundla
John Kundla

John Albert Kundla is a former professional and college basketball coach. The highly successful coach of the old Los Angeles Lakers, the first dynasty in NBA history, Kundla guided the George Mikan-led Lakers to five NBA titles in six years....
Coach1995
Robert A. Kurland
Bob Kurland

Robert Albert "Bob" Kurland was a 7-foot basketball center, who played for Henry Iba's Oklahoma A & M Aggies basketball team. He was an integral part of the team's consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1945 and 1946....
Player1961
Ward L. Lambert
Ward Lambert

Ward L. "Piggy" Lambert was a well-known college men's basketball coach. He played basketball at Crawfordsville High School and Wabash College, both under coach Ralph Jones, who himself would go on the coach Purdue....
Coach1960
Robert J. Lanier, Jr.
Bob Lanier (basketball)

Robert Jerry "Bob" Lanier, Jr. , nicknamed The Dobber, is a retired American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA....
Player1992
Joseph B. Lapchick
Joe Lapchick

File:Lapchick headstone.JPG Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was a professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 30s....
Player1966
Lloyd R. Leith
Lloyd Leith

Lloyd R. Leith was an United States basketball referee and high school coach. The San Francisco, California native officiated 16 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships between 1939 and 1955....
Referee1983
George Lemon
Meadowlark Lemon

Meadowlark Lemon is an American basketball player and actor. Lemon was known, for 22 years, as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team....
Contributor2003
Nancy I. Lieberman
Nancy Lieberman

Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", was a professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
Player1996
Emil S. Liston
Emil Liston

Emil S. Liston was a basketball coach and administrator. He coached the Baker University basketball team from 1930 to 1945. He was also the creator of the NAIA national men's basketball championship college basketball tournament and a close friend of James Naismith....
Contributor1975
Harry Litwack
Harry Litwack

Harold "Chief" Litwack was a college basketball coach. He served as head coach of Temple University from 1947 to 1973, compiling a 373-193 record....
Coach1976
Earl F. Lloyd
Earl Lloyd

Earl Francis Lloyd is a retired United States basketball player. He was the first African-American to play in the National Basketball Association, in the 1950-51 NBA season....
Contributor2003
Kenneth D. Loeffler
Ken Loeffler

Kenneth D. Loeffler was an American collegiate and professional basketball coach. He was mostly known for guiding the La Salle University La Salle Explorers basketball team to the 1954 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and the 1952 National Invitation Tournament Championship....
Coach1964
Arthur C. Lonborg
Dutch Lonborg

Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg was a well-known American collegiate basketball coach. The Gardner, Illinois native coached for 23 years at McPherson College, Washburn University and Northwestern University....
Coach1973
Clyde E. Lovellette
Clyde Lovellette

Clyde Lovellette is a former professional basketball player; the first basketball player in history to play on an National Collegiate Athletic Association, Olympic Games and National Basketball Association championship squad....
Player1988
Jerry R. Lucas
Jerry Lucas

Jerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history....
Player1980
Angelo Luisetti
Hank Luisetti

Angelo "Hank" Luisetti was a college men's basketball player and one of the great innovators of the game. In an era that featured the traditional two-handed set shot, Luisetti developed the running one-handed shot....
Player1959
Edward C. Macauley
Ed Macauley

Charles Edward "Ed" Macauley is a former professional basketball player.Macauley spent his prep school days at St. Louis University High School, then went on to Saint Louis University, where his team won the National Invitation Tournament championship in 1948....
Player1960
Moses E. Malone
Moses Malone

Moses Eugene Malone is a retired United States Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association....
Player2001
Peter P. Maravich
Pete Maravich

Peter Press Maravich , nicknamed "Pistol Pete", was an American basketball player. A native Pennsylvanian, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University and for three National Basketball Association teams....
Player1987
Hortęncia de Fátima Marcari
Hortencia Marcari

Hort?ncia Maria de F?tima Marcari is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest women's basketball player in Brazil, along side with Janeth Arcain and Maria Paula Silva....
Player2005
Slater N. Martin, Jr.
Slater Martin

Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin, Jr. is a former pro-basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association . He was born in El Mina, Texas, Texas....
Player1982
Robert A. McAdoo
Bob McAdoo

Robert Allen 'Bob' McAdoo is a retired American professional basketball player who spent a fourteen-year career playing the center and power forward positions in the National Basketball Association....
Player2000
Emmett B. McCracken
Branch McCracken

Branch McCracken was a college men's basketball coach.As a player at Indiana, the Monrovia, Indiana native was a three-year letter winner for Hall of Fame coach Everett Dean....
Player1960
Jack D. McCracken
Jack McCracken

Jack "Jumping Jack" McCracken was a basketball player in 1930s and 1940s. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Amateur Athletic Union players of all time and was officially named as the greatest player of all time by the AAU organization....
Player1962
Arad A. McCutchan
Arad McCutchan

Arad A. McCutchan was a well-known collegiate basketball coach. The Evansville, Indiana native coached his hometown University of Evansville from 1946 to 1977, guiding the Purple Aces to a 515-313 record....
Coach1981
Robert McDermott
Bobby McDermott

Robert "Bobby" McDermott was an American professional basketball player, in the 1930s and 1940s.He was known as an outstanding shooter and has been called "the greatest long-distance shooter in the history of the game" by contemporaries....
Player1988
Alfred J. McGuire
Al McGuire

Al McGuire coached the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977. He compiled impressive numbers throughout his coaching career, resulting in his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, and was also well known for his colorful personality....
Coach1992
Frank J. McGuire
Frank McGuire

Frank Joseph McGuire was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball.Born in New York City as the youngest of thirteen children in an Irish-American family, to New York police officer, Robert McGuire and his wife, the former Anne Lynch , McGuire graduated from St....
Coach1977
Richard J. McGuire
Dick McGuire

Richard Joseph "Dick" McGuire is a retired American professional basketball player and coach.One of the premier guards of the 1950s, McGuire spent eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association , eight with the New York Knicks and three with the Detroit Pistons....
Player1993
Kevin E. McHale
Kevin McHale

Kevin Edward McHale is a retired United States professional basketball player who starred for thirteen seasons in the NBA for the Boston Celtics....
Player1999
John B. McLendon, Jr.
John McLendon

John B. McLendon, Jr. was an American basketball coach. Born in Hiawatha, Kansas, McLendon was an all-around athlete who chose basketball as his favorite sport....
Coach1979
Walter E. Meanwell, M.D.
Walter Meanwell

Walter E. Meanwell was a college men's basketball coach in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. The Leeds, England native coached the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Missouri?Columbia to an overall record of 290-101....
Coach1959
Dino Meneghin
Dino Meneghin

Dino Meneghin is an Italian people former professional basketball player. He was considered the best player of his country for decades and for several years, also the best in all of the history of Europe....
Player2003
Raymond J. Meyer
Ray Meyer

Raymond Joseph Meyer was an United States men's college basketball coach from Chicago, Illinois. He was well-known for coaching DePaul University from 1942 to 1984, compiling a 724-354 record....
Coach1979
Ann E. Meyers
Ann Meyers

Ann Elizabeth Meyers is a retired American basketball player. She is a distinguished figure in the history of women's basketball and sports journalism....
Player1993
Zigmund J. Mihalik
Red Mihalik

Zigmund "Red" Mihalik was an United States basketball player and referee.He was born 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in Ford City, Pennsylvania, and took up refereeing when officials for a high school game failed to show up....
Referee1986
George L. Mikan, Jr.
George Mikan

George Lawrence Mikan, Jr. , nicknamed Mr. Basketball, was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League and the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBL, the National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association ....
Player1959
A. Verner A. Mikkelsen
Vern Mikkelsen

Arild Verner Agerskov "Vern" Mikkelsen is an American former professional basketball player. He is known best as the National Basketball Association's first Power Forward in the 1950s and was known for his tenacious defense....
Player1995
Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller

Cheryl D. Miller is a former college basketball player and coach. She is currently a sideline reporter for National Basketball Association games on Turner Network Television having worked as a sports commentator for American Broadcasting Company, TBS and ESPN as well....
Player1995
Ralph H. Miller
Ralph Miller

Ralph H. Miller was a College basketball men's basketball Coach . The Chanute, Kansas native coached at the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball , the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball and Oregon State Beavers , compiling a 657-382 overall record in 38 seasons combined....
Coach1988
William G. Mokray
Bill Mokray

William G. "Bill" Mokray was a leading basketball statistician and historian.Mokray's love of basketball stats began while attending Passaic High School in Passaic, New Jersey....
Contributor1965
V. Earl Monroe
Earl Monroe

Vernon Earl Monroe is an American former professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing, and play-making. His nicknames include "Earl The Pearl", "Black Magic", and his Philadelphia playground nickname, "Black Jesus"....
Player1990
Billie J. Moore
Billie Moore

Billie J. Moore is an American basketball coach. She was the first coach in women's basketball history to lead two teams to national championships....
Coach1999
Ralph Morgan
Ralph Morgan (basketball)

Ralph Morgan was an American basketball administrator. He was instrumental in early 20th century development of basketball rules. He founded the College Basketball Rules Committee in 1905....
Contributor1959
Frank Morgenweck
Frank Morgenweck

Frank Morgenweck was an American basketball player, coach and team owner. He began his career in the National League in 1901, and won that league's championship with the Camden Electrics in 1904....
Contributor1962
Calvin J. Murphy
Calvin Murphy

Calvin Murphy is a retired American professional basketball player who played as a guard for the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets from 1970-1983....
Player1993
Charles C. Murphy
Stretch Murphy

Charles C. "Stretch" Murphy was an United States basketball player. The Marion, Indiana native was one of the game's first true big men. At 6'6" , Murphy was an insurmountable defensive force....
Player1960
Dr. James A. Naismith
James Naismith

James Naismith was a sports coach and innovator. Naismith was born and raised in Canada and invented the sport of basketball in 1891 and is often credited with introducing the first Football helmet....
Contributor1959
New York Rens
New York Renaissance

The New York Renaissance, also known as the Harlem Renaissance Big Five or Rens, was an all-African American professional basketball team founded in 1923 by Robert "Bob" Douglas, a few years before the Harlem Globetrotters....
Team1963
Peter F. Newell
Pete Newell

Peter Francis Newell was an American college basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the San Francisco Dons#Men's and Women's Basketball, Michigan State Spartans men's basketball and the California Golden Bears#Men's basketball history, compiling an overall record of 23...
Coach1979
Charles M. Newton
C. M. Newton

Charles Martin Newton is a retired American basketball player, coach and administrator. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a Contributor on October 13, 2000....
Contributor2000
Aleksandar Nikolic
Aleksandar Nikolic

Aleksandar Nikolic was a renowned basketball player and coach from Yugoslavia. He is considered to be so instrumental and important to the game's development in the country that he is often referred to as the Father of Yugoslav basketball....
Coach1998
Mirko Novosel
Mirko Novosel

Mirko Novosel is a former Yugoslav basketball player and coach.He played from 1952 to 1966. As a coach, he led Yugoslavia national basketball team to the silver medal in 1974 FIBA World Championship in 1974, silver medal in 1976 Summer Olympics in 1976 and bronze medal in 1984 Summer Olympics in 1984....
Coach2007
John P. Nucatola
John Nucatola

John Nucatola was a professional basketball player, coach and referee. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on 1 May 1978....
Referee1978
John J. O'Brien
John O'Brien (basketball)

John J. O'Brien was an American basketball referee and administrator. He was involved in organizing several early professional basketball leagues....
Contributor1961
Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
Larry O'Brien

Lawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien, Jr. was one of the Democratic Party 's leading electoral strategists when, for more than two decades, he helped reshape American politics....
Contributor1991
Hakeem A. Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon is a retired Nigerian American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . Olajuwon played Center for the Houston Rockets, whom he led to back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995, and the Toronto Raptors....
Player2008
Harold G. Olsen
Harold Olsen

Harold G. Olsen was a college basketball coach. The Rice Lake, Wisconsin native was the head coach of the Ohio State University from 1922 to 1946....
Contributor1959
R. Luther Olson
Lute Olson

Robert Luther "Lute" Olson is the former men's basketball head coach at The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Olson was known for player development, and many of his former players have gone on to impressive careers in the NBA after playing under him....
Coach2002
Harlan O. Page
Harlan Page

Harlan O. Page was one of basketball's first star players in the 1900s. The 5' 9"/1.75 m Watervliet, Michigan native played guard at the University of Chicago and was known as a defensive specialist....
Player1962
Robert L. Parish
Robert Parish

Robert Lee Parish is a retired United States basketball center . He was known for his strong defense and jump shooting, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003....
Player2003
Dražen Petrovic
Dražen Petrovic

Dra?en Petrovic was a Yugoslav basketball player. He is considered the crucial part of the vanguard to the present-day mass influx of European players into the National Basketball Association....
Player2002
Robert E. L. Pettit
Bob Pettit

Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association, all with the Atlanta Hawks ....
Player1971
Andrew M. Phillip
Andy Phillip

Andrew Michael Phillip was a guard/forward who had an 11 year career professional basketball career from 1948 to 1958. Born in Granite City, Illinois, Andy Phillip played for the Chicago Stags of the National Basketball Association#History and the Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics, all of the National Basketball Asso...
Player1961
Maurice Podoloff
Maurice Podoloff

Maurice Podoloff was a United States lawyer and basketball and ice hockey administrator. He was the first president of the National Basketball Association....
Contributor1974
James C. Pollard
Jim Pollard

James Clifford "Jim" Pollard was an American professional basketball player.In college, Pollard played for Stanford Cardinal and was a key member of Stanford's 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament ....
Player1978
Henry V. Porter
H. V. Porter

H. V. Porter , born Henry Van Arsdale Porter, was an athletic administrator, inventor, and coach. He served at the top of his profession for almost 30 years and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960....
Contributor1960
Ernest C. Quigley
Ernie Quigley

Ernest Cosmos Quigley was a Canada-United States sports official who became notable both as a basketball official and as an umpire in Major League Baseball....
Referee1961
Dr. John T. Ramsay
Jack Ramsay

Dr. Jack T. Ramsay is an American former basketball Coach , commonly known as "Dr. Jack". He is best known for coaching the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA Finals, and for his broadcasting work with the Indiana Pacers, the Miami Heat, and for ESPN TV and ESPN Radio....
Coach1992
Frank V. Ramsey, Jr.
Frank Ramsey (basketball)

Frank Vernon Ramsey, Jr. is a former professional basketball player and coach. A 6-3 guard, he played his entire nine-year NBA career with the Boston Celtics and played a major role in the early part of their Dynasty , winning List of National Basketball Association players with most championship rings....
Player1982
Willis Reed, Jr.
Willis Reed

Willis Reed Jr. is a retired American basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982....
Player1982
William A. Reid
William Reid (basketball coach)

William A. Reid was an American basketball coach and administrator. As a high school player he led his team to a state title and then played in two sports in Colgate University....
Contributor1963
Patrick J. Riley
Pat Riley

Patrick James Riley is a former American National Basketball Association player and is the current team president of the Miami Heat. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams and an assistant coach to another....
Coach2008
Elmer H. Ripley
Elmer Ripley

Elmer Ripley was a college men's and pro basketball coach. In over 30 years, he coached collegiately at 7 different schools as well as professionally for several teams....
Contributor1973
Arnold D. Risen
Arnie Risen

Arnold D. Risen is a retired United States basketball player.A 6'9" center from the Ohio State University. He led the Ohio State Buckeyes to two straight Final Four appearances....
Player1998
Oscar P. Robertson
Oscar Robertson

Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O" or O-Train, is a former American National Basketball Association player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks....
Player1980
John S. Roosma
John Roosma

John S. Roosma was an amateur basketball great during the 1920s, playing for the United States Military Academy. The Passaic, New Jersey native was a prolific scorer and became the first college player to total 1,000 points for his career....
Player1961
Cesare Rubini
Cesare Rubini

Cesare Rubini is a former Italian basketball player and coach, and high level water polo player. One of the greatest European coaches of all time, Rubini has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, one of the few Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, together with Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba....
Coach1994
Marvin Rudolph
Mendy Rudolph

Marvin "Mendy" Rudolph was a professional basketball Official in the National Basketball Association for 22 years, from 1952-53 NBA season to 1974-75 NBA season....
Referee2007
Adolph F. Rupp
Adolph Rupp

Adolph Frederick Rupp was one of the winningest coaches in the history of United States college basketball. Rupp ranks third , in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching....
Coach1969
Cathy Rush
Cathy Rush

IntroductionCathy Rush was the head women's basketball coach at Immaculata University from 1972-1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national titles from AIAW_Champions#Basketball....
Coach2008
John D. RussellPlayer1964
William F. Russell
Bill Russell

William Felton Russell is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ....
Player1975
Leonard D. Sachs
Lenny Sachs

Leonard David Sachs was a college basketball coach , high school football coach, and professional football player and coach born in Chicago, Illinois....
Coach1961
Lynn W. St. John
Lynn St. John

Lynn Wilbur St. John was a college men's basketball coach. The Union City, Pennsylvania native was the head coach of the Ohio State University from 1911 to 1919, and served as the school's second athletic director, a position he held for 33 years....
Contributor1962
Abraham M. Saperstein
Abe Saperstein

Abraham M. Saperstein was the founder and coach of the Savoy Big Five, which later became the Harlem Globetrotters. He was born in London, England....
Contributor1971
Arthur A. Schabinger
Arthur Schabinger

Arthur August Schabinger was an American college football and basketball coach, and then later administrator. Schabinger is credited with throwing the first forward pass in college football history....
Contributor1961
Adolph Schayes
Dolph Schayes

Adolph "Dolph" Schayes is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association. He was a member of the 1955 NBA champion Syracuse Nationals and 12-time All-Star....
Player1973
Ernest J. Schmidt
Ernest Schmidt

Ernest J. Schmidt was an American college basketball player. He played college basketball for Emporia State University in the early 1930s and was considered one of the best players of his time....
Player1974
John J. Schommer
John Schommer

John J. Schommer was an outstanding American multi-sport athlete in the 1900s. The Chicago, Illinois native was the first athlete in University of Chicago history to win 12 letters in American football, basketball, baseball and Athletics ....
Player1959
Barney Sedran
Barney Sedran

Barney Sedran was one of the great early pro basketball players in the 1910s and 1920s.Nicknamed "Mighty Mite", the New York City native who grew up on the Lower East Side, Sedran was a member of the well-known New York Whirlwinds and Cleveland Rosenblums, among many other teams in New York as well as in Carbondale, Pennsylvania....
Player1962
Uljana SemjonovaPlayer1993
William W. Sharman
Bill Sharman

William Walton "Bill" Sharman is a former professional basketball player and coach. Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest backcourt duo of all time....
Player Coach1976 2004
Everett F. Shelton
Everett Shelton

Everett F. Shelton was a well-known College basketball men's basketball coach in the 1940s and 1950s. The Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the high school, college and Amateur Athletic Union levels and compiled an 850-437 record....
Coach1980
J. Dallas Shirley
Dallas Shirley

Dallas Shirley was a basketball referee. He officiated more than 2000 basketball games in his 33-year career, which ended in 1966. He was the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials president from 1952 to 1953....
Referee1980
Dean E. Smith
Dean Smith

Dean Edwards Smith is a retired Coach of men?s college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Kansas, Smith has been called a ?coaching legend? by the Basketball Hall of Fame....
Coach1983
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg

Amos Alonzo Stagg was an United States collegiate coach in multiple sports, primarily American football, and an overall athletic pioneer. He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy....
Contributor1959
Borislav Stankovic
Borislav Stankovic

Borislav "Bora" Stankovic is a Serbian former basketball player and coach, as well as a longtime administrator in the sport's various governing bodies....
Contributor1991
Christian Steinmetz
Christian Steinmetz

Christian Steinmetz was an outstanding collegiate basketball player in the 1900s. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native played three seasons at University of Wisconsin-Madison ....
Player1961
Edward S. Steitz
Ed Steitz

Edward S. "Ed" Steitz was an American basketball coach and official. He was considered the leading worldwide authority on amateur basketball rules....
Contributor1984
Maurice Stokes
Maurice Stokes

Maurice Stokes was a professional basketball player in the 1950s, whose career was cut short by a debilitating injury....
Player2004
Earl Strom
Earl Strom

Earl "Yogi" Strom was a professional basketball referee for 29 years in the National Basketball Association and for three years in the American Basketball Association ....
Referee1995
Patricia H. Summitt
Pat Summitt

Pat Head Summitt is the Coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team. She has been coaching since 1974, all with the Lady Vols, winning 8 national championships....
Coach2000
Charles H. Taylor
Chuck Taylor (salesman)

Charles Hollis "Chuck" Taylor , was an United States basketball player and shoe salesman/technology evangelist. He is best known for his association with the Chuck Taylor All-Stars sneaker, the most successful selling basketball shoe in history....
Contributor1969
Fred R. Taylor
Fred Taylor (basketball coach)

Fred R. Taylor was a college men's basketball coach for Ohio State University from 1959 to 1976....
Coach1986
Bertha F. Teague
Bertha Teague

Bertha F. Teague was an American basketball coach. She coached Byng High School team in Ada, Oklahoma, Oklahoma for 42 years with a career record of 1,157-115 ....
Contributor1985
Texas Western
UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso. Informally, the UTEP Miners have also been referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or simply El Paso....
, 1966
1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in Single-elimination tournament play to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball....
Team2007
Isiah L. Thomas III
Isiah Thomas

Isiah Lord Thomas III is a retired United States professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1981 until 1994....
Player2000
David O. Thompson
David Thompson (basketball)

David O'Neil Thompson is a former United States professional basketball star with the Denver Nuggets of both the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association , as well as the Seattle SuperSonics....
Player1996
John A. ThompsonPlayer1962
John R. Thompson, Jr.
John Thompson (basketball)

John R. Thompson, Jr. is an American former basketball coach for the Georgetown University Georgetown Hoyas basketball. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator....
Coach1999
Nathaniel Thurmond
Nate Thurmond

Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain....
Player1985
David Tobey
David Tobey

David "Dave" Tobey was an American basketball referee. He refereed many notable pro games in New York between 1918 and 1925. In 1926 he refereed the Syracuse Orange men's basketball vs....
Referee1961
Oswald Tower
Oswald Tower

Oswald Tower was an American basketball administrator and instructor at Phillips Academy Andover [1910-49]. He served on the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1910 to 1960, was an editor of the Official Basketball Guide and an official rules interpreter from 1915 to 1960....
Contributor1959
Arthur L. Trester
Arthur Trester

Arthur L. Trester was an American basketball administrator. He was the commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association from 1922 to 1944, that organization was the force behind Hoosier Hysteria in Indiana....
Contributor1961
John K. Twyman
Jack Twyman

John Kennedy "Jack" Twyman is a former professional basketball player.A 6' 6" forward guard from the University of Cincinnati, he spent eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Sacramento Kings franchise ....
Player1983
Westley S. Unseld
Wes Unseld

Westley Sissel "Wes" Unseld is an American former basketball player. He spent his entire NBA career with the Washington Wizards, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988....
Player1988
Robert P. Vandivier
Fuzzy Vandivier

Robert P. "Fuzzy" Vandiver was a well-known high school and collegiate basketball player during the 1920s. At Franklin High School he led a squad nicknamed "Franklin Wonder Five", a team that compiled an 89-9 record, won three state championships and is considered the greatest Indiana High School team of all-time....
Player1975
Richard J. Vitale
Dick Vitale

Richard J. "Dick" Vitale is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well-known as a college basketball broadcaster and for the enthusiastic and colorful remarks he makes during games....
Contributor2008
Edward A. Wachter
Ed Wachter

Edward A. Wachter was one of the first professional basketball players. The Foot Wachter is widely regarded as the greatest center of the 1910s....
Player1961
L. Margaret Wade
Margaret Wade (basketball coach)

Lily Margaret Wade was an American basketball player and coach. She played high school basketball for Cleveland High School and college basketball for Delta State University in 1930-1932....
Coach1985
David H. Walsh
David Walsh (referee)

David H. Walsh was a hall of fame basketball referee.He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. As an adult, he weighed 165 pounds and was five feet and eleven inches tall....
Referee1961
William T. Walton III
Bill Walton

William Theodore "Bill" Walton III is a retired American basketball Player and current television sportscaster. The ?Big Red-Head?, as he was called, achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early '70s and winning three straight College Player of the Year Awards and went on to have a prominent career in...
Player1993
Robert F. Wanzer
Bobby Wanzer

Robert Francis Wanzer, also known as "Hooks" Wanzer is a former basketball player and coach. A 6'0" guard, he played collegiately at Seton Hall University, and was selected by the Rochester Royals in 1947....
Player1987
Stanley H. Watts
Stan Watts

Stanley H. Watts was a college men's basketball coach, well-known for coaching Brigham Young University to a 372-254 record between 1949 and 1972....
Coach1986
W. R. Clifford Wells
Clifford Wells

This article is about the basketball coach. For the voice actor, see Clifton Wells.W.R. Clifford "Cliff" Wells was an American basketball coach and administrator....
Contributor1972
Jerry A. West
Jerry West

Jerry Alan West is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ....
Player1980
Nera D. White
Nera White

Nera D. White is a retired American basketball player. She is considered one of the most outstanding female players in history. She was named Amateur Athletic Union All-American for 15 years in a row from 1955 to 1969, and she led the Nashville Business College team to winning the Amateur Athletic Union national championships ten times durin...
Player1992
Louis G. Wilke
Louis Wilke

Louis G. Wilke was an American basketball coach and administrator. After coaching basketball on a high school level, he became the coach for Phillips University in 1928....
Contributor1983
Leonard R. Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens

Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired United States basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association, as well as the league's career leader in coaching win-loss totals....
Player Coach1989 1998
J. Dominique Wilkins
Dominique Wilkins

Jacques Dominique Wilkins is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association and Basketball Hall of Famer....
Player2006
Roy Williams
Roy Williams (coach)

Roy Allen Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After averaging about an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003....
Coach2007
Lynette Woodard
Lynette Woodard

Lynette Woodard is a retired American basketball player who made history by becoming the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and who tasted success abroad before finally reaching, at age 38, her dream of playing in an American women's professional basketball league....
Player2004
John R. Wooden
John Wooden

John Robert Wooden is a retired United States basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and as a coach ....
Player Coach1960 1973
Phillip D. Woolpert
Phil Woolpert

Phil Woolpert was an American college basketball coach. He is best known for coaching the University of San Francisco Dons to two straight national championships in 1955 and 1956....
Coach1992
Morgan B. Wootten
Morgan Wootten

Morgan Wootten is a former high school basketball coach. From 1956 to 2002 he coached at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland....
Coach2000
James A. Worthy
James Worthy

James Ager Worthy , is a retired Basketball Hall of Fame United States college and professional basketball player. One of the Top 50 NBA Players of All Time, "Big Game James" was a seven time NBA All-Star and three time NBA champion....
Player2003
George H. Yardley III
George Yardley

George Harry Yardley III , best known as simply George Yardley, was an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player. He was the first player in history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by fellow Hall of Famer George Mikan....
Player1996
S. Kay Yow
Kay Yow

Sandra Kay Yow was an United States basketball coach. She was the head coach of the women's basketball team at North Carolina State University from 1975 to 2009....
Coach2002
Fred Zollner
Fred Zollner

Fred Zollner was called "Mr. Pro Basketball" as the founder and longtime owner of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and a key figure in the merger of National Basketball League and National Basketball Association into the National Basketball Association in 1949....
Contributor1999


See also

  • Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
    Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

    The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors men and women who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States....