.jpg) Riley in 2010 | |
| Miami Heat | |
|---|---|
| Position | President |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 20, 1945 Rome, New York, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Linton (Schenectady, New York) |
| College | Kentucky (1964–1967) |
| NBA draft | 1967: 1st round, 7th overall pick |
| Selected by the San Diego Rockets | |
| Playing career | 1967–1976 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 42, 12 |
| Coaching career | 1979–2008 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1967–1970 | San Diego Rockets |
| 1970–1975 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1975–1976 | Phoenix Suns |
| As coach: | |
| 1979–1981 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| 1981–1990 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1991–1995 | New York Knicks |
| 1995–2003, 2005–2008 | Miami Heat |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As head coach:
As assistant coach: As executive: | |
| Career NBA playing statistics | |
| Points | 3,906 (7.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 855 (1.6 rpg) |
| Assists | 913 (1.7 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Career coaching record | |
| NBA | 1,210–694 (.636) |
| Record at Basketball Reference | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president and minority owner of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008. Often referred to as "The Godfather", Riley is regarded as one of the greatest NBA figures of all time both as a coach and executive. He has won five NBA championships as a head coach, four with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s and one with the Heat in 2006. Riley is a nine-time NBA champion across his tenures as a player (1972), assistant coach (1980), head coach (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2006), and executive (2012, 2013). Since the start of his NBA career through 2023, Riley appeared in 25 percent of all NBA Finals as a player, coach, or executive.[1]
Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year three times (1989–90, 1992–93 and 1996–97, as head coach of the Lakers, New York Knicks and Heat, respectively). He was head coach of an NBA All-Star Game team nine times: eight times with the Western Conference team (1982, 1983, 1985–1990, all as head coach of the Lakers) and once with the Eastern team (1993, as head coach of the Knicks). He is the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, as an assistant coach, as a head coach, and as an executive, and in various roles has reached the NBA finals in seven different decades.[2] In 1996, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in NBA history. In 2008, Riley was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[3] Riley most recently won the 2012 and 2013 NBA championships with the Heat as their team president. He received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award from the NBA Coaches Association on June 20, 2012.
- ^ "Heat president Pat Riley has been a part of 25% of NBA Finals". May 31, 2023. Archived from the original on July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Heat's Pat Riley still up for a fight at 75". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Ewing, Hakeem, Riley top hoops HOF class". ESPN.com. April 7, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2024.