 Winter with Marquette in 1953 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 25, 1922 near Wellington, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | October 10, 2018 (aged 96) Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1940–1942 | Compton JC |
| 1942–1943 | Oregon State |
| 1946–1947 | USC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1947–1951 | Kansas State (assistant) |
| 1951–1953 | Marquette |
| 1953–1968 | Kansas State |
| 1968–1971 | Washington |
| 1971–1973 | Houston Rockets |
| 1973–1978 | Northwestern |
| 1978–1983 | Long Beach State |
| 1983–1984 | LSU (assistant) |
| 1985–1999 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| 1999–2004 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 453–334 (college) 51–78 (NBA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2011 | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2010 | |
Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (February 25, 1922 – October 10, 2018) was an American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense, an offensive system that became the dominant force in the NBA and resulted in 11 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2000s. [1] He was a head coach in college basketball for 30 years before becoming an assistant coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an assistant to Phil Jackson on nine NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. Winter was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
- ^ Coffey, Wayne (15 March 2014). "Master Mind: Meet Tex Winter, the man behind Phil Jackson's Triangle offense". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2014.