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- | ====== Tex Winter ====== | ||
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- | ===== Biography ===== | ||
- | * Birthdate: Feburary 25, 1922 | ||
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- | ===== Coaching Career ===== | ||
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- | Tex Winter attended Huntington Park High School and went on to graduate from the University of Southern California in 1947, where he learned the triangle offense from Sam Barry. Winter immediately entered the coaching profession as an assistant to Hall of Famer Jack Gardner at Kansas State University. He would stay in coaching for the next 57 consecutive years.\\ | ||
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- | In 1952, Winter began a two-year stint as head coach at Marquette University, becoming the youngest coach in major college basketball. He led Marquette to the National Catholic Tournament Championship in his first year. His two-year record was 25-25, with his best season coming the following season, when Marquette finished with a 13-11 record.\\ | ||
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- | === In Two Seasons Tex Winter Recruited- === | ||
- | *One All-American | ||
- | *One 1,000+ Point Scorer | ||
- | *One 500+ Rebounder | ||
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- | In 1954 Winter returned to Kansas State as head coach of new point-guard, | ||
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- | Winter also served as head coach of the Houston Rockets for two seasons, 1972โ1974, | ||
- | In 1985, Winter started another chapter of his life, serving as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls, and teaching the triangle offense to Michael Jordan. He was hired to the position by General Manager Jerry Krause, an old friend he had met while at Kansas State. As an assistant to Phil Jackson, who took over as the Bulls' head coach in 1989, Winter was an integral part of the Bulls' NBA championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998. Winter followed Phil Jackson to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he collected three additional championship rings, in 2000, 2001 and 2002. | ||
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- | ===== Honors ===== | ||
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- | Winter is a member of several halls of fame, and he was awarded the John Bunn Award for lifetime achievement from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. However, although Winter has been on the final ballot for the Basketball Hall of Fame six times, he has not yet been accorded this honor. | ||
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