Larry Drew

Larry Drew

Born: April 2, 1958
Age: 66
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Biography

Larry Donnell Drew (born April 2, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who is the assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Drew was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1980 NBA Draft. A 6'1" point guard from the University of Missouri, Drew played in 10 NBA seasons. He played for the Pistons, Kansas City/Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers. In 1988-89, Drew played in the Italian League with Scavolini.

In his NBA career, Drew played in 714 games and scored a total of 8,110 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1982-83 season as a member of the Kings, appearing in 75 games and averaging 20.1 points, 8.1 assists and 1.7 steals per contest.

Drew served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers (1992-1999), Detroit Pistons (1999-2000), Washington Wizards (2000-2003), New Jersey Nets (2003-2004), and Atlanta Hawks (2004-2010). He became the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks in 2010-11. His contract expired after the 2012-13 season, when the Hawks hired Mike Budenholzer to replace Drew.

On May 31, 2013, the Milwaukee Bucks hired Drew as their head coach.

On June 30, 2014, the Bucks fired Drew from their head coaching position after acquiring head coach Jason Kidd from the Brooklyn Nets.

On August 19, 2014, the Cleveland Cavaliers hired Drew as their assistant coach.

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Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W-L % Win-loss %
Post season PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW-L % Playoff win-loss %
Team Year G W L W-L% Finish PG PW PL PW-L% Result
Atlanta 2010-11 82 44 38 .537 3rd in Southeast 12 6 6 .500 Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Atlanta 2011-12 66 40 26 .606 2nd in Southeast 6 2 4 .333 Lost in First Round
Atlanta 2012-13 82 44 38 .537 2nd in Southeast 6 2 4 .333 Lost in First Round
Milwaukee 2013-14 82 15 67 .183 5th in Central Missed Playoffs
Career 312 143 169 .458 24 10 14 .417

Personal life

Drew is married to Sharon Drew and they have three children, Larry II, Landon and Lindsey. His older son, Larry II, played collegiate basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2011. His other son, Landon, plays for the California State University, Northridge Matadors men's basketball team. His other son Lindsey plays for University of Nevada Wolf Pack.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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