Playing career

During his ten-year NBA career playing as a point guard he played for five teams, averaging 11.6 points and 4.5 assists per game.

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the sixth pick of the 1975 NBA Draft out of Arizona State University, Hollins was bestowed All-Rookie first team honors that season, averaging 10.8 points in 78 games for the Blazers. Prior to his two seasons at Arizona State, he played two years at Dixie College in St. George, Utah.

He was a member of Portland's 1976-77 National Basketball Association championship team, and made his only All-Star Game appearance one year later. He was a member of the NBA All-Defensive team twice, in 1978 and 1979.

On April 18, 2007, the Portland Trail Blazers retired his #14 jersey.

Coaching

Prior to his head coaching career, Hollins served as an assistant coach at Arizona State in the 1985-86 season and again in the 1987-88 season. He then served as an assistant for the Phoenix Suns under head coaches Cotton Fitzsimmons and Paul Westphal from 1988 to 1995.

Hollins compiled a record of 18-42 as the interim coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies during the 1999-2000 NBA season. He served another stint as interim coach of the Grizzlies in 2004, after the team had moved to Memphis.

On May 14, 2008, Hollins was hired as one of Milwaukee Bucks head coach Scott Skiles' assistants.

On January 25, 2009, Hollins was named the Grizzlies' head coach for the third time in the franchise's history.

On February 11, 2011, Hollins won his 100th career victory, as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, in an 89-86 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. That season, he led his team to a 46-36 record, earning the eighth seed in the playoffs. The Grizzlies defeated the number-one seed San Antonio Spurs before losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games in the Western Conference semifinals.

In the lockout-shortened 2011-12 NBA season, Hollins' Grizzlies finished the season with a 41-25 record and the best winning percentage in franchise history (.621). After guiding the Grizzlies to a 13-3 record during the month of April, Hollins was named April's Coach of the Month. This streak helped the Grizzlies earn the four seed in the Western Conference, with home court advantage for the first time in franchise history. They lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games. In 2012-2013, Hollins led Memphis to a franchise record 56-win season. Memphis lost to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals in a four-game sweep. Differing views between Hollins and management seemed to be pointing to an eventual change despite Hollins' success.

On June 10, 2013, it was announced that Hollins' contract would not be renewed by Memphis management.

In the time between Memphis and Brooklyn, Hollins chose Kauffman Sports Management Group as his representation.

On July 2, 2014, Hollins and the Brooklyn Nets reached an agreement in principle for him to serve as the team's head coach for the next four seasons. On July 7, 2014, he was officially introduced by the Nets at a press conference. In his first season as head coach, he guided the Nets to the Eastern Conference Playoffs. On January 10, 2016, he was relieved of his head coaching duties by the Nets after starting the 2015-16 season with a 10-27 record, the worst season in the franchise's history since moving from New Jersey to Brooklyn.

Family

Hollins's son, Austin Hollins, played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team.

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
Vancouver	1999-00	60	18	42	.300	7th in Midwest	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Memphis	2004-05	4	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—
Memphis	2008-09	39	13	26	.333	5th in Southwest	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Memphis	2009-10	82	40	42	.488	4th in Southwest	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Memphis	2010-11	82	46	36	.561	4th in Southwest	13	7	6	.538	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Memphis	2011-12	66	41	25	.621	2nd in Southwest	7	3	4	.429	Lost in First Round
Memphis	2012-13	82	56	26	.683	2nd in Southwest	15	8	7	.533	Lost in Conf. Finals
Brooklyn	2014-15	82	38	44	.463	3rd in Atlantic	6	2	4	.333	Lost in First Round
Brooklyn	2015-16	37	10	27	.270	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
Career		534	262	272	.491		41	20	21	.488

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