Glenn Anton Doc Rivers ( born Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers ; born October 13, 1961 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American professional basketball player who played for 4 different NBA teams. He is currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers . He graduated from Proviso East School in Maywood ( Illinois ). He played at the position of the attacking and point guard at number 25. He was selected in the second round under the general 31st number in the 1983 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks team.
| Doc Rivers | |
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 Doc Rivers at the helm of the Celtics | |
| Los Angeles Clippers | |
| Position | Main coach |
| Growth | 193 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | October 13, 1961 (57 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Chicago , Illinois |
| School | Proviso East ( Maywood , Illinois ) |
| College | Marquette (1980-1983) |
| NBA draft | 31st (2nd round), 1983 , Atlanta Hawks |
The nickname “Doc” was given to Rivers by Rick Majerus , the University of Marquette's basketball team coach, after Rivers came to training in a T-shirt with the name of Julius Irving , known as “Doctor J”.
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NBA Career
Rivers played for the University of Marquette team. In 1982, as part of the US national team, he won silver medals at the World Basketball Championship in Colombia , and became the most valuable player in the tournament. After graduating from university, Glen put forward his candidacy for the 1983 NBA draft and was selected in the second round under the 31st number of the Atlanta Hawks club. Glen in the first season became a player in the starting lineup of the team. He spent seven seasons in Atlanta assisting team star Dominica Wilkins . In the 1986–87 season, he made a double-double , gaining 12.4 points and making 10.0 assists on average per game. Rivers then spent the season at Los Angeles Clippers (1991-1992), two seasons at the New York Knicks (1992-1994), and ended his career as a professional basketball player at San Antonio Spurs (1994-1996).
NBA coach career
Rivers began his coaching career at Orlando Magic in the 1999/2000 season and spent four seasons on the team. He was recognized as the coach of the year in the NBA in his debut season for having raised the weakest association team for the previous season to ninth place in the Eastern Conference, although it did not make it to the playoffs [1] . In 2003, Rivers was fired due to poor team results at the start of the season. After a year of working on television as a commentator on the NBA on ABC program , in 2004 he became head coach of the Boston Celtics .
After the victory of the Celtics with a score of 109: 93 over the New York Knicks on January 21, 2008, Rivers, as the coach of the team with the best difference in wins and losses in the NBA Eastern Conference, was honored to lead the East team in the 2008 NBA All-Star Game , held in New Orleans [2] . On June 17, 2008, Doc Rivers won his first NBA title as head coach. [3] On June 23, 2013, the Boston Celtic and the Los Angeles Clippers reached a preliminary exchange agreement [4] . On June 25, 2013, the league approved the exchange. As a result of which, Rivers led the Los Angeles Clippers, with the highest salary in the league among coaches, in the amount of 21 million US dollars for the next three years or seven million per season. Boston received a peak in the first round of the 2015 draft from the Clippers as a result of the exchange [5] .
Personal life
Rivers is the nephew of former NBA player Jim Brewer . Lives in Orlando, Florida. Doc Rivers and his wife Kristen have four children. The eldest son, Jeremiah, played for the Georgetown University basketball team, then transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington . He stood for the 2011 NBA Draft , but was not selected. Now playing for the Man Red Cloves team in the NBA Development League as a point guard . The daughter, Kelly, played for the University of Florida volleyball team. The youngest son, Austin , in 2011 was recognized as the best US basketball player among schoolchildren according to USA Today . During the year, he played for the Duke University basketball team. Austin put forward his candidacy for the 2012 NBA Draft and was selected under the 10th number by the New Orleans Hornets team (current name is New Orleans Pelicans).
Statistics
| Legend | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | G | Number of games | W | Games won | L | Lost games |
| Playoff games | PG | Number of games | Pw | Games won | PL | Lost games |
| Team | Season | G | W | L | W – L% | Total | PG | Pw | PL | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 1999/00 | 82 | 41 | 41 | .500 | 4 in the Atlantic Division | - | - | - | Didn’t hit the playoffs |
| Orlando | 2000/01 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 4 in the Atlantic Division | four | one | 3 | Lost in Round 1 |
| Orlando | 2001/02 | 82 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 3 in the Atlantic Division | four | one | 3 | Lost in Round 1 |
| Orlando | 2002/03 | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 4 in the Atlantic Division | 7 | 3 | four | Lost in Round 1 |
| Orlando | 2003/04 | eleven | one | ten | .091 | (fired) | - | - | - | - |
| Boston | 2004/05 | 82 | 45 | 37 | .549 | 1 in the Atlantic Division | 7 | 3 | four | Lost in Round 1 |
| Boston | 2005/06 | 82 | 33 | 49 | .402 | 3 in the Atlantic Division | - | - | - | Didn’t hit the playoffs |
| Boston | 2006/07 | 82 | 24 | 58 | .293 | 5 in the Atlantic Division | - | - | - | Didn’t hit the playoffs |
| Boston | 2007/08 | 82 | 66 | sixteen | .805 | 1 in the Atlantic Division | 26 | sixteen | ten | NBA Champion |
| Boston | 2008/09 | 55 | 44 | eleven | .800 | 1 in the Atlantic Division | - | - | - | Lost in the finals of the conference |
| Boston | 2009/10 | 82 | 50 | 32 | .610 | 1 in the Atlantic Division | - | - | - | Lost in the finals |
| Boston | 2010/11 | 82 | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1 in the Atlantic Division | - | - | - | Lost in the semifinals of the conference |
| Boston | 2011/12 | 66 | 39 | 27 | .591 | 1 in the Atlantic Division | 20 | eleven | 9 | Lost in the finals of the conference |
| Boston | 2012/13 | 81 | 41 | 40 | .506 | 3 in the Atlantic Division | 6 | 2 | four | Lost in Round 1 |
| LA Clippers | 2013/14 | 82 | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1 in the Pacific Division | 13 | 6 | 7 | Lost in the semifinals of the conference |
| Total career | 1133 | 644 | 498 | .564 | 134 | 70 | 64 | |||
NBA Statistics
| Season | Team | Regular season | Playoff series | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | ||
| 1983/84 | Atlanta | 81 | 47 | 23.9 | 46.2 | 16.7 | 78.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1,6 | 0.4 | 9.3 | five | 0 | 26.0 | 50,0 | 0,0 | 87.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2,4 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| 1984/85 | Atlanta | 69 | 58 | 30.8 | 47.6 | 41.7 | 77.0 | 3,1 | 5.9 | 2,4 | 0.8 | 14.1 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 1985/86 | Atlanta | 53 | 50 | 29.6 | 47.4 | 0,0 | 60.8 | 3,1 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 9 | 9 | 29.1 | 43.5 | 50,0 | 73.8 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 0,0 | 12.7 |
| 1986/87 | Atlanta | 82 | 82 | 31.6 | 45.1 | 19.0 | 82.8 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 12.8 | eight | eight | 30.6 | 38.3 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 3.4 | 11.3 | 1,1 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| 1987/88 | Atlanta | 80 | 80 | 31.3 | 45.3 | 27.3 | 75.8 | 4.6 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 12 | 12 | 34.1 | 51.1 | 31.8 | 90.7 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 15.7 |
| 1988/89 | Atlanta | 76 | 76 | 32,4 | 45.5 | 34.7 | 86.1 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 2,4 | 0.5 | 13.6 | five | five | 38,2 | 38.6 | 31.6 | 70.8 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13,4 |
| 1989/90 | Atlanta | 48 | 44 | 31.8 | 45.4 | 36,4 | 81.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 2,4 | 0.5 | 12.5 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 1990/91 | Atlanta | 79 | 79 | 32,7 | 43.5 | 33.6 | 84,4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 15,2 | five | five | 34.6 | 46.9 | 9.1 | 89.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1,0 | 0.4 | 15.6 |
| 1991/92 | Clippers | 59 | 25 | 28.1 | 42,4 | 28.3 | 83,2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 10.9 | five | four | 37,4 | 44.6 | 50,0 | 81.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 1,2 | 0,0 | 15,2 |
| 1992/93 | New York | 77 | 45 | 24.5 | 43.7 | 31.7 | 82.1 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 1,6 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 15 | 15 | 30.5 | 45.3 | 35.5 | 76.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 10,2 |
| 1993/94 | New York | nineteen | nineteen | 26.3 | 43.3 | 36.5 | 63.6 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 7.5 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 1994/95 | New York | 3 | 0 | 15.7 | 30.8 | 60.0 | 72.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0,0 | 6.3 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 1994/95 | San antonio | 60 | 0 | 15.7 | 36.0 | 34,4 | 73,2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1,0 | 0.4 | 5,0 | 15 | 0 | 20.5 | 37.9 | 40.5 | 81.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 1995/96 | San antonio | 78 | 0 | 15.8 | 37,2 | 34.3 | 75.0 | 1.8 | 1,6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 33.3 | 50,0 | 0,0 | 0.5 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 1,5 |
| Total | 864 | 605 | 27.3 | 44,4 | 32.8 | 78,4 | 3.0 | 5,6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 81 | 58 | 29.4 | 44.5 | 34.7 | 76.5 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 1,5 | 0.3 | 11.3 | |
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