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	Lenny Wilkens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilkens was drafted sixth overall by the St.
		Wilkens is one of three players to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach (the other two being John Wooden and Bill Sharman), joining the Hall in 1989 as a player and 1998 as a coach.
		Wilkens is a prominent member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lenny_Wilkens (458 words)

	HOOPSANALYST
		Wilkens' first coaching stop was in Seattle with the relatively new Sonics franchise (born in 1967-68).
		Wilkens had never coached but he was known as a smart player and a floor general so it was assumed he could coach.
		Wilkens has not done a good job this year (the defensive effort has been poor) but the Raptors really have little talent and it is not fair to expect the playoffs with this team under these circumstances.
	hoopsanalyst.com /lenny.htm (3028 words)

	Lenny Wilkens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wilkens was a tremendous play maker as well as scorer and retired as 2nd on the all time assist list.
		Wilkens is only the 2nd person to be inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach (John Wooden was the first).
		Wilkens was also voted one of the top 50 players of all time at the NBA's 50th anniversary.
	www.dickscourtroom.com /wilkens.htm (76 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / Report: Wilkens resigns from Knicks
		Lenny Wilkens resigned last night as Knicks coach and will be replaced by assistant coach Herb Williams, according to a league source.
		NEW YORK -- Lenny Wilkens resigned last night as Knicks coach and will be replaced by assistant coach Herb Williams, according to a league source.
		It is out of character for Wilkens to resign, considering that in his previous 31 years of coaching he never had stepped down or been fired during a season.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2005/01/22/report_wilkens_resigns_from_knicks (336 words)

	NBA.com: Lenny Wilkens Coach Info
		Wilkens, the winningest coach in NBA history, returned to his native New York on Jan. 15, 2004, when he was formally introduced as the 21st head coach of the Knickerbockers.
		In 1994, Wilkens was named NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Hawks to a 57-25 mark, the best record in the Eastern Conference.
		Wilkens has served as vice-president of the National Basketball Players Association (1961-69) and as president of the NBA Coaches Association.
	www.nba.com /coachfile/lenny_wilkens/?nav=page (1201 words)

	Lenny Wilkens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born as Leonard Wilkens on October 28, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY, Wilkens celebrates his 30th season as a head coach in the National Basketball Association with the 2002-03 campaign, thus becoming the first in league annals to be a head coach for three decades.
		Lenny Wilkens holds the rare distinction of coaching all teams that he performed with as an NBA player for 15 seasons, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland and Atlanta (NBA.com).
		In 25 seasons, Wilkens methodically established himself as one of the NBA's premier coaches, averaging 45 wins a season and leading his teams to 16 NBA playoff appearances.
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/fall2002/lennywilkens.htm (420 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens Named 1996 USA Olympic Coach
		Atlanta Hawks head mentor Lenny Wilkens, the National Basketball Association's (NBA) all-time winningest coach, was named on April 24, 1995, by the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Committee as head coach of the 1996 USA Olympic Men's Basketball Team.
		In 1995-96, Atlanta under Wilkens compiled a 46-36 regular season record and advanced to the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, while in '94-95, the Hawks finished the regular season 42-40 record and advanced to the playoffs.
		Wilkens returned to Seattle as head coach midway through the 1977-78 season, and remained as the head coach through the 1984-85 campaign before moving to the front office as general manager.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/bball/mens/wilkens.htm (964 words)

	Lenny Wilkens
		Although his teams have never had a superstar player, Lenny has been able to motivate his teams to the point where they believe that they can compete successfully at the highest level and this is the true legacy of his coaching philosophy and prowess.
		In addition to his Olympic duties, Wilkens served as the head coach of four NBA All-Star Games, and on May 9, 1990, he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
		For his sideline efforts, Wilkens was the recipient of the 1994 IBM/NBA Coach of the Year award for the first time in his outstanding career, and was also named Coach of the Year by Basketball Weekly, The Sporting News and Basketball Digest.
	www.greylockassociates.com /wilkens.htm (412 words)

	ESPN.com - Wilkens out as coach by 'mutual agreement'
		Lenny has had a great coaching career, a great playing career and is a great man. Much respect to Lenny Wilkens.
		Wilkens and John Wooden are the only people to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach.
		Wilkens coached Seattle to the 1979 NBA title, and also coached in Portland, Cleveland and Atlanta.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1540365&type=news (700 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / Lenny Wilkens resigns as Knicks' coach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wilkens is both the winningest and losingest coach in NBA history, going 1,332-1,155 in 32 seasons with Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Atlanta, Toronto and New York.
		Wilkens, who did not take questions after reading his statement, has two years and $10 million left on his contract, which Thomas said the team will honor regardless of whether Wilkens accepts an offer to remain with the club in the front office.
		And in 1997, Wilkens -- a player-coach for four seasons in Seattle and Portland -- was the only man selected as both one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history and one of the 10 greatest coaches.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2005/01/22/sources_knicks_wilkens_likely_to_resign?mode=PF (802 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - Wilkens' greatness can't be ignored
		Wilkens is the all-time coaching wins leader without ever coaching a Hall of Fame player in his prime or at his best.
		Wilkens has suffered in recent seasons because of the poor management of the Toronto Raptors.
		Wilkens is a stubborn and proud man. He has always been somewhat uneasy with media, which limits his rankings in these media quickie polls.
	espn.go.com /nba/columns/misc/1435670.html (1346 words)

	Lenny Wilkens traded to Cleveland Cavaliers
		Wilkens is averaging 20 points and nearly nine assists per game for the Cavaliers, in addition to providing court leadership to the extremely young team.
		Wilkens was deeply disappointed at being dealt away by the Sonics and originally refused to report to Cleveland.
		Lenny was Seattle's player-coach for three years and last season he led the Sonics to a 47-35 record, ranking sixth in the NBA.
	www.lkwdpl.org /nworth/ohwilk.htm (1561 words)

	Leonard "Lenny" Wilkens Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wilkens had served as an assistant coach on the 1992 original USA Basketball Dream Team that captured the gold in Barcelona, Spain.
		Wilkens had the inane ability to serve as a player and coach simultaneously, logging those duties for three seasons with Seattle and one with Portland before retiring as a player in 1975 to concentrate solely on coaching.
		Wilkens coached the Toronto Raptors for nearly three seasons and was named head coach of the New York Knicks on January 14, 2004.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/Wilkens.htm (1181 words)

	Lennie Wilkens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lenny Wilkens was a basketball player in the NBA for fifteen years.
		Lenny Wilkens was Coach of Year in 1994 with Atlanta.
		Lenny Wilkens was a hard worker because he worked for fifteen years as a basketball player.
	www.east-buc.k12.ia.us /01_02/Sp/LW/lw.htm (391 words)

	Lenny Wilkens Biography -- Academy of Achievement: Print Preview
		Lenny Wilkens was born in Brooklyn, New York.
		Although Wilkens' father died when Lenny was only five, his mother, a deeply religious woman, made sure that young Lenny resisted the temptations of the streets.
		Wilkens was a first-team selection to two All-America teams, and in his senior year he was named the tourney's Most Valuable Player.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/printmember/wil1bio-1 (415 words)

	CNNSI.com - Your Turn - Reactions: Lenny Wilkens - Tuesday April 25, 2000 05:36 PM
		Lenny Wilkens' resignation is a classy end to a class act and it's wrong to single him out for blame for this past season.
		Lenny Wilkens should not shoulder the blame for the Hawks performance this season.
		Lenny Wilkens is a very good coach but did not have enough good players to make a good core for the Hawks.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /your_turn/news/2000/04/25/reactions_wilkens (1242 words)

	The News Herald: Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wilkens is the all-time winningest coach in NBA history, with a record of 1,120-908.
		Wilken's accomplishments are as much a tribute to surviving in the coaching ranks for 25 years as anything else.
		Wilkens' playing career spanned 15 years, 14 of which he averaged in double figures.
	www.newsherald.com /archive/sports/km062698.htm (583 words)

	New York Daily News - Sports - Lenny's pal goes as Isiah's steps in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Knicks announced yesterday that assistant coach Dick Helm, Lenny Wilkens' long-time friend and top assistant for 20 years, had resigned and would be replaced by Brendan Suhr, who emerged as Thomas' righthand man in the Knicks' organization and is best known for being Chuck Daly's top lieutenant with the Pistons, Nets and Magic.
		Wilkens said yesterday that the 71-year-old Helm, whom he pulled out of retirement and brought to New York, had resigned for personal reasons.
		Many league executives see Wilkens more than ever as a lame-duck coach who eventually will be replaced by Thomas or even Suhr, who has never been an NBA head coach but is regarded as an elite basketball tactician.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/story/250811p-214783c.html (633 words)

	SportsFilter \| Knicks sign Wilkens to coach
		Lenny has been and always will be a players' (veterans) coach.
		Lenny probably got a worse rap than he deserved for last season's 24-58 record as coach of the Raptors.
		Having said that, Lenny is a smug, self-satisfied, stubborn, stodgy old man who was regularly out-coached by his contemporaries.
	www.sportsfilter.com /comments.cfm/2656 (964 words)

	NBA Greatest Players - All Time greatest NBA Basketball Players
		Wilkens coached the Dream Team to the gold medal for the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and was an assistant to Chuck Daly with the original Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
		Wilkens returned to regular NBA duty in 1962-63 and continued his development as a confident and savvy playmaker.
		Wilkens remained in Seattle as head coach and director of player personnel through the 1984-85 season, guiding the Sonics to the playoffs in six of eight years.
	www.hollywoodsportsbook.com /nbagreats/nbagreatest_lwilkens.cfm (2885 words)

	KCTS/Seattle: The Public Network \| Productions \| KCTS Connects \| Archive:
		These rafters are also strung with the retired jersey of number 19, Lenny Wilkens, the coach who helped this team earn that precious banner and the man noted as the "winningest" coach in NBA history.
		From his early days as a hot-shooting guard to his first player/coach position with the Seattle Supersonics, he has been admired for his unselfishness on the court and his tenacity and calmness as a coach.
		Lenny provides a rich history of the "way it was" forty years ago and reveals some of the keys to surviving in the high-tension world of professional sports.
	www.kcts.org /productions/kctsconnects/archive/episode_23.htm (171 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:SuperSonics acquire Lenny Wilkens on October 12, 1968. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Starting with the 1969-70 season, Wilkens served as the SuperSonics’ player-coach, and thanks in part to his own excellent play on the court, he coached the team to its first winning season (47 wins, 35 losses) in 1971-72.
		Wilkens is one of only two people enshrined at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach (John Wooden is the other).
		Wilkens was an All-Star nine times, finishing his career with averages of 16.5 ppg (points per game), 6.7 apg (assists per game) and 4.7 rpg (rebounds per game).
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=3058 (264 words)

	New York Daily News - Basketball - Lenny digs in, abyss waits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wilkens, 67, has coached 2,485 games, he's won a title, he's in the Hall of Fame and is arguably the most renowned minority coach in professional sports history.
		Wilkens, who was hired last year, wants a real chance to coach this team that Thomas has assembled.
		Wilkens has been particularly hurt by his team's performance in close games; the Knicks are 5-12 in games decided by six points or less including Saturday's and Monday's losses to Chicago.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/basketball/story/272672p-233458c.html (1681 words)

	SI.com - Writers - Marty Burns: Wilkens isn't best fit for Knicks - Thursday January 15, 2004 1:56AM
		While details of Wilkens' contract have yet to be disclosed, the genteel Hall of Famer almost certainly would not have signed on to life in the Big Apple fishbowl without the security of a four- or five-year contract worth at least $20 million or so.
		Wilkens is a good man who knows his Xs and Os.
		Maybe Wilkens will stand on the sidelines with his arms folded while the Garden fans boo, like they unfairly did to Chaney, who deserved more than the few days he got to work Marbury into the mix.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/writers/marty_burns/01/14/knicks.reax (633 words)

	Streetplay.com: 2000 Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival
		Lenny Wilkens' contributions to the great game of basketball are legendary.
		Lenny Wilkens was a tenacious, hot-shooting guard in the NBA for 15 years, and ranks among the all-time leaders in assists, games played, and free throws made.
		Wilkens is one of just two men honored in a sports Hall of Fame as both player and coach.
	www.streetplay.com /back2bk/2000/photos2.htm (1125 words)

	Wilkens makes Knicks debut tonight - NBA - MSNBC.com
		Wilkens, 66, is the second-oldest NBA coach next to Memphis’ Hubie Brown, who is 70.
		Wilkens said he was surprised by Carter’s comments and defended his tenure in Toronto, citing the team’s numerous injuries during his three seasons there.
		Wilkens and John Wooden are the only players enshrined in the Hall of Fame as both a player and coach.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3950929 (1361 words)

	UltimateKnicks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By hiring Lenny Wilkens instead, the Knicks got another nice guy who is expected to give plenty of freedom to All-Star point guard Stephon Marbury, the new franchise player acquired just last week by new team president Isiah Thomas.
		Lenny Wilkens had had enough when the season was over last year, and frankly, for a while before that.
		In a disastrous 24-58 season, the Toronto Raptors had enough of Wilkens and Wilkens had enough of them, and after 29 years of coaching, enough of trying to prod players into playing the game the way that he wanted, the way that he once did.
	www.ultimateknicks.com /archive/20040118GP.asp (1528 words)

	Lenny Wilkens to Speak at Catholics@Work Event, May 10, 2005 - Catholic Faith Steers Wilkens’ Career ...
		Coach Wilkens, a devoted Catholic, is an inspirational speaker who will discuss how his faith has guided and significantly influenced his career and personal life.
		Coach Wilkens earned election to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, and is the only person to be named to the NBA's all-time 50 greatest players list AND top-10 coaches list.
		Coach Wilkens began his coaching career in 1969 as player/coach of the Seattle Supersonics (1969-72) and Portland Trail Blazers (1974-75), and he most recently served as Head Coach for the Toronto Raptors.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/4/prweb234133.php (980 words)

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