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	Paul Westphal
		Paul Westphal (born 1950) is a former basketball player in the NBA and currently, a head coach of the Seattle Supersonics.
		A native of California, Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a head coach.
		Westphal was chosen in 1972 by the Boston Celtics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Paul_Westphal.html (407 words)

	Paul Westphal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Westphal (born November 30, 1950 in Torrance, California) is a former basketball player and coach in the NBA.
		A native of California, Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a head coach.
		Westphal should not be confused with another NBA coach, Paul Westhead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Westphal (512 words)

	ESPN.com - Westphal firing was inevitable, but wrong
		Westphal was an openly religious man, a deep conservative who said that even as he played his career during the drug-ridden days of the 1970s, he never saw it going on because he either was in his room or did not associate with that sort of behavior.
		Paul Westphal inherited a team in Seattle that was coming off a 61-win season and three straight Pacific Division titles, but he failed to feed off the momentum that George Karl left behind.
		Westphal could not win those five guys in the middle, because two of the five guys who have their own agenda were Gary Payton and Vin Baker.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=906748&type=columnist (816 words)

	Player Bio: Paul Westphal :: Men's Basketball
		Paul Westphal, the former head coach of the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics, is preparing for his fifth season as the head coach of the Pepperdine basketball program.
		Westphal, 54, led Pepperdine to a sparkling 22-9 record, a share of the regular season West Coast Conference (WCC) title and an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament where the Waves lost a hard-fought 83-74 first round decision to Wake Forest at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento during the 2001-02 campaign.
		Westphal notched a career shooting mark of 50.4 percent and was an 82.0 percent career free throw shooter.
	pepperdinesports.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/mtt/westphal_paul00.html (1312 words)

	Pepperdine University - Public Relations and News - Paul Westphal Named Head Basketball Coach
		Paul Westphal, the former head coach of the Phoenix Suns and the Seattle Super Sonics has been named the new head basketball coach at Pepperdine.
		Westphal then became the head coach at Grand Canyon College in Phoenix where he compiled a 63-18 (.778) record in two seasons, including a 37-6 mark and the NAIA national title in 1988.
		Westphal was released by the Suns 33 games into the 1995-96 season and returned to the NBA as the head coach at Seattle for the lockout-shortened 1998-99 campaign.
	www.pepperdine.edu /pr/releases/2001/april/newcoach.htm (771 words)

	SUNS: Westy on the Chuckster
		Paul Westphal coached Charles Barkley for four-plus seasons in Phoenix.
		Paul Westphal's first season as head coach of the Suns in 1992-93 turned out to be one of the most memorable seasons in team history.
		Westphal: To me, Charles was a gigantic story that game, but I think even a bigger story for that one game was Tom Chambers, who had kind of stepped aside to let Charles dominate and basically play the role that he had been playing for the four previous years.
	www.nba.com /suns/news/barkley_memories_westphal.html (1436 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Westphal taking post in Seattle 06/18/98
		Paul Westphal, left, answers questions Wednesday, June 17, 1998, at a news conference in Seattle where he was named the new coach of the Seattle SuperSonics by team president Wally Walker, background.
		Westphal signed a four-year contract with the team and replaces George Karl who was fired after the Sonics were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers in their NBA playoff series.
		Westphal, 47, was introduced during a news conference at Sonics headquarters, a day after agreeing to a four-year contract that reportedly will pay him between $1 million and $1.5 million a season.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/061898/spo_124-4271.shtml (1031 words)

	CNNSI.com - NBA Basketball - Sonics fire Westphal, name McMillan interim head coach - Tuesday November 28, 2000 09:34 PM
		Westphal, in his third year with the team, is the first NBA coach to be fired this season.
		Westphal was a poor fit all along, though he didn't deserve much of the guff he got from Gary Payton and Vin Baker the past two seasons.
		Westphal, who was in an office within earshot, reportedly came into the locker room and said he would step down if that was what they wanted.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/nba/news/2000/11/27/westphal_fired_ap (851 words)

	SignOn San Diego College Basketball -- Paul Westphal named Pepperdine coach
		MALIBU – Paul Westphal, who was fired as coach of the Seattle SuperSonics amid player discord just 15 games into the season last fall, has been hired as coach at Pepperdine.
		"Paul Westphal is a product of a solid basketball background, both as a coach and player, and his ethical values are attractive to a school like Pepperdine," said Dr. John Watson, Pepperdine's director of athletics.
		Westphal also coached the Phoenix Suns from 1992-96, compiling a 191-88 (.685) record in three-plus seasons and guiding the team to the 1993 NBA Finals.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/college_basketball/20010416-1309-bkc-pepperdi.html (276 words)

	ESPN.com - Westphal dismissed as Pepperdine coach
		MALIBU, Calif. -- Paul Westphal was dismissed as head coach of Pepperdine's men's basketball team Wednesday after a 7-20 season.
		Westphal, who previously coached Seattle and Phoenix in the NBA, was with Pepperdine for five seasons.
		Watson praised Westphal, 55, for his integrity and strength of character and said dismissing him was hard because he admires him so much.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2370314&type=story (236 words)

	Player Bio: Paul Westphal :: Men's Basketball
		Paul Westphal, the former head coach of the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics, is preparing for his fifth season as the head coach of the Pepperdine basketball program.
		Westphal, 54, led Pepperdine to a sparkling 22-9 record, a share of the regular season West Coast Conference (WCC) title and an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament where the Waves lost a hard-fought 83-74 first round decision to Wake Forest at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento during the 2001-02 campaign.
		Westphal notched a career shooting mark of 50.4 percent and was an 82.0 percent career free throw shooter.
	pepperdinesports.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/mtt/westphal_paul00.html (1312 words)

	westphal hired at Pepperdine
		Westphal's son, Mike, is a walk-on player for the Waves, and he was seen by many as a mature coach who will lend some stability to a program which is still trying to get over Jan Van Breda Kolf's unexpected departure after just two years.
		Paul Westphal, the former head coach of the Phoenix Suns and the Seattle SuperSonics, was introduced Tuesday afternoon as the new head basketball coach at Pepperdine.
		Westphal then became the head coach at Grand Canyon College in Phoenix where he compiled a 63-18 (.778) record in two seasons, including a 37-6 mark and the NAIA national title in 1988.
	www.socalhoops.com /prep01/0401/westphal0417.htm (1023 words)

	Sonics fire Westphal, name McMillan interim coach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Sonics Monday fired Paul Westphal, who was in his third season with the club, and named assistant coach and former Seattle guard Nate McMillan interim coach.
		Westphal had been under fire the past two weeks due to the Sonics' slow start and his stormy relationship with Payton.
		He and Westphal met for 90 minutes prior to Wednesday's contest at San Antonio and the suspension was lifted.
	www.sportsfeed.com /new/headlines/2000-11-28-07:54002.html (260 words)

	Paul Westphal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Paul Westphal was born in Redondo Beach, California and had the average childhood life.
		Westphal was out of professional basketball for the next two years but he did remain active with coaching high school basketball in the Phoenix area.
		On June 17, 1998, Westphal was selected to be the Seattle Supersonics coach, a team he had once played for and hopefully will take them to the top.
	www.pembinatrails.ca /vincentmassey/swaweb/mlf/mbgar9.htm (478 words)

	HeraldNet - Westphal offered to quit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Seattle coach Paul Westphal said he was ready to walk out the door after being stung by players' heated comments.
		Payton and Westphal have sometimes been at odds in their two-plus seasons together, just as Payton was occasionally at odds with K.C. Jones and George Karl, his two previous Seattle coaches.
		Westphal was initially reluctant to talk about what happened in Orlando, but decided that "it's probably not a bad thing to have out there." The notion of a resignation, he went on, "is what you need to do if you're faced with a circumstance where it seems like guys don't want to listen.
	www.heraldnet.com /stories/00/11/17/13174016.cfm (949 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Basketball player Paul Westphal's 1983-84 contract with the Phoenix Suns contained an incentive clause that guaranteed Westphal an extra $250,000 if he played in at least 60 games during the season.
		As it turned out, Westphal played in only 59 games, but there were two games in which Westphal's line read "DNP-Coach's Decision." For reasons unknown, coach John MacLeod had held Westphal out of two games in which he was available to play.
		Westphal sued the Suns for breach of contract, but lost in court.
	www.clubhouselawyer.com /contracts3-2.htm (155 words)

	The Stranger \| Seattle \| Columns \| Rick Levin Courtside \| Rick Levin Courtside
		During the press conference in which Westphal's ouster was made official, McMillan, Sonics President/General Manager Wally Walker, and newly promoted Associate Head Coach Dwane Casey fielded a number of questions about the recent controversies that may or may not have led to the executive axing.
		There was no mistaking the subtext: Following Payton's suspension--and subsequent unsuspension--for refusing to leave the floor after being benched by Westphal late in the November 21 game against Dallas, it became obvious that the situation between the two had become completely untenable.
		Westphal was never big on stressing this side of the game, choosing instead to fiddle with line-ups and match-ups that would lead to fortuitous combinations at the offensive end.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=5745 (535 words)

	CNNSI.com - NBA Basketball - Sonics lift Payton's suspension for altercation - Thursday November 23, 2000 01:22 AM
		Payton had to be restrained after confronting Westphal during a timeout in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's victory in Dallas.
		Westphal, who was in an office within earshot, came into the locker room and said he would step down if that was what they wanted, the newspapers said.
		Sonics coach Paul Westphal thinks his team is moving in the right direction.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/nba/news/2000/11/22/payton_westphal_ap (550 words)

	The Graphic - Coach Paul Westphal fired
		The 55-year-old Westphal, who began coaching at Pepperdine before the 2001-02 basketball season, was 76-62 during his tenure at the helm of Pepperdine’s flagship athletic program.
		Watson said the decision to terminate Westphal as men’s basketball coach was not a reflection of the coach’s character.
		Watson said the decision to end Pepperdine’s relationship with Westphal was particularly difficult for him as an admirer of the coach.
	graphic.pepperdine.edu /news/2006/2006-03-16-westphal.htm (485 words)

	Sonics @ BskBALL.com - November 27, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Westphal was clearly a lame duck by this point.
		Westphal's deference to Payton on ocassion allowed the Glove to think he was in charge.
		Westphal left a better future for the Sonics than he found, and we must give him credit for that.
	www.sonicscentral.com /hoopsworld/112701.html (1691 words)

	Westphal downplays LA visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Former Phoenix Suns Coach Paul Westphal has been in Los Angeles twice recently, but the former USC and NBA star denied Monday that either of those trips had anything to do with the head coaching job for USC men's basketball.
		Westphal told the Daily Trojan he was in town once for a friend's wedding and the other time to see the premiere of the movie "Happy Gilmore," which was directed by his close friend, Denis Dugan.
		Westphal was rumored to have been seen on campus last week, a suggestion he found humorous.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V127/N30/sp1west.30s.html (260 words)

	JS Online: SuperSonics dispose of Westphal after sour start
		Westphal informed the team of the suspension on the bus as the team was heading to the morning shoot-around workout in San Antonio.
		He later was apologetic in a one-hour meeting with Westphal, the suspension was lifted and Payton played in a loss to the Spurs that night.
		Westphal overheard the criticism, entered the locker room and told the players he would step down.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/buck/nov00/sonics28112700.asp?format=print (601 words)

	Pepperdine Voice · Fall 2001 · Athletics · Mark Westphal
		Paul Westphal, former head coach of the Phoenix Suns and the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA, has been named the new head basketball coach at Pepperdine.
		Westphal succeeds Jan van Breda Kolff, who resigned as the Waves' head coach on April 8 to accept a similar position at St. Bonaventure in New York.
		Westphal's playing career began as a first-round draft choice by the Boston Celtics (tenth pick overall) in 1972.
	www.pepperdine.edu /voice/issues/fall2001/articles/westphal.htm (460 words)

	Waves crash into Trojan territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pepperdine's "well-coached" team is led by Paul Westphal, a former Trojan standout guard who played for USC from 1970 to 1972.
		Westphal held the record for the 20th all-time highest scorer and was recently surpassed by Sam Clancy.
		Westphal was a five-time NBA All-Star playing for Phoenix, Seattle and New York.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V144/N67/01-waves.67s.html (429 words)

	JS Online: SuperSonics dispose of Westphal after sour start
		Westphal informed the team of the suspension on the bus as the team was heading to the morning shoot-around workout in San Antonio.
		He later was apologetic in a one-hour meeting with Westphal, the suspension was lifted and Payton played in a loss to the Spurs that night.
		Westphal overheard the criticism, entered the locker room and told the players he would step down.
	www.onwisconsin.com /sports/buck/nov00/sonics28112700.asp?format=print (601 words)

	Westphal Family Genealogy
		Minnie (Kraling) Westphal was born Oct. 24, 1859 in Hinter Pommern, Germany and came to the U.S. wit her parents.
		Westphal was confirmed at the age of 14.
		Paul Gabel was with her the past 3 mons.
	members.tripod.com /~Roger_Thiemann/westphal.html (11692 words)

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