(1940-04-16)April 16, 1940 Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
February 25, 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 81) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality
American
Listed height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight
195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
Gordon Tech (Chicago, Illinois)
College
Wisconsin
Coaching career
1964–1998
Career history
As coach:
1965–1969
St. Joseph HS
1969–1973
Gordon Tech
1973–1974
Saint Louis (assistant)
1974–1977
Michigan State (assistant)
1977–1978
Jackson Community College
1978–1986
Bradley
1986–1988
Detroit Pistons (assistant)
1988–1990
Indiana Pacers
1996–1998
Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
NIT champion (1982)
3× MVC regular season champion (1980, 1982, 1986)
MVC tournament champion (1980)
Henry Iba Award (1986)
2× MVC Coach of the Year (1980, 1986)
Richard Patrick Versace (April 16, 1940 – February 25, 2022) was an American basketball coach and executive. He was also the first American of Puerto Rican descent to have coached a National Basketball Association (NBA) team.[1]
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the Year Award, in 1980–81 and 1997–98, respectively, with the Pacers. DickVersace and Bird have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Pacers...
Devised by Chuck Daly and his assistants at the time, Ron Rothstein and DickVersace, after Jordan scored 59 points against them in April 1988, the Pistons'...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
Mel Daniels and George Irvine filled in on an interim basis before DickVersace took over the 6–23 team on the way to a 28–54 finish. In February 1989...
Daniels George Irvine DickVersace 1989–90 NBA Eastern 8th Central 4th 42 40 .512 17 Lost First round (Pistons) 3–0 DickVersace 1990–91 NBA Eastern 7th...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2020. Braude, Dick (June 8, 1979). "For $3.25 million, Celtics land Bird". The Day. (New London...
for the Pacers under DickVersace in 1989. On December 20, 1990, Hill was promoted to head coach of the Pacers after Versace's firing. He spent three...
Jack Ramsay, who was fired after an 0–7 start. George Irvine and later DickVersace were the head coaches who followed. Daniels died on October 30, 2015...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
GM history GM Tenure Stu Jackson 1995–2000 Billy Knight 2000–2002 DickVersace 2002–2005 Jerry West 2005–2007 Chris Wallace 2007–2019 Zach Kleiman 2019–present...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
which elected to play with a triangle-and-two defense that Bradley coach DickVersace called the "Bird Cage". The alignment was effective in containing Bird...
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988) Mel Daniels (1988) George Irvine (1988–1989) DickVersace (1989–1990) Bob Hill (1990–1993) Larry Brown (1993–1997) Larry Bird (1997–2000)...
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