(1958-03-24) March 24, 1958 (age 66) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality
American
Listed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school
Broad Ripple (Indianapolis, Indiana)
College
Indiana (1976–1980)
NBA draft
1980: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career
1980–1991
Position
Shooting guard
Number
44, 42, 2
Coaching career
1996–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1981
New York Knicks
1982
New Jersey Nets
1982–1986
Kansas City / Sacramento Kings
1986–1988
Los Angeles Clippers
1988–1990
Houston Rockets
1990–1991
Cleveland Cavaliers
As coach:
1996–1999
Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
1999–2001
Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
2001–2003
Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2003–2004
Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2004–2010
Atlanta Hawks
2011–2012
New York Knicks (assistant)
2012–2014
New York Knicks
2014–2018
Los Angeles Clippers (assistant)
2020–2021
New York Knicks (assistant)
2021–present
Indiana Hoosiers
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Second-team All-American – NABC (1980)
Fourth-team All-American – NABC (1979)
As assistant coach:
NBA champion (2004)
Career NBA statistics
Points
10,981 (14.0 ppg)
Rebounds
1,838 (2.3 rpg)
Assists
1,822 (2.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing United States
Men's basketball
Pan American Games
1979 San Juan
Team competition
Michael Dean Woodson (born March 24, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.[1]
With coach Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers, Woodson played collegiately from 1976 to 1980. As a junior team captain, his Hoosiers won the 1979 NIT Tournament and he was named to first team All-Big Ten. That summer Woodson won a gold medal as captain of the United States basketball team at the 1979 Pan American Games. His senior year, Woodson and Isiah Thomas led the 1979–80 Hoosiers to a conference title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen. Woodson was named the 1980 Big Ten Player of the Year, an NABC All-American, and awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball. Among Hoosier basketball players, Woodson ranks fifth all-time in total points and his 19.8 points per game average is tied (with Calbert Cheaney) for the second highest by a Hoosier who played four seasons in college.
Woodson played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after getting drafted by the New York Knicks as the 12th pick of the 1980 NBA draft. He also played for the New Jersey Nets, Kansas City/Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He appeared in 13 NBA playoff games over five post-seasons.
Woodson later coached for seven different NBA franchises. He worked as an assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Larry Brown's Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, and New York Knicks. Woodson and Brown, who had previously worked together as player and coach, won an NBA Championship with the Pistons during the 2003–04 season. Woodson went on to serve six years as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, where he made the playoffs his last three seasons and his 206 career wins rank fourth-best in Hawks franchise history. He subsequently spent three seasons as head coach of the New York Knicks, where he reached the playoffs twice and secured the Atlantic Division title.
^"Mike Woodson". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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