(1946-06-16) June 16, 1946 (age 77) Lynwood, California, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight
175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school
St. Pius X (Downey, California)
College
Loyola Marymount (1965–1968)
NBA draft
1968: 7th round, 79th overall pick
Selected by the San Diego Rockets
Playing career
1968–1975
Position
Point guard
Number
12, 21, 5
Coaching career
1977–2014
Career history
As player:
1968–1970
San Diego Rockets
1970–1973
Portland Trail Blazers
1973–1974
Chicago Bulls
1974–1975
New Orleans Jazz
1975
Kansas City-Omaha Kings
As coach:
1977–1983
Chemeketa CC
1983–1989
Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
1989–1994
Portland Trail Blazers
1995–1997
Golden State Warriors
1999–2006
Sacramento Kings
2007–2011
Houston Rockets
2011–2014
Minnesota Timberwolves
Career highlights and awards
As player:
WCC Player of the Year (1968)
2× First-team All-WCC (1967, 1968)
As coach:
3× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1991, 2001, 2003)
Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2023)
Career playing statistics
Points
3,579 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds
1,129 (2.4 rpg)
Assists
1,606 (3.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Career coaching record
NBA
1042–749 (.582)
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
Richard Leonard Adelman (born June 16, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Adelman served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves.[1] He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of 2021.[2]
^Rick Adelman to announce retirement ESPN.com
^"Kings Legends Chris Webber, Rick Adelman Headline Electees into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". NBA.com.
Source Adelman's son David Adelman is a professional basketball coach. RickAdelman to announce retirement ESPN.com "Kings Legends Chris Webber, Rick Adelman...
coached for two complete seasons. Musselman, along with Kurt Rambis and RickAdelman, are the only Timberwolves head coaches to have not been involved in...
end of the season. On April 21, 2014, RickAdelman announced his retirement from coaching in the NBA. Adelman acquired a 97–133 record in three seasons...
There have been 28 head coaches for the franchise since joining the NBA. RickAdelman is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (624)...
Alex Hannum, Tex Winter, Kevin McHale, Bill Fitch, Rudy Tomjanovich and RickAdelman have been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame...
(2016). Three Hall of Fame coaches – Lenny Wilkens, Jack Ramsay, and RickAdelman – have patrolled the sidelines for the Blazers, and two others, Mike...
and former drummer Paul Adelman, British historian RickAdelman (born 1946), American basketball player and coach Saul Adelman (born 1944), American astronomer...
Blazers fired head coach Mike Schuler and replaced him with assistant RickAdelman, who would go on to win over 1,000 regular season games in 23 NBA seasons...
first round of the playoffs, Van Gundy was fired, and then replaced by RickAdelman. In July 2017, it was announced that Van Gundy would be the head coach...
prospect Joe Smith as their first overall draft pick in 1995 and hired RickAdelman as the new head coach. They sent Tim Hardaway and Chris Gatling to the...
2006, Musselman was named head coach of the Sacramento Kings, replacing RickAdelman. Four months into the job, on October 21, 2006, Musselman was cited for...
won the NBA Executive of the Year Award twice. Led by new head coach RickAdelman, and aided by former Princeton head coach Pete Carril, the Kings' Princeton...
season games coached (820), and the most regular season game wins (453). RickAdelman is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage...
After the 2007 elimination, Van Gundy was fired, and the Rockets hired RickAdelman to replace him. For the 2008–09 season, the Rockets signed forward Ron...
Shue and Tom Thibodeau have each won it twice. 27 NBA head coaches (RickAdelman, Red Auerbach, Larry Brown, John Calipari, Chuck Daly, Bill Fitch, Cotton...
Kevin Love (MIP) 2011–12 NBA Western 12th Northwest 5th 26 40 .394 21 RickAdelman 2012–13 NBA Western 12th Northwest 5th 31 51 .378 29 2013–14 NBA Western...
the top coaches in the U.S., including Hall of Fame coaches Bobby Knight, Rick Pitino, Hubie Brown, Gary Williams, Morgan Wootten, and Jim Calhoun. In 1987...
(1986–1988) Ed Gregory # (1988) Don Nelson (1988–1995) Bob Lanier # (1995) RickAdelman (1995–1997) P. J. Carlesimo (1997–1999) Garry St. Jean # (1999–2000)...
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