Bob Weiss
| Charlotte Hornets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 7, 1942 Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Athens Area (Athens, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Penn State (1962–1965) |
| NBA draft | 1965 / Round: 3 / Pick: 22nd overall |
| Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Playing career | 1965–1977 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 35, 12, 21, 8 |
| Coaching career | 1978–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1965–1966 | Wilmington Blue Bombers (EPBL) |
| 1967 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1967–1968 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1968 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1968–1974 | Chicago Bulls |
| 1974–1976 | Buffalo Braves |
| 1976–1977 | Washington Bullets |
| As coach: | |
| 1978–1980 | San Diego Clippers (assistant) |
| 1980–1986 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
| 1986–1988 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1989–1990 | Orlando Magic (assistant) |
| 1990–1993 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1993–1994 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1994–2005 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 2008–2010 | Shanxi Zhongyu (China) |
| 2010–2011 | Shandong Lions (China) |
| 2012–2013 | Atlanta Hawks (assistant) |
| 2013–present | Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 5,989 (7.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,398 (1.8 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,931 (3.7 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Robert William "Bob" Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is currently serving as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
College career
Weiss played college basketball at Pennsylvania State University from 1963 to 1965 and averaged 16.3 points per game during his senior season.
Professional playing career
The NBA's Philadelphia 76ers selected Weiss in the 1965 NBA Draft. Weiss interspersed his career with the 76ers with a short stint in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, playing for the Wilmington Blue Bombers. He led the EBL in assists in the 1966–67 season and was named to the EBL All-Star First Team.[1]
Weiss was a member of the 76ers' 1967 championship team, after which he was taken by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1967 NBA Expansion Draft.[2] Weiss played in the NBA for twelve seasons, including six with the Chicago Bulls.
NBA coaching career
After retiring as a player in 1977, Weiss briefly worked for an investment firm in Anaheim, California. In 1978, he joined the San Diego Clippers as an assistant coach.[3] In 1980, he moved to the Dallas Mavericks, an expansion franchise.
After six years in Dallas, Weiss accepted his first head coaching job in 1986 with the San Antonio Spurs. He coached the Spurs for two seasons, never posting a winning record. He did, however, lead them to the playoffs in 1988.
After one year as an assistant with the Orlando Magic, Weiss moved to the Atlanta Hawks as head coach. In three seasons, his Hawks teams posted a record of 124-122 and made the playoffs twice.
Weiss left the Hawks in 1993. He spent one year as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers before joining the SuperSonics as an assistant coach. He served in that post for 12 years under both George Karl and Nate McMillan, going to the NBA Finals in 1996. He was promoted to head coach in 2005 after McMillan left for the Portland Trail Blazers. However, Weiss did not last even one season, as the Sonics struggled to a losing record. After a 13-17 start to the 2005–06 season, his three-year deal was terminated on January 3, 2006 and he was replaced with Bob Hill.
After the NBA
In 2008, Weiss went to China to coach the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons in the Chinese Basketball Association.[4] He also coached for the Shandong Lions.[5]
Head coaching record
| Legend | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win-loss % | |
| Post season | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win-loss % | |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 1986–87 | 82 | 28 | 54 | .250 | 6th in Midwest | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| San Antonio | 1987–88 | 82 | 31 | 51 | .378 | 5th in Midwest | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
| Atlanta | 1990–91 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 4th in Central | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost in First Round |
| Atlanta | 1991–92 | 82 | 38 | 44 | .463 | 5th in Central | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| Atlanta | 1992–93 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 4th in Central | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
| L.A. Clippers | 1993–94 | 82 | 27 | 55 | .329 | 7th in Pacific | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| Seattle | 2005–06 | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 522 | 223 | 299 | .427 | 11 | 2 | 9 | .182 |
Return to NBA
In 2012, Weiss joined the Atlanta Hawks' coaching staff.[6] The next year, he became an assistant with the Charlotte Bobcats.[7]
Trivia
Weiss is the only person to be affiliated with the Clippers' franchise in all three cities of the organization's history. He was a player with the Buffalo Braves, an assistant coach with the San Diego Clippers, and a head coach with the Los Angeles Clippers. Weiss's all-time regular season NBA coaching record is 210-282 (42.7%).
References
- ↑ NBA Register: 1986-87 Edition. The Sporting News Publishing Company. 1986. p. 280. ISBN 9780892042272.
- ↑ Andrieson, David (October 13, 2007), "Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- ↑ "Weiss joins Clippers". Chicago Tribune. August 30, 1978. E5.
- ↑ Kelley, Steve (February 19, 2012), "New books details Bob Weiss' basketball adventure in China", Seattle Times
- ↑ Jon Pastuszek (November 20, 2011). "2011-2012 CBA Preview". NiuBBall – Basketball with Chinese Characteristics. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Atlanta Hawks add Kenny Atkinson, Bob Weiss to coaching staff". Inside Hoops. August 28, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Charlotte Bobcats Name Ewing, Beyer, Silas, Weiss, Price to Coaching Staff – THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS".