Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Why did ESPN2 include Paul Westphal?

What's the deal?
During the half-time show of one of the games on Tuesday, ESPN2 showed a list of successful NCAA coaches who made recent jumps to the NBA from the college ranks and did not have similar success. Yes, they included the likes of Pitino, Calipari, Leonard Hamilton, Lon Kruger and ....Paul Westphal! But they did not include Tim Floyd (or Mike Montgomery).

Why was Paul Westphal included?
1) First of all he had a winning record in the NBA both regular reason and playoffs and reached the NBA Finals: http://www.basketballreference.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=WESTPPA01
2) Second, his college coaching career before becoming an NBA assistant and coach was just three years in the small college leagues (which included an NAIA title in 1988). That's not even recent. That's Larry Brown era! http://pepperdinesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/westphal_paul00.html


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