Tad Boyle is a college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado. He played collegiately at Kansas under coach Ted Owens and Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. After his first year at CU, Boyle received interest for the head coaching position at Texas A&M vacated by his old friend Mark Turgeon, after... read full bio
Vlade Divac is a retired basketball player and current sports administrator. Divac spent most of his career in the NBA. He was known for his passing skills. Divac is one of six players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots. Divac was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of... read full bio
Violet Palmer is a basketball referee in the NBA and WNBA and the first female official to reach the highest competitive tier in a major U.S. professional sport. She also earned recognition as a member of two NCAA Division II women's championship basketball teams. Palmer was the first woman to officiate an NBA playoff game. She attended college at Cal... read full bio
Vin Baker is a former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He spent most of his time playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Seattle SuperSonics. He appeared in four consecutive All-Star Games. Baker spent the first four seasons of his career with the Milwaukee Bucks where he led the league in minutes per game. He... read full bio
Wimp Sanderson is a retired college basketball coach. In 11 years as head coach his teams averaged 21.8 wins a year, with a 267-119 record, and they won 5 SEC tournaments. He is only coach in Alabama history to win 200 or more games in his first 10 years. Sanderson was famous for wearing plaid sport jackets on the sidelines.... read full bio
Drafted in the first round, Wes Unseld helped lead the Baltimore Bullets to a 57-25 record and a division title, becoming only the second person to ever win both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Unseld was impressively named a 5-time NBA all-star. He led the NBA in rebounding, and was known for averaging double-doubles. The... read full bio
Wayne Morgan was the Iowa State University men's basketball coach. He was Iowa State Universitys first African American head basketball coach. Morgan coached at Long Beach State for six seasons before accepting the head coaching position at Iowa State. His up-tempo style of basketball generated doubt across the state but produced a memorable first season that featured a team which... read full bio
Wayne Embry is a retired American basketball player. He played in the NBA All-Star game for five consecutive seasons and won the NBA Championship with the Celtics. Retiring to be a regional sales leader for Pepsi-Cola. Embry played crucial minutes for the team's surprising NBA title run. After retiring as a player he became the first African American NBA general... read full bio
Xavier McDaniel is a retired National Basketball Association player. McDaniel was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round of the NBA Draft. After retiring McDaniel appeared on Spike TV's televised slamball games where he coached the Riders squad. Afterwards he made a few appearances on the reality TV game show Pros vs Joes. Xavier McDaniel played on the... read full bio
Joe Ehrmann is a former American professional football defensive lineman who played in the NFL. Ehrmann was born in Buffalo, New York, and he began his career playing football at Syracuse University. During his college career, Ehrmann was named to the school’s All-Century Team, was an All-American selection, earned the George Arents Pioneers Medal, was a three-year letterman, and also... read full bio
Willie Randolph is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is now a postseason baseball analyst for ESPN, primarily on Baseball Tonight. At the end of his playing career, he ranked fifth in major league history in games at second base, ninth in putouts, seventh in assists, eighth in total chances, and third in double plays. Upon... read full bio
Macha was an infielder. He was the Eastern League batting champion. He hit a combined .258 in 180 Major league baseball games. He retired as a player and joined the Expos as a major league coach. He spent six seasons with the Expos before moving to the California Angels as a bullpen coach. He was chosen as Eastern League Manager... read full bio
Bela Karolyi is a Romanian gymnastics coach and the USA Gymnastics Women's National Team Coordinator. He has become the most successful coach in the history of gymnastics. His coaching efforts have produced 28 Olympians, nine Olympic Champions, 15 World Champions, 12 European medalists and six U.S. National Champions in 30 years of coaching gymnastics in both his native Romania and... read full bio
Clint Hurdle is a former MLB professional baseball outfielder who is currently the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent ten years in the major leagues with teams such as the Kansas City Royals, the Cincinnati Reds, the New York Mets, and the St. Louis Cardinals. After retiring, he first was a manager for the Colorado Rockies but switched to... read full bio
Bill Cartwright is a former NBA player and former head coach of the Chicago Bulls. This 7/1' giant was a center for the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics. He was the 3rd overall pick in the 1979 draft. He joined the Knicks and remained their until 1988 where he switched to the Bulls. He helped the Bulls... read full bio
Stacey King is a former professional NBA basketball player who won three consecutive championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was the sixth overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft after having a stand-out career at the University of Oklahoma. He was voted Sporting News College Player of the Year. King has played for many NBA teams including the Chicago Bulls,... read full bio
Dicky Simpkins is a former professional NBA basketball player most well known for his time with the Chicago Bulls in the 90's as a forward/center. He played ball in high school and college until being selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1994 NBA Draft. He earned two championship rings in 1996 and 1997 but wasn't in the active roster... read full bio
Orlando Magic coach Scott Skiles played professional basketball with the NBA as a point guard for eleven successful years, and has been coaching for the NBA for over twenty years. He played for the Bucks, the Pacers, the Magic, the Bullets, and the 76ers. To this day, Skiles still holds the NBA record for most assists in one game with... read full bio
Stephen Brdo is a retired professional basketball player. He had a very impressive career with the University of Illinois, scoring 909 points and 495 assists. He was even part of the Flyin Illini team that was eligible to compete in the 1989 NCAA men's basketball tournament Final Four. He was selected for the NBA by the Atlanta Hawks but never... read full bio
Kendall Gills was a professional basketball player who is now retired. He started his career leading his high school in scoring with 54 points in only 4 games of the tournament finals. In college, he played for the University of Illinois. He was chosen fifth overall in the first round of the 1990 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. In... read full bio
