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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1949 Lincolnton, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Linden-McKinley ( Columbus, Ohio) |
| College | Ohio State (1968–1971) |
| NBA draft | 1971: 1st round, 13th overall pick |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1971–1980 |
| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| Number | 11, 5, 35, 33 |
| Coaching career | 1982–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1971–1972 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1972– 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1977– 1979 | New York Knicks |
| 1979–1980 | Washington Bullets |
| As coach: | |
| 1982–1983 | Furman (assistant) |
| 1983–1987 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 1987–1989 | Youngstown State |
| 1989– 1996 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| 1996– 1997 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1998–1999 | Chicago Condors |
| 1999– 2004 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| 2004– 2006 | New Orleans Hornets (assistant) |
| 2006– 2011 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| 2011–2012 | Zhejiang Guangsha |
| 2013– 2014 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
| 2014– 2016 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 2017–present | Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As assistant coach: | |
| Career statistics | |
| Points | 5,412 (8.3 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,981 (3.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,531 (3.9 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
James Mitchell Cleamons (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and current coach.
Playing career
He played collegiately at the Ohio State University, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 13th pick of the 1971 NBA draft. He had a nine-year NBA career for four teams (the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks, and the Washington Bullets). In 1976, Cleamons was selected to the NBA All-Defense 2nd team.
Coaching career
Cleamons worked as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1996. He was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks for slightly over one year, from 1996 to 1997. He was then the head coach of the Chicago Condors of the American Basketball league, a short-lived women's professional basketball league in the mid Nineties. He also served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. For a few games during his tenure with the Lakers, he served as acting head coach while Phil Jackson was absent.
In 2011, Cleamons became a coach in the Chinese Basketball Association. [1] In 2013, he became an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks.
In 2014, Cleamons joined the New York Knicks coaching staff under Derek Fisher. [2]
In 2017, Cleamons accepted a position as an assistant coach for the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) high school boys basketball team. [3]
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown State Penguins ( Ohio Valley Conference [4]) (1987–1988) | |||||||||
| 1987–88 | Youngstown State [5] | 7–21 | 2–12 | 7th | |||||
| Youngstown State (Independent) (1988–1989) | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | Youngstown State [6] | 5–23 | |||||||
| Youngstown State: | 12–44 (.214) | 2–12 (.143) | |||||||
| Total: | 12–44 (.214) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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NBA
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 1996–97 | 82 | 24 | 58 | .293 | 5th in Midwest | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| Dallas | 1997–98 | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 98 | 28 | 70 | .286 | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ Chandler is rolling the dice by going to China Archived 2011-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Knicks hire Jim Cleamons, 3 others to fill out Derek Fisher's staff". USA Today.
- ^ "YULA Roster". Cooper Invitational. 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ http://ovcsports.com/documents/2013/10/21/2013-14%20OVC%20Basketball%20Media%20Guide.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1988_817_Youngstown%20State%20University.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1989_817_Youngstown%20State%20University.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
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