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PLAYOFFS RECORDS 10-11 REVIEW PLAYERS BBALL OPS FRONT OFFICE<br />
HISTORY<br />
<strong>NBA</strong><br />
MISC.<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
Paul Silas<br />
Head Coach<br />
Paul Silas is in his first full season as Head Coach of the Bobcats, after having been named Interim Head<br />
Coach on December 22, 2010, and having the interim title removed on February 16, <strong>2011</strong>. Silas has more<br />
than 10 years experience as an <strong>NBA</strong> head coach, posting a career record of 380-429 with the Clippers<br />
(1980-83), Hornets (1999-2003) and Cavaliers (2003-05) and Bobcats. Silas, who has a playoff record<br />
of 13-16, also spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach for the Hornets, Knicks, Nets and Suns.<br />
Silas most recently served as head coach of the Cavaliers from 2003-05, posting a 69-77 record. Prior<br />
to that, he spent four-plus seasons as head coach of the Hornets. Silas, who was initially named Interim<br />
Head Coach of the Hornets on March 7, 1999, and led the team to a 22-13 record over the final 35 games<br />
of the 1998-99 season, <strong>com</strong>piled a 208-155 record. He remains the team’s all-time leader in coaching<br />
wins and ranks second in winning percentage (.573). Silas led the Hornets to the playoffs in each of his<br />
four full seasons as head coach, amassing a 13-16 record in the postseason and advancing to the second round in 2001 and 2002.<br />
Silas also has extensive experience as an assistant coach in the <strong>NBA</strong>. He served as an assistant coach for the Nets in 1998-89, then moved<br />
to the Knicks from 1989-92. Silas returned to the Nets from 1992-95, before going to the Suns from 1995-97. Silas was an assistant for the<br />
Hornets from 1997-99 before be<strong>com</strong>ing the team’s head coach.<br />
A 16-year <strong>NBA</strong> veteran, Silas averaged 9.4 points and 9.9 rebounds in 1,254 career games for the Hawks, Suns, Celtics, Nuggets and<br />
SuperSonics. He was a two-time All-Star (1972 and 1975) and won three <strong>NBA</strong> Championships (1974 and 1976 with Boston and 1979 with<br />
Seattle). Silas currently ranks 19th on the <strong>NBA</strong>’s career rebounding list (<strong>12</strong>,357) and 20th in games played (1,254). Silas was a two-time<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> All-Defensive First Team selection, winning the awards in 1975 and 1976. He was also selected to the <strong>NBA</strong> All-Defensive Second Team for<br />
three consecutive seasons from 1971-73.<br />
Silas was originally drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the second round of the 1964 <strong>NBA</strong> Draft (<strong>12</strong>th overall). He played for the Hawks in St.<br />
Louis and Atlanta from 1964-68, before being was traded to the Phoenix Suns in 1969, where he played three seasons. In 1972, Silas was<br />
traded to the Boston Celtics, where he played four seasons (1972-76) and won two <strong>NBA</strong> Championships (1974 and 1976). Silas was traded<br />
to the Denver Nuggets before the 1976-77 season and played one season with Denver before being traded to the Seattle Supersonics. Silas<br />
finished his career in Seattle, playing three seasons for the SuperSonics and winning an <strong>NBA</strong> Championship in 1979. He signed with the San<br />
Diego Clippers after the 1979-80 season, but retired before be<strong>com</strong>ing the Clippers head coach.<br />
Silas graduated from Creighton in 1964, where he was one of only five players in NCAA history to average 20 points and 20 rebounds in a college<br />
career. He led the country in rebounds in each of his three seasons and holds the NCAA record for most rebounds in a three-year career<br />
with 1,751 career rebounds. He ranks sixth all-time in total rebounds and is the only player in the top ten that did not play four seasons, also<br />
ranking third all-time in rebounding average. He owns three of the top 30 single-season rebounding totals in NCAA history, including the<br />
fifth-best single-season total of 631 rebounds in 1964.<br />
Silas was born in Prescott, Arkansas, and played high school basketball at McClymonds High in Oakland, California. He and his wife, Carolyn,<br />
have three children, Donna, Paula and Stephen, and three grandchildren, Jonathan, Kyler Elyse and Kaelyn.<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> HEAD COACHING RECORD<br />
Regular Season Playoffs<br />
Year Team Record Pct. Record Pct.<br />
80-81 San Diego Clippers 36-46 .439 ---- ----<br />
81-82 San Diego Clippers 17-65 .207 ---- ----<br />
82-83 San Diego Clippers 25-57 .305 ---- ----<br />
98-99 Charlotte Hornets 22-13 .629 ---- ----<br />
99-00 Charlotte Hornets 49-33 .598 1-3 .250<br />
00-01 Charlotte Hornets 46-36 .561 6-4 .600<br />
01-02 Charlotte Hornets 44-38 .537 4-5 .444<br />
02-03 New Orleans Hornets 47-35 .573 2-4 .333<br />
03-04 Cleveland Cavaliers 35-47 .427 ---- ----<br />
04-05 Cleveland Cavaliers 34-30 .531 ---- ----<br />
10-11 Charlotte Bobcats 25-29 .463 ---- ----<br />
Totals 380-429 470 13-16 .448<br />
18 <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> CHARLOTTE BOBCATS MEDIA GUIDE
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