Jim O'Brien (basketball)

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This article is about the professional basketball coach. For other usages, see Jim O'Brien (disambiguation).

Jim O'Brien (born February 11, 1952) is best known as a professional basketball coach. He was most recently the Head Coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, where he served in that role for the 2004-2005 season before being fired despite the fact they made the playoffs after a year absence. Before that he was the Head Coach of the Boston Celtics from 2001-2004, replacing Rick Pitino. Coaching the 76ers was something of a homecoming for O'Brien, who is a Philadelphia native and attended Roman Catholic High School in his youth. He was also head coach at Wheeling Jesuit University from 1982-87 and the University of Dayton from 1989-1994, leading the Dayton Flyers to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in his first season. He is the son-in-law of Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay, and was coached at Saint Joseph's by another former NBA coach, Jack McKinney.

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Preceded by Don Donoher	Dayton Flyers Head Coach 1989–1994	Succeeded by Oliver Purnell
Preceded by Rick Pitino	Boston Celtics Head Coach 2001–2004	Succeeded by John Carroll
Preceded by Chris Ford	Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach 2004–2005	Succeeded by Maurice Cheeks