John Givens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Givens was a basketball player and coach.

Givens played college basketball at Western Kentucky University. He was drafted by the NBA's Rochester Royals in the sixth round of the 1950 draft.[1]

Givens was the first head coach of the Kentucky Colonels during the American Basketball Association's first season in 1967-1968. Givens also became the first coach in the history of the ABA to be fired, after a 5-12 start. He was replaced as head coach of the Colonels by Gene Rhodes.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1950 NBA Draft - Basketball-Reference.com
  2. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

Preceded by
team founded 1967		 Kentucky Colonels Head Basketball Coaches
March 1967–September 1967		 Succeeded by
Gene Rhodes