George Irvine

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George R. "Hawkeye" Irvine (born February 1, 1948) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'6" forward, Irvine played collegiately at the University of Washington and selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 8th round of the 1970 NBA Draft. However, he never played for his hometown SuperSonics, nor for any other NBA team. Instead, Irvine opted to play for the team that selected him in the American Basketball Association draft, the Virginia Squires. Irvine played for the Squires for five seasons and then played a final pro season with the Denver Nuggets during the 1975-76 season, the ABA's final season prior to the ABA-NBA merger.

Irvine would later serve as head coach for two NBA teams; the Indiana Pacers, for two stints, and the Detroit Pistons. He was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2012 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, March 10, 2012.^[1]

References

↑ 2011-12 Hall of Honor Class Announced, Pacific 12 Conference, February 7, 2012

External links

George Irvine playing statistics at databasebasketball.com
George Irvine Coach Info at NBA.com

Indiana Pacers head coaches

Larry Staverman (1967–1968)
Bobby Leonard (1968–1980)
Jack McKinney (1980–1984)
George Irvine (1984–1986)
Jack Ramsay (1986–1988)
Mel Daniels (1988)
George Irvine (1988–1989)
Dick Versace (1989–1990)
Bob Hill (1990–1993)
Larry Brown (1993–1997)
Larry Bird (1997–2000)
Isiah Thomas (2000–2003)
Rick Carlisle (2003–2007)
Jim O'Brien (2007–2011)
Frank Vogel (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Detroit Pistons head coaches

Carl Bennett (1948)
Curly Armstrong (1948–1949)
Murray Mendenhall (1949–1951)
Paul Birch (1951–1954)
Charley Eckman (1954–1957)
Red Rocha (1957–1960)
Dick McGuire (1959–1963)
Charles Wolf (1963–1964)
Dave DeBusschere (1964–1967)
Donnie Butcher (1967–1968)
Paul Seymour (1968–1969)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1969–1971)
Terry Dischinger (1971)
Earl Lloyd (1971–1972)
Ray Scott (1972–1976)
Herb Brown (1976–1977)
Bob Kauffman # (1977–1978)
Dick Vitale (1978–1979)
Richie Adubato # (1979–1980)
Scotty Robertson (1980–1983)
Chuck Daly (1983–1992)
Ron Rothstein (1992–1993)
Don Chaney (1993–1995)
Doug Collins (1995–1998)
Alvin Gentry (1998–2000)
George Irvine (2000–2001)
Rick Carlisle (2001–2003)
Larry Brown (2003–2005)
Flip Saunders (2005–2008)
Michael Curry (2008–2009)
John Kuester (2009–2011)
Lawrence Frank (2011–2013)
Maurice Cheeks (2013–2014)
John Loyer # (2014)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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Name	Irvine, George
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player and coach
Date of birth	February 1, 1948
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington
Date of death
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