Doc Rivers

Doc Rivers
Player information
Full name	Glenn Anton Rivers
birthday	13th October 1961 (age 58)
place of birth	Chicago , Illinois , United States
size	193 cm
position	Point guard
college	Marquette
NBA draft	1983 , 31st Pick, Atlanta Hawks
Club information
society	Los Angeles Clippers ( Head Coach )
league	NBA
Clubs as active
1983–1991 Atlanta Hawks 1991–1992 Los Angeles Clippers 1992–1994 New York Knicks 1994–1996 San Antonio Spurs
National team
1982 00 00	United States	9 games
Clubs as coaches
1999–2003 Orlando Magic 2004–2013 Boston Celtics Since 2013 Los Angeles Clippers 0

Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American basketball coach and former player. He has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers since 2013 . Previously Rivers had nine years, the Boston Celtics trained and 2,008 to NBA out championship. As a player, the 1.93 meter tall point guard was active in the NBA from 1983 to 1996.

Career

As a player

In the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Rivers played from 1980 to 1983 for the Golden Eagles of Marquette University . Even before that, his future college coach gave him the nickname “Doc” when he wore a T-shirt that said “ Dr. J “wore. He took part with the US selection at the 1982 World Cup, where he reached the finals and was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the tournament.

In the 1983 NBA draft , he was selected in the second round by the Atlanta Hawks , for which he was active until 1991. Rivers was part of the regular line-up for years, was one of the five best passers in the NBA in the 1986/87 and 1987/88 seasons and was nominated for the NBA All-Star Game in 1988 . From 1986 to 1988 he reached with the Atlanta Hawks always the entry into the Conference semifinals, but where they failed twice at Boston and once at Detroit . Rivers set a club record for most assists (3,866), which he still holds. In 1990 he received the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for social commitment.

After a year with the Los Angeles Clippers , Rivers moved to the New York Knicks in 1992 , with whom he celebrated his greatest team successes. In the 1993/94 season , in which the Knicks reached the finals, he suffered a serious knee injury and missed much of the season. After two years as a substitute for the San Antonio Spurs , Rivers ended his active career in 1996.

As a trainer

Rivers took over his first team as head coach in 1999 with the Orlando Magic . He narrowly missed the playoffs and was named Coach of the Year . In the following three seasons, the qualification for the playoffs succeeded, in which the Magic were eliminated each time in the first round. After starting the season with just one win out of eleven games, he was dismissed in 2003 . In 2004 he took over the Boston Celtics , with which he again reached the first round. In the two following seasons he clearly missed the playoffs with Boston.

Nevertheless, Rivers remained the coach of the Celtics and led the team, which had changed significantly for the 2007/08 season , to the best record in the regular season and the championship . In 2010 , Rivers once again made it into the final series with the Celtics. After the 2012/13 season and the playoff first round against the New York Knicks, Rivers moved to the Los Angeles Clippers . In exchange, the Celtics got a first-round draft pick .

Private

His sons Jeremiah and Austin Rivers are also basketball players. Austin was selected as the 10th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets . Between the beginning of 2015 and the middle of 2018, father and son worked together at the Clippers.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ usabasketball.com - All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster // R ( Memento from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Dave Anderson: The New 'Doctor' In Town The New York Times (May 9, 1993)
3. ↑ Atlanta Hawks Career Leaders on basketball-reference.com (as of January 3, 2011)
4. ↑ nba.com , accessed November 30, 2011
5. ↑ Clifton Brown: Surgery for Rivers Puts Career in Doubt The New York Times (December 18, 1993)
6. ↑ Rivers goes to the Los Angeles Clippers (English)

Web links

Commons : Doc Rivers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Doc Rivers - player profile on basketball-reference.com