Nate McMillan

Nate McMillen
Player information
Full name	Nathaniel McMillan
birthday	3rd August 1964 (age 56)
place of birth	Raleigh , North Carolina , United States
size	196 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	Shooting Guard / Point Guard
High school	William G. Enloe, North Carolina
college	Chowan University / NC State
NBA draft	1986, Pick 30, Seattle SuperSonics
Club information
society	Indiana Pacers ( Head Coach )
league	NBA
Clubs as active
1986-1998 Seattle SuperSonics
Clubs as coaches
1998–2000 Seattle SuperSonics (Assistant Trainer) 2000–2005 Seattle SuperSonics 2005–2012 Portland Trail Blazers 2013–2016 Indiana Pacers (Assistant Trainer) since 2016 Indiana Pacers 00

Nathaniel McMillan (born August 3, 1964 in Raleigh , North Carolina ) is an American basketball coach and former player. Since 2016 he has been under contract with the Indiana Pacers in the NBA .

Player career

McMillan played from 1986 to 1998 in the North American professional league NBA for the Seattle SuperSonics , with whom he reached the NBA Finals in 1996 alongside Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp . McMillan was known as a player for his strong defense, so he was appointed to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 1994 and 1995, and in 1994 he led the league in steals with an average of 3.0. In 1998 McMillan ended his career. His jersey number 10 has been withdrawn from the Sonics for years of service.

Coaching career

He then became an assistant coach and from 2000 head coach of the Sonics. With the Sonics he reached the playoffs twice in five seasons (2002 and 2005). When his contract with the Sonics expired in 2005, McMillan received an offer from the Portland Trail Blazers and accepted. With the Blazers he reached the playoffs three times in a row between 2009 and 2011, but was eliminated each time in the first playoff round. On March 15, 2012, he was released and replaced by Kaleb Canales . He then accepted an offer as an assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers .

Since 2006, McMillan has also supported Mike Krzyzewski as an assistant coach for the United States national team . With these he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012. After Frank Vogel's expiring contract was not renewed after he was eliminated in the first round of the 2016 play-offs against the Toronto Raptors , the Pacers promoted McMillan as their team's new head coach.

Web links

Commons : Nate McMillan  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Nate McMillan - Player Statistics on NBA .com (English)
• Nate McMillan - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nate McMillan. In: nba.com. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ spox.com: McMillan becomes head coach Article from May 16, 2016