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David "Smokey" Gaines (born February 27, 1942) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. He played three games for the Kentucky Colonels during the 1967-68 American Basketball Association season after a four-year stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. Gaines attended LeMoyne-Owen College.
After his playing days Gaines became a coach, serving as head coach for Detroit Mercy and San Diego State. He is currently Athletic Director for the Memphis City Schools.[1]
External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- Harlem Globetrotters Profile
References
Detroit Titans men's basketball head coaches C. B. Lundy (1905–1907) • No team (1907–1909) • Royal R. Campbell (1909–1913) • Walter Hardy (1913–1916) • Royal R. Campbell (1916–1919) • James Brown (1919–1922) • Paul Harbrecht (1922–1923) • John Barrett (1923–1925) • Gus Dorais (1925–1929) • Louis Conroy (1929–1930) • Lloyd Brazil (1930–1946) • John Shada (1946–1948) • Bob Calihan (1948–1969) • Jim Harding (1969–1973) • Dick Vitale (1973–1977) • Smokey Gaines (1977–1979) • Willie McCarter (1979–1982) • Don Sicko (1982–1987) • John Mulroy # (1987–1988) • Ricky Byrdsong (1988–1993) • Perry Watson (1993–2008) • Kevin Mondro # (2008) • Ray McCallum (2008– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball head coaches C. E. Peterson (1921–1926) • Tom McMullen (1926–1929) • Morris Gross (1929–1942) • Dom DeLauer & Dick Mitchell (1942–1943) • Alex Alexander (1943–1945) • Charles R. Smith (1945–1948) • George Ziegenfuss (1948–1969) • Dick Davis (1969–1974) • Tim Vezie (1974–1979) • Smokey Gaines (1979–1987) • Jim Brandenburg (1987–1992) • Jim Harrick, Jr. # (1992) • Tony Fuller (1992–1994) • Fred Trenkle (1994–1999) • Steve Fisher (1999– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Categories:- 1942 births
- American basketball players
- College men's basketball players in the United States
- Detroit Titans men's basketball coaches
- Harlem Globetrotters players
- Kentucky Colonels players
- LeMoyne–Owen College alumni
- Living people
- San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball coaches
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs
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