- Henry Bibby
Charles Henry Bibby (born
November 24 ,1949 inFranklinton, North Carolina ) is a former professionalbasketball player and current assistant coach with thePhiladelphia 76ers of theNational Basketball Association (NBA).Playing career
As a starting
point guard in college, Bibby led theUCLA Bruins to threeNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship s.In the
1972 NBA Draft , Bibby was drafted by theNew York Knicks and played for the team for two and a half seasons, which included an NBA title in 1973. That team featured eight future Hall-of-Famers—Willis Reed ,Walt Frazier ,Dave DeBusschere ,Bill Bradley ,Earl Monroe andJerry Lucas , as well as future NBA coaching legendPhil Jackson and the team's then-coach,Red Holzman .Bibby spent nine overall seasons in the NBA, and is mostly known for his time with the
Philadelphia 76ers . He was a part of the 1977 and 1980 Sixers teams that made theNBA Finals but eventually lost both times.Coaching career
Bibby started his coaching career in the
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and won two championships in 1982 and 1989.He coached the
Winnipeg Thunder .In 1996, he was named coach of the men's
basketball team at theUniversity of Southern California (USC), and kept that position for nine seasons. Bibby had an overall won-loss record of 131-111 at USC. He led his 1997, 2001 and 2002 teams to the NCAA tournament, including a final "Elite Eight " appearance in 2001, but was fired after four games into his ninth season.On
April 7 ,2005 , he was named Head Coach of theLos Angeles Sparks of theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA), replacing interim coaches Karleen Thompson andRyan Weisenberg . However, only 28 games into the season, he was replaced by his Assistant Coach,Joe Bryant .On
January 17 ,2006 , Bibby was hired by thePhiladelphia 76ers as an assistant coach onMaurice Cheeks ' staff for the remainder of the 2005-2006 season.Bibby is the brother of
Jim Bibby , a formerMajor League Baseball pitcher . His sonMike Bibby plays for theAtlanta Hawks .Trivia
Having won an NCAA Championship his final year with UCLA in 1972 and an NBA title with the Knicks in 1973, Bibby is only one of four players in basketball history to win an NCAA championship and an NBA Championship back-to-back, the others being
Bill Russell (University of San Francisco 1956,Boston Celtics 1957),Magic Johnson (Michigan State University 1979,Los Angeles Lakers 1980) andBilly Thompson (University of Louisville 1986,Los Angeles Lakers 1987)External links
* [http://www.nba.com/coachfile/henry_bibby/index.html?nav=page Henry Bibby coach profile]
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