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Lenny Wilkens Former NBA Player and Coach "Wilkens is the all-time coaching wins leader without ever coaching a Hall of Fame player in his prime or at his best. It may be the most remarkable record in sports. It can be argued no one has done more with less in NBA history than Lenny Wilkens. He doesn’t shout for attention or demand it; he earns it with results, which is the way it should be." -- Sam Smith, ESPN

Lenny Wilkens holds the rare distinction of having coached all teams that he represented during his 15 seasons as an NBA player: Seattle, Portland, Cleveland and Atlanta.

He began his coaching career in 1969 as player/coach for the Seattle Supersonics and has coached the Portland Trailblazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors, and the famed New York Knicks.

Wilkens was a nine-time NBA All-Star as well as MVP of an All-Star Game. He was enshrined in the NBA Hall of Fame as a player in 1989 and selected to the NBA’s all-time Top 10 Coaches and 50 Greatest Players List in 1996, the only NBA representative recognized both as Hall of Fame player and coach. Wilkens also coached Seattle to a World Championship in 1978- 79, was NBA Coach of the Year in 1994 and led the 1996 USA Basketball Dream Team to the gold medal in the Atlanta Olympic Games. He coached the Knicks to fi rst place in the Atlantic Division in 2004-5.

General Manager, Public Speaker, Author, Fundraiser, Board of Directors and Television Analyst are all roles that Wilkens has excelled at, though he has no plans to slow the pace. “As role models, it’s important for us to give back to the communities in which we work and live,” he says.