Bob Hopkins

Bob Hopkins
Personal information
Born	(1934-11-03)November 3, 1934 Jonesboro, Louisiana
Died	May 15, 2015(2015-05-15) (aged 80) Bellevue, Washington
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Louisiana)
College	Grambling State (1952–1956)
NBA draft	1956 / Round: 10 / Pick: 74th overall
Selected by the Syracuse Nationals
Playing career	1956–1962
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	9
Career history
As player:
1956–1960	Syracuse Nationals
1960–1962	Philadelphia Tapers (NABL)
As coach:
1977	Seattle SuperSonics
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,237 (8.2 ppg)
Rebounds	1,526 (5.6 rpg)
Assists	189 (0.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2013

Robert M. "Bob" Hopkins (November 3, 1934 – May 15, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at Grambling State University, where he scored 3,759 points (averaging 29.8 points per game for his career), and then played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four seasons with the Syracuse Nationals. He later coached the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA during part of the 1977–78 season, posting a 5–17 record before being fired midseason. He was replaced by Lenny Wilkens, who led the Sonics to the NBA Finals that season and the following, winning the NBA championship in 1979. He died of heart and kidney failure on May 15, 2015.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/bob-hopkins-who-briefly-coached-sonics-in-1978-dies-at-age-80/

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Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball head coaches

Records lost (1920–1958)
Leroy Moore, Jr. (1958–1963)
No team (1963–1964)
Bob Hopkins (1964–1965)
Leroy Moore, Jr. (1965–1966)
No team (1966–1969)
Bill Cofield (1969–1973)
Elwood Plummer (1973–1979)
Calvin White (1979–1982)
Jim Duplantier (1982–1990)
Elwood Plummer (1990–2002)
Jerry Francis (2002–2005)
Darrell Hawkins (2005–2006)
Byron Rimm II (2006–2016)
Byron Smith (2016– )

Alcorn State Braves basketball head coaches

T. L. Harris (1945–1948) Dwight Fisher (1948–1956) W. A. Broadus (1956–1959) E. E. Simmons (1959–1966) Bob Hopkins (1966–1969) Davey Whitney (1969–1989) Samuel West (1989–1993) Sam Weaver (1993–1996) Davey Whitney (1996–2003) Samuel West (2003–2008) Larry Smith (2008–2011) Luther Riley (2011–2015) Montez Robinson (2015– )

Oklahoma City Thunder head coaches

Al Bianchi (1967–1969)
Lenny Wilkens (1969–1972)
Tom Nissalke (1972–1973)
Bucky Buckwalter # (1973)
Bill Russell (1973–1977)
Bob Hopkins (1977)
Lenny Wilkens (1977–1985)
Bernie Bickerstaff (1985–1990)
K. C. Jones (1990–1992)
Bob Kloppenburg # (1992)
George Karl (1992–1998)
Paul Westphal (1998–2000)
Nate McMillan (2000–2005)
Bob Weiss (2005–2006)
Bob Hill (2006–2007)
P. J. Carlesimo (2007–2008)
Scott Brooks (2008–2015)
Billy Donovan (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Southern Jaguars basketball head coaches

Robert Henry Lee (1949–1956) No team (1956–1969) Richard Mack (1969–1972) Carl E. Stewart (1972–1982) Andy Stoglin (1982–1984) Bob Hopkins (1984–1986) Ben Jobe (1986–1996) Tommie Green (1996–2001) Ben Jobe (2001–2003) Michael Grant (2003–2005) Rob Spivery (2005–2011) Roman Banks (2011– )

Grambling State Tigers men's basketball head coaches

W. L. Garner Ozias Johnson (1940–1942) Eddie Robinson (1943–1956) Fred Hobdy (1956–1986) Bob Hopkins (1986–1989) Aaron James (1989–1995) Lacey Reynolds (1995–1999) Larry Wright (1999–2008) Rick Duckett (2008–2009) Bobby Washington (2009–2012) Joseph Price (2012–2014) Shawn Walker (2014– )

Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball head coaches

Records lost pre-1950
Vernon McCain (1950–1954)
Nathaniel Taylor (1954–1966)
Joe Robinson (1966–1971)
John Bates (1971–1974)
Dan Jones (1974–1976)
Kirkland Hall (1976–1984)
Howie Evans (1984–1987)
Steve Williams (1987–1990)
Bob Hopkins (1990–1991)
Bob Wilkerson # (1991–1992)
Rob Chavez (1992–1994)
Jeff Menday (1994–1996)
Lonnie Williams (1996–2000)
Thomas Trotter (2000–2004)
Larry Lessett (2004–2007)
Meredith Smith (2007–2008)
Frankie Allen (2008–2014)
Bobby Collins (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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