Born:November 7, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey
High School: Weequahic in Newark, New Jersey
College: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
As Player: 711 G, 8.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.5 APG (Full Record)
As Coach: 14 Yrs, 557-518, .518 W-L% (Full Record)
June 9, 1978: Selected Purvis Short (1st round, 5th pick), Raymond Townsend (1st round, 22nd pick), Wayne Cooper (2nd round, 40th pick), Steve Neff (3rd round, 56th pick), Derrick Jackson (4th round, 77th pick), Bubba Wilson (5th round, 101st pick), Buzz Hartnett (6th round, 122nd pick), Rick Bernard (7th round, 142nd pick), Tony Searcy (8th round, 163rd pick), Bobby Humbles (9th round, 179th pick) and Mike Muff (10th round, 193rd pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
February 20, 1979: Signed Tony Robertson as a free agent.
June 25, 1979: Selected Danny Salisbury (2nd round, 28th pick), Cheese Johnson (3rd round, 54th pick), Ron Ripley (4th round, 75th pick), Jerry Sichting (4th round, 82nd pick), George Lett (5th round, 96th pick), Jim Mitchem (6th round, 118th pick), Ren Watson (7th round, 137th pick), Mario Butler (8th round, 155th pick), Gene Ransom (9th round, 175th pick) and Kevin Heenan (10th round, 192nd pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.
September 7, 1979: Signed John Coughran as a free agent.
June 10, 1980: Selected Joe Barry Carroll (1st round, 1st pick), Rickey Brown (1st round, 13th pick), Larry Smith (2nd round, 24th pick), Jeff Ruland (2nd round, 25th pick), John Virgil (3rd round, 49th pick), Robert Scott (4th round, 71st pick), Don Carlino (5th round, 95th pick), Neil Bresnahan (6th round, 117th pick), Lorenzo Romar (7th round, 141st pick), Kurt Kanaskie (8th round, 162nd pick), Billy Reid (9th round, 182nd pick) and Tim Higgins (10th round, 200th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
June 29, 1982: Selected Lester Conner (1st round, 14th pick), Derek Smith (2nd round, 35th pick), Wayne Sappleton (2nd round, 38th pick), Chris Engler (3rd round, 60th pick), Ken Stancell (4th round, 83rd pick), Albert Irving (5th round, 106th pick), David Vann (6th round, 129th pick), Matt Waldron (7th round, 152nd pick), Mark King (8th round, 175th pick), Nick Morken (9th round, 198th pick) and Randy Whieldon (10th round, 219th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
August 29, 1983: Lewis Lloyd signed as a veteran free agent with the Houston Rockets; received a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Bobby Lee Hurt) as compensation.
September 30, 1983: Signed Mike Bratz as a veteran free agent and sent a 1984 4th round draft pick (Mark Halsel) to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.
June 19, 1984: Selected Steve Burtt (2nd round, 30th pick), Jay Murphy (2nd round, 31st pick), Othell Wilson (2nd round, 35th pick), Gary Plummer (2nd round, 45th pick), Lewis Jackson (3rd round, 55th pick), Steve Bartek (5th round, 101st pick), Scott McCollum (5th round, 110th pick), Tony Martin (6th round, 123rd pick), Cliff Higgins (7th round, 147th pick), Paul Brozovich (8th round, 169th pick), Mitch Arnold (9th round, 192nd pick) and Tim Bell (10th round, 213th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.