Jim Cleamons

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Jim Cleamons
Yeshiva University of Los Angeles
(assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Career statistics
Points
5,412 (8.3 ppg)
Rebounds1,981 (3.0 rpg)
Assists2,531 (3.9 apg)
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James Mitchell Cleamons (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and current coach.

Playing career

He played collegiately at the

Washington Bullets
). In 1976, Cleamons was selected to the NBA All-Defense 2nd team.

Coaching career

Cleamons worked as an assistant coach for the

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. For a few games during his tenure with the Lakers, he served as acting head coach while Phil Jackson
was absent.

In 2011, Cleamons became a coach in the Chinese Basketball Association.[1] In 2013, he became an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks.

In 2014, Cleamons joined the New York Knicks coaching staff under Derek Fisher.[2]

In 2017, Cleamons accepted a position as an assistant coach for the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) high school boys basketball team.[3]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Youngstown State Penguins (Ohio Valley Conference[4]) (1987–1988)
1987–88 Youngstown State [5] 7–21 2–12 7th
Youngstown State (Independent) (1988–1989)
1988–89 Youngstown State[6] 5–23
Youngstown State: 12–44 (.214) 2–12 (.143)
Total: 12–44 (.214)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NBA

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Dallas 1996–97 82 24 58 .293 5th in Midwest Missed Playoffs
Dallas 1997–98 16 4 12 .250 (fired)
Career 98 28 70 .286

References

  1. ^ Chandler is rolling the dice by going to China Archived 2011-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Knicks hire Jim Cleamons, 3 others to fill out Derek Fisher's staff". USA Today.
  3. ^ "YULA Roster". Cooper Invitational. 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. ^ http://ovcsports.com/documents/2013/10/21/2013-14%20OVC%20Basketball%20Media%20Guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1988_817_Youngstown%20State%20University.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1989_817_Youngstown%20State%20University.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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