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Trenerot Scott Skiles:
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Scott Skiles
College - Michigan State '86
On November 28, 2003, Scott Skiles became the 15th head coach in Chicago Bulls franchise history.
After a two-year absence from the game, Skiles, 40, returned to the sidelines as coach of the Bulls and posted a 19-47 mark during the 2003-04 season.
While at the helm in Phoenix, Skiles compiled an overall record of 116-79 (.595), including a 5-8 (.385) postseason mark. The Suns twice made the playoffs while he was there, including a first-round series win over the defending World Champion San Antonio Spurs in 2000.
Skiles received his first head coaching job in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns during the 1999-00 season. He took over the Suns head coaching spot on Dec. 13, 1999, when Danny Ainge resigned and guided Phoenix to a 40-22 record the remainder of the year, the 12th-best first-year coaching record in NBA history. In his one full season in Phoenix, the Suns went 51-31 (.622) and finished third in the Pacific Division.
Prior to his promotion in Phoenix, Skiles was a member of Ainge’s coaching staff for two-plus seasons. Before that, he served as head coach of PAOK in Greece.
Skiles played for 10 seasons in the NBA with five different teams (Milwaukee, Indiana, Orlando, Washington and Philadelphia). He appeared in 600 games, including 371 starts, and averaged 11.1 ppg and 6.5 apg, while shooting .889 from the free throw line (4th best in NBA history). He still holds the NBA record for most assists in a game with 30, set on Dec. 30, 1990, as a member of the Orlando Magic. That same season, Skiles was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player, when he averaged a career-best 17.2 ppg and 8.4 apg.
An All-American at Michigan State, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round (22nd overall) in the 1986 NBA Draft. As a senior in high school he scored 39 points in the state finals to lead Plymouth High School to the Indiana State Championship in 1982.
Skiles was born in LaPorte, Ind., on March 5, 1964, and is the fourth-youngest active coach in the NBA, behind Golden State’s Eric Musselman (11/19/64), Seattle’s Nate McMillan (08/03/64) and New Jersey’s Lawrence Frank (08/23/70). He has two sons, Scott, Jr. (15) and Sean (11), and one daughter, Shelby (8).
CAREER COACHING
REGULAR SEASON POST SEASON
YEAR TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT WINS LOSSES PCT
1999 Phoenix 40 22 .645 4 5 .444
2000 Phoenix 51 31 .622 1 3 .250
2001 Phoenix 25 26 .490 0 0 .000
2003 Chicago 19 47 .288 0 0 .000
TOTALS 135 126 .517 5 8 .385
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