Nate McMillan

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Nate McMillan
Nate McMillan with Oregon National Guard cropped.jpg
McMillan visiting the Oregon National Guard
Indiana Pacers
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1964-08-03) August 3, 1964 (age 59)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school William G. Enloe
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
College Chowan (1982–1984)
NC State (1984–1986)
NBA draft 1986 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career 1986–1998
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
Number 10
Coaching career 2000–present
Career history
As player:
1986–1998 Seattle SuperSonics
As coach:
2000–2005 Seattle SuperSonics
2005–2012 Portland Trail Blazers
2013–present Indiana Pacers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 4,733 (5.9 ppg)
Assists 4,893 (6.1 apg)
Steals 1,544 (1.9 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Nathaniel "Nate" McMillan (born August 3, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former player; he's currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He coached the Seattle SuperSonics from 2000 to 2005, and the Portland Trail Blazers from 2005 to 2012.

Early life and college career

McMillan grew up in the heart of North Carolina's basketball country and attended Raleigh's William G. Enloe High School, where he went unnoticed by major college scouts. After a brief basketball career at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, North Carolina,[citation needed][1] he returned to Raleigh to play for Jim Valvano at North Carolina State, before entering the NBA. McMillan helped lead NC State to a first place tie in the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season in 1985, and the Elite Eight in both the 1985 and 1986 NCAA Championship Tournaments.

NBA career

McMillan was drafted by the Sonics with the 30th pick in the 1986 draft. He would spend his entire NBA career in Seattle. During his 12-year playing career, McMillan put up career averages of 5.9 points, 6.1 assists and 1.9 steals. He still shares (with Ernie DiGregorio) the NBA rookie record for assists in a single game with 25. McMillan played as the starting point guard position for the Sonics for most of his career.[2] McMillan was known for his superb defense, leading the NBA in steals per game for the 1993-94 season and being named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. McMillan was also known for his balanced play, which led to four career triple-doubles. Known as "Mr. Sonic" for his 19 years of service to the team, his #10 jersey was retired by the Sonics. He was also known to be one third of the "Big Mac" team of the Seattle SuperSonics in the late 80's and early 90's, the others being Xavier McDaniel and Derrick McKey.

Coaching career

Seattle SuperSonics

After retiring in 1998, McMillan stayed with the Seattle franchise, earning a place as an assistant coach. He held this role until 2000, when he was named interim coach of the Sonics. Although the team missed the playoffs during his first year as coach, he provided a major turnaround after the franchise got off to a miserable start that year, and he was hired as head coach for the next 2001-02 campaign. McMillan led the club to the playoffs in his second year before back-to-back mediocre seasons. In his final year as Sonics coach, McMillan led the team to a Northwest Division title in 2005.

Portland Trail Blazers

After 19 years with the Seattle organization, McMillan left Seattle on July 7, 2005 to become the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. He took over a team riddled with cap problems and off-the-court drama, but steadily calmed the waters in Portland.

USA

McMillan was an assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski for the US national team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning bronze and gold medals, respectively.[3] He is also a member of the National Junior College Basketball Hall of Fame, due to his All-American performance at Chowan.

On December 5, 2009, McMillan ruptured his right Achilles tendon while scrimmaging with the Trail Blazers during practice.[4] McMillan coached much of the season in a protective boot after surgery and led the team to 50 wins in spite of a historic number of injuries to his key players.

On March 15, 2012, McMillan was fired as the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers.[5]

McMillan again served as an assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski for the US national team during the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Indiana Pacers

On July 1, 2013, McMillan was hired by the Indiana Pacers as an assistant coach for the 2013–14 season.[6] He replaced Brian Shaw, who accepted the head coaching position with the Denver Nuggets.[7]

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %
Post season 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
Seattle 2000–01 67 38 29 .567 5th in Pacific — — — — Missed Playoffs
Seattle 2001–02 82 45 37 .549 4th in Pacific 5 2 3 .400 Lost in First Round
Seattle 2002–03 82 40 42 .488 5th in Pacific — — — — Missed Playoffs
Seattle 2003–04 82 37 45 .451 5th in Pacific — — — — Missed Playoffs
Seattle 2004–05 82 52 30 .634 1st in Northwest 11 6 5 .545 Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Portland 2005–06 82 21 61 .256 5th in Northwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Portland 2006–07 82 32 50 .390 3rd in Northwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Portland 2007–08 82 41 41 .500 3rd in Northwest — — — — Missed Playoffs
Portland 2008–09 82 54 28 .659 1st in Northwest 6 2 4 .333 Lost in First Round
Portland 2009–10 82 50 32 .610 3rd in Northwest 6 2 4 .333 Lost in First Round
Portland 2010–11 82 48 34 .585 3rd in Northwest 6 2 4 .333 Lost in First Round
Portland 2011–12 43 20 23 .465 (fired) — — — — —
Career 930 478 452 .514 34 14 20 .412

Personal life

McMillan's son Jamelle McMillan played as a guard for the Arizona State Sun Devils.[8]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcmilna01.html
  3. ↑ 2006 USA Basketball
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  6. ↑ Indiana Pacers hire Nate McMillan as associate head coach
  7. ↑ http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/sports/pacers_and_nba/pacers-hire-nate-mcmillan
  8. ↑ http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mcmillan_jamelle00.html

8. ^http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcmilna01.html

External links

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