Jim Cleamons

Jim Cleamons
Personal information
Born	September 13, 1949 (age 75); Lincolnton, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Linden-McKinley (Columbus, Ohio)
College	Ohio State (1968–1971)
NBA draft	1971: 1st round, 13th overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	1971–1980
Position	Shooting guard / point guard
Number	11, 5, 35, 33
Coaching career	1982–present
Career history
As player:
1971–1972	Los Angeles Lakers
1972–1977	Cleveland Cavaliers
1977–1979	New York Knicks
1979–1980	Washington Bullets
As coach:
1982–1983	Furman (assistant)
1983–1987	Ohio State (assistant)
1987–1989	Youngstown State
1989–1996	Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1996–1997	Dallas Mavericks
1998–1999	Chicago Condors
1999–2004	Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
2004–2006	New Orleans Hornets (assistant)
2006–2011	Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
2011–2012	Zhejiang Guangsha
2013–2014	Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
2014–2016	New York Knicks (assistant)
2017–present	Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: NBA champion (1972); NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1976); First-team All-Big Ten (1971); As assistant coach: 9× NBA champion (1991–1993, 1996, 2000–2002, 2009, 2010);
Career statistics
Points	5,412 (8.3 ppg)
Rebounds	1,981 (3.0 rpg)
Assists	2,531 (3.9 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

James Mitchell Cleamons (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and current coach.

Playing career

He played collegiately at the Ohio State University, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 13th pick of the 1971 NBA draft. He had a nine-year NBA career for four teams (the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks, and 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 Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1996. He was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks for slightly over one year, from 1996 to 1997. He was then the head coach of the Chicago Condors of the American Basketball league, a short-lived women's professional basketball league in the mid Nineties. He also served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and 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
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

^ Chandler is rolling the dice by going to China Archived 2011-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Knicks hire Jim Cleamons, 3 others to fill out Derek Fisher's staff". USA Today.
^ "YULA Roster". Cooper Invitational. 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
^ http://ovcsports.com/documents/2013/10/21/2013-14%20OVC%20Basketball%20Media%20Guide.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ 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]}
^ 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]}

External links

[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] ttp://ovcsports.com/documents/2013/10/21/2013-14%20OVC%20Basketball%20Media%20Guide.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[5] ttp://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] ttp://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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