Alex Hannum

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Alex Hannum

Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	July 19, 1923 Los Angeles
Died	January 18, 2002
High school	Hamilton High School
College	USC
Draft	BAA, 1948 Indianapolis Jets
Pro career	1949–1957
Former teams	Syracuse Nationals

Alexander Murray Hannum (July 19, 1923 — January 18, 2002) was a professional basketball player and Hall-of-Fame coach.

Contents 1 Coaching career 2 Playing career 3 College career 4 High school career 5 Trivia 6 External links

[edit] Coaching career

Hannum is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers of 1966-67 to the NBA championship, ending the eight-year title streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks team to the 1958 NBA Championship over the Celtics in the NBA Finals, thus making him the first of only three head coaches in NBA history to win championships with two different teams (the other two are Phil Jackson and Pat Riley). The aforementioned seasons were the only two in Celtics center Bill Russell's 13-year career in which he did not win an NBA championship. In 1964, Hannum was named NBA Coach of the Year while with the San Francisco Warriors.

In 1969, Hannum led the Rick Barry-led Oakland Oaks to an ABA title, becoming the first of two coaches to win championships in both the NBA and ABA. Hannum won the ABA Coach of the Year honors the same season.

Hannum was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. Twelve Hall-of-Famers played for Hannum — in addition to Pettit, Chamberlain and Barry, he had also coached Cliff Hagan, Ed Macauley, Slater Martin, Dolph Schayes, Nate Thurmond, Billy Cunningham, Hal Greer, Elvin Hayes and Calvin Murphy. Hannum, a native of Los Angeles, California, and graduate of the University of Southern California, died at the age of 78 in San Diego, California.

[edit] Playing career

Hannum played in the NBA between 1949 and 1957.

[edit] College career

Hannum played at USC.

[edit] High school career

Hannum prepped at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles.

[edit] Trivia

• Hannum is one of only two NBA players to receive more than six personal fouls in a single game (Don Otten is the other). On December 26, 1950, Hannum received seven personal fouls in a game against the Boston Celtics.
• Coincidentally, the only other coach to win a championship in both the NBA and ABA, Bill Sharman, also coached a Chamberlain-led team — the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers — to an NBA championship.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Saint Louis Hawks 1957-58 NBA Champions
Coleman | Davis | Hagan | Macauley | Martin | McMahon | Park | Pettit | Selvy | Share | Wilfong | Coach Hannum

v • d • e Philadelphia 76ers 1966-67 NBA Champions
Chamberlain | Costello | Cunningham | Gambee | Greer | Guokas | Jackson | Jones | Melchionni | Walker | Weiss | Coach Hannum

v • d • e Tri-Cities Blackhawks/Milwaukee/St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks Head Coaches
Potter • Auerbach • McMillan • Logan • Todorovich • Moore • Levane • Holzman • Martin • Hannum • Phillip • Macauley • Seymour • Levane • Pettit • Gallatin • Guerin • Fitzsimmons • Tormohlen • Brown • Fratello • Loughery • Fratello • Weiss • Wilkens • Kruger • Stotts • Woodson

v • d • e Philadelphia/San Francisco/Golden State Warriors Head Coaches
Gottlieb • Senesky • Cervi • Johnston • McGuire • Feerick • Hannum • Sharman • Lee • Attles • Bach • Attles • Bach • Karl • Gregory • Nelson  • Lanier • Adelman • Carlesimo • St. Jean • Cowens • Winters • Musselman • Montgomery • Nelson

v • d • e Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers Head Coaches
Cervi • Seymour • Hannum • Schayes • Hannum • Ramsay • Rubin • Loughery • Shue • Cunningham • Guokas • Lynam • Moe • Carter • Lucas • Davis • Brown • Ayers • Ford • O'Brien • Cheeks

v • d • e San Diego/Houston Rockets Head Coaches
McMahon • Hannum • Winter • Egan • Nissalke • Harris • Fitch • Chaney • Tomjanovich • Van Gundy • Adelman

v • d • e Denver Nuggets Head Coaches
Bass • McLendon • Belmont • Albeck • Hannum • Brown • Walsh • Moe • Westhead • Issel • Littles • Bickerstaff • Motta • Hanzlik • D'Antoni • Issel • Evans • Bzdelik • Cooper • Karl

Preceded by Slater Martin	St. Louis Hawks Head Coach 1957–1958	Succeeded by Andy Phillip
Preceded by Paul Seymour	Syracuse Nationals Head Coach 1960–1963	Succeeded by Dolph Schayes
Preceded by Bob Feerick	San Francisco Warriors Head Coach 1963–1966	Succeeded by Bill Sharman
Preceded by Dolph Schayes	Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach 1966–1968	Succeeded by Jack Ramsay
Preceded by Bruce Hale	Oakland Oaks Head Coach 1968–1969	Succeeded by Al Bianchi
Preceded by Jack McMahon	San Diego Rockets Head Coach 1969–1971	Succeeded by Tex Winter
Preceded by Stan Albeck	Denver Rockets Head Coach 1971–1974	Succeeded by Larry Brown

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