Bob Hopkins
Robert M. "Bob" Hopkins (November 3, 1934 – May 15, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at Grambling State University, where he scored 3,759 points (averaging 29.8 points per game for his career), and then played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four seasons with the Syracuse Nationals. He later coached the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA during part of the 1977–78 season, posting a 5–17 record before being fired midseason. He was replaced by Lenny Wilkens, who led the Sonics to the NBA Finals that season and the following, winning the NBA championship in 1979. He died of heart and kidney failure on May 15, 2015.[1]
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- Bob Hopkins (1964–1965)
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- T. L. Harris (1945–1948)
- Dwight Fisher (1948–1956)
- W. A. Broadus (1956–1959)
- E. E. Simmons (1959–1966)
- Bob Hopkins (1966–1969)
- Davey Whitney (1969–1989)
- Samuel West (1989–1993)
- Sam Weaver (1993–1996)
- Davey Whitney (1996–2003)
- Samuel West (2003–2008)
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- John Bates (1971–1974)
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- Kirkland Hall (1976–1984)
- Howie Evans (1984–1987)
- Steve Williams (1987–1990)
- Bob Hopkins (1990–1991)
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- Rob Chavez (1992–1994)
- Jeff Menday (1994–1996)
- Lonnie Williams (1996–2000)
- Thomas Trotter (2000–2004)
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- Meredith Smith (2007–2008)
- Frankie Allen (2008–2014)
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