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Kevin O'Neill (basketball)
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Kevin O'Neill (born January 24, 1957) served as a basketball coach in both the NCAA and the NBA. After tenures at North Country Community College (Saranac Lake, New York), Marycrest College (Davenport, Iowa), Marquette, Tennessee and Northwestern he became an assistant coach under Jeff Van Gundy with the New York Knicks. In 2001, he joined the Detroit Pistons under head coach Rick Carlisle.
The McGill University graduate returned to Canada in June 2003 as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors. His tenure was marked by inconsistency among his players, but the team was 25-25 after 50 games and in a position to return to the playoffs. However, injuries to key players resulted in the team going 8-24 to finish the season three games out of a playoff spot. On April 17, 2004, O'Neill was fired in the aftermath of a disappointing 2003-2004 season after making some remarks which were taken to question the team's commitment to winning.
In the 2004-2005 season he was hired as an assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers where he rejoined head coach Rick Carlisle.
As a university coach at Marquette, O'Neill led the Warriors to two 20+ win season, two NCAA tournament appearances, and a Great Midwest Conference Championship. O'Neill played a prominent role in the 1994 Oscar-nominated documentary, Hoop Dreams.
On May 1, 2007 it was announced that O'Neill will be replacing Jim Rosborough as the assistant coach to hall of famer Lute Olson at the University of Arizona.[1]. O'Neill was an assistant under Olson during Arizona's rise to national prominence in the 1980s, and used it as a launching board to attain his first major head coaching position at Marquette.
On November 4, 2007, University of Arizona head coach Lute Olson announced that he was taking an "indefinite leave of absence". O'Neill will assume Olson's head coaching duties in his absence. [2].
| Preceded by Bob Dukiet |
Marquette University Head Basketball Coach 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by Mike Deane |
| Preceded by Wade Houston |
University of Tennessee Head Basketball Coach 1994–1997 |
Succeeded by Jerry Green |
| Preceded by Ricky Byrdsong |
Northwestern University Head Basketball Coach 1997–2000 |
Succeeded by Bill Carmody |
| Preceded by Lenny Wilkens |
Toronto Raptors Head Coach 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by Sam Mitchell |
| Preceded by Jim Rosborough |
Arizona Wildcats Assistant Coach 2007–present |
Succeeded by {{{after}}} |
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| Risch • Ryan • Murphy • Lipe • Chandler • Winter • Nagle • Hickey • McGuire • Raymonds • Majerus • Dukiet • O'Neill • Deane • Crean |
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| Holland • Gillesby • Templeton • Hammett • Grady • Murphy • Elliott • Robinson • Elliott • Elder • Evans • Kent • Lonborg • Olsen • Fisher • Rohr • Glass • Snyder • Winter • Falk • Foster • Byrdsong • O'Neill • Carmody |
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| Dougherty • Kipp • Stone • Clevenger • Bender • Fitzgerald • Bender • Banks • Britton • Gullion • Mauer • Lowery • Sines • Mears • England • Mears • DeVoe • Houston • O'Neill • Green • Peterson • Pearl |
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| Malone • Walker • Carter • Wilkens • O'Neill • Mitchell |
- Kevin O'Neill profile @ NBA.com
Categories: 1957 births | Living people | American basketball coaches | American basketball players | Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball coaches | Tennessee Volunteers basketball coaches | Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball coaches | Toronto Raptors coaches | Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball coaches