Bob Weiss
Robert William Weiss | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1942 Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Basketball player, coach |
| Years active | 1965–1977 (player), 1978–present (coach) |
| Known for | NBA player and coach |
Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach.
Early life and education
Born in Easton, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1942, Weiss played high school basketball at Athens Area High School located in Athens, Pennsylvania.
College career and statistics
Between 1963 and 1965, Weiss competed in college basketball for Penn State, where he averaged 16.3 points per game during his final year.
| 1962–63 | Penn State | 20 | – | – | .423 | – | .704 | 4.5 | – | – | – | 15.3 |
| 1963–64 | Penn State | 23 | – | – | .436 | – | .800 | 3.9 | – | – | – | 17.0 |
| 1964–65 | Penn State | 24 | – | – | .420 | – | .769 | 4.8 | – | – | – | 16.4 |
| Career | 67 | – | – | .427 | – | .762 | 4.4 | – | – | – | 16.3 | |
Philadelphia 76ers
In the third round of the 1965 NBA draft, Weiss was chosen by the Philadelphia 76ers as the 22nd overall pick. Throughout his early professional years, he split time between the 76ers and the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL), where he played for Delaware's Wilmington Blue Bombers. Weiss contributed to EPBL championship victories in both 1966 and 1967, led the league in assists during the 1966–67 campaign, and was named to the All-EPBL First Team that same season.
Weiss was a member of the Philadelphia 76ers team that won the NBA championship in 1967.
Seattle SuperSonics
After being picked by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1967 NBA expansion draft, Weiss went on to have a twelve-season NBA career, including six seasons with the Chicago Bulls.
Regular season
| 1965–66 | Philadelphia | 7 | – | 4.3 | .333 | – | .000 | 1.0 | 0.6 | – | – | 0.9 |
| 1966–67† | Philadelphia | 6 | – | 4.8 | .500 | – | .400 | 0.5 | 1.7 | – | – | 2.0 |
| 1967–68 | Seattle | 82 | – | 19.7 | .430 | – | .839 | 1.8 | 4.2 | – | – | 9.8 |
| 1968–69 | Milwaukee | 15 | – | 16.1 | .316 | – | .794 | 1.8 | 1.8 | – | – | 6.6 |
| 1968–69 | Chicago | 62 | – | 19.9 | .397 | – | .802 | 2.2 | 2.8 | – | – | 6.6 |
| 1969–70 | Chicago | 82* | – | 31.0 | .427 | – | .842 | 2.8 | 5.8 | – | – | 11.5 |
| 1970–71 | Chicago | 82 | – | 27.3 | .422 | – | .840 | 2.3 | 4.7 | – | – | 9.5 |
| 1971–72 | Chicago | 82 | – | 29.9 | .430 | – | .835 | 2.1 | 4.6 | – | – | 11.3 |
| 1972–73 | Chicago | 82* | – | 25.4 | .426 | – | 841 | 1.8 | 3.6 | — | — | 8.7 |
| Season | Team | Games Played | Minutes Per Game | Field Goal % | Free Throw % | Rebounds Per Game | Assists Per Game | Points Per Game |
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Playoffs
|- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 1966–67† | align="left" | Philadelphia |1||–||4.0|||.667|||–||| .000|||2.0|||2.0|||–|||–|||4.0 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- class="sortbottom" }}
NBA
Following his retirement in 1977, Weiss briefly pursued a career in finance before joining the San Diego Clippers as an assistant coach in 1978. Two years later, he transitioned to the Dallas Mavericks, a newly established franchise.
In 1986, Weiss earned his inaugural head coaching position with the San Antonio Spurs. Despite never achieving a winning season, he guided the Spurs to a playoff berth in 1988. After spending a year as an assistant with the Orlando Magic, he took over as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, where over three seasons he amassed a 124–122 record and led the team to two postseason appearances.
Weiss then spent one season at the helm of the Los Angeles Clippers before dedicating twelve years as an assistant coach for the Seattle SuperSonics under George Karl and Nate McMillan, including a trip to the NBA Finals in 1996. Elevated to head coach in 2005, he was relieved of his duties midseason following a 13–17 start.
China
In 2008, Weiss expanded his coaching portfolio internationally by leading the Shanxi Brave Dragons and subsequently the Shandong Lions within the Chinese Basketball Association.
Return to NBA
Weiss re-entered NBA coaching in 2012 with the Atlanta Hawks. He later served as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats in 2013 and joined the Denver Nuggets' coaching staff in 2017.
Head coaching record
|- | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||28||54|||| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify for playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||31||51|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Midwest||3||0||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Eliminated in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||43||39|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Eliminated in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||38||44|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Central||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Did not reach playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||43||39|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central||3||0||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Eliminated in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Clippers | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||27||55|||| style="text-align:center;"|7th in Pacific||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify for playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| | 30||13||17|||| style="text-align:center;"|(fired)||—||—||—||— | |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
| 522 || 223 || 299 || || || 11 || 2 || 9 || ||