Former college coach and veteran NBA assistant Dick Harter was also hired, becoming the team's first head coach.

Former Cavaliers forward LeBron James, who was the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft.

Former head coach Mike Brown ( basketball, born 1970 ) | Mike Brown, who was NBA Coach of the Year for 2008 – 09, and was the head coach of the Eastern Conference for the 2009 NBA All Star Game | 2009 All Star Game.

* Former NBA player Xavier McDaniel once lived in this county.

Former University of Kentucky basketball star Jeff Sheppard, the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 NCAA Tournament who briefly played in the NBA, now lives in London.

* Erick Strickland – Former NBA player

* Robert Lock ( Former NBA player who played with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Former NBA and ABA basketball player George Carter is also a graduate of Silver Creek Central High School.

* Christian Laettner, Former NBA player

* Former NBA player Sarunas Jasikevicius played for the local Solanco High School as an exchange student in 1993-94.

Former NBA basketball player Brent Barry is featured in the film as an athlete who wouldn't sign an autograph for a young boy.

Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ended her summit with Kim by presenting him with a basketball signed by NBA legend Michael Jordan.

* Former NBA player Shaquille O ' Neal nicknamed himself the " Big Shamrock " after joining the Boston Celtics.

* Richard Anderson — 1982, Former NBA basketball player

* Conner Henry — 1986, Former NBA basketball player ( Rockets, Celtics, Bucks, Kings )

* Brian Shaw — Former NBA basketball player ( Celtics, Magic, Heat, Lakers ) and Lakers assistant coach

Former NBA player Dennis Rodman was famous for taking off his jerseys and throwing them to the stands after his games were over.

* August 3, 1999: Former NBA star Isiah Thomas purchases the CBA ( the entire league including all the teams and its marketing entity, CBA Properties ) for $ 10 million.

* Greg Foster – Former NBA player and one time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers

* Frank Kudelka, ' 48, Former NBA player

( Former Toronto Blue Jays, NHL on TSN and NBA on TSN play-by-play ; now play-by-play for ESPN, although TSN may simulcast games he calls )

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Former Seattle Mariners manager and Diamondbacks bench coach Bob Melvin became the new manager after only a ten-day tenure for Backman.

Former Browns QB Otto Graham ( left, with head coach Paul Brown ), who led the Browns to 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships, and is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member. While the championship losses sowed bitterness among Cleveland fans who had grown accustomed to winning, the team continued to make progress.

Former San Francisco coach George Seifert also coached the team from 1999-2001.

Former Montreal Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman got behind the Motown bench in 1993.

Former dual premiership winning coach and Essendon triple-premiership winning player Mark Thompson later joined Hird on the coaching panel.

* David Fairleigh – Former Rugby League forward, 1994 Rothman's Medal winner, NSW & Australian representative player, North Sydney Bears " Team Of The Century " second-rower, current coach of the Central Coast Bears

* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach

* 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, Former Penn State football coach ; convicted child-sex offender

* Lloyd Carr, Former Head football coach, University of Michigan

* Jerry Glanville, Former head coach of the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons ; former head coach, Portland State University

* Steve Mariucci, Former head coach of Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, and University of California

* January 25 – Gordie Dwyer Former NHL player and coach

* Marc Lièvremont, Former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team

Former Essendon players such as Hird, Matthew Lloyd, and Scott Lucas, who had all taken up media roles since their retirements, were rumoured to be the subject of then-incumbent Essendon coach Matthew Knights's heated press conference following a win against St Kilda, in which Knights asserted that he and his players were now aware of certain people's position for or against him and the direction of the Essendon Football Club.

Former Los Angeles Lakers championship coach Paul Westhead was named head coach of the Phoenix Mercury on October 11, 2005, bringing his up-tempo style of play to the WNBA.

Former Boston Red Sox firstbaseman / outfielder Brian Daubach was hired as the hitting coach midway through the 2008 season.

Former Washington Wizards coach Eddie Jordan was introduced as the 76ers ' new coach on June 1, 2009.

* Lenny Wilkens – Player 1989 and Coach 1998 ( Former player ( 1972 – 1974 ) and coach ( 1986 – 1993 )

Former prime ministers also commonly penned autobiographies — Tupper, for example — or published their memoirs — such as Diefenbaker and Paul Martin.

File: Senator_Paul_Tsongas. jpg | Former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts

Former U. S. Senator Paul Tsongas ( Massachusetts ) highlighted his political independence and fiscal conservatism.

Former Stars and Stripes staffers also include 60 Minutes ’ Andy Rooney and Steve Kroft, songwriter and author Shel Silverstein, comic book illustrator Tom Sutton, author Ralph G. Martin, painter and cartoonist Paul Fontaine, author and television news correspondent Tony Zappone, cartoonist Vernon Grant ( A Monster Is Loose in Tokyo ), Hollywood photographer Phil Stern and the late stock market reporter and host of public television's Wall Street Week, Louis Rukeyser.

* Sir Paul Stephenson, Former Chief Constable of the London Metropolitan Police force was Bacup born and bred.

Former Burnley and club favourite Paul Cook was brought in as manager along with the promotion of Leam Richardson from caretaker manager to full-time Assistant.

* Paul Gruchow ( 1947 – 2004 ), Former professor at St. Olaf and Concordia colleges, and former editor of the Worthington Daily Globe in Worthington.

* James P. Shannon, Former Roman Catholic Bishop from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, only Bishop to leave the priesthood after Vatican II.

* Paul Warfield ( Former Ohio State and NFL Football Player, NFL Hall of Famer )

Former major league baseball player Paul Pop-ovich, who scored 2, 660 points at Flemington High from 1955 – 58, held the mark for 52 years.

" Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker chimed in, saying it's " clear that among the causes of the recent financial crisis was an unjustified faith in rational expectations market efficiencies.

Former Prime Minister Paul Martin was born in Windsor to a Franco-Ontarian father ( from Pembroke ) and an anglophone mother, although many Canadians consider him a Quebecer as he represented a Montreal riding in Parliament.

Former Prime Minister Paul Martin has used the term asymmetrical federalism to describe this arrangement.

Former recent mayors include Paul Matacera, who served for more than 16 years, and David Spaulding, the township's first Republican mayor in over 25 years.

Former editors include Frederick William Ward, Charles Brunsdon Fletcher, Colin Bingham, Max Prisk, John Alexander, Paul McGeough, Alan Revell, Alan Oakley and Peter Fray.

* Paul Gruber, Former NFL Player

* Paul S. Trible, Jr. ' 71L — Former U. S. Senator from Virginia and current president of Christopher Newport University

Former Jesus Film Project director Paul Eshleman, who was on location during much of the principal photography and even had a small non-speaking role as a Roman soldier on horseback, revealed in the DVD's audio commentary that Deacon ( the son of a Catholic mother and a Protestant father ), was so committed to the film and its message that he read several Bible translations a day in order to make certain that he properly presented Christ's teachings.

* Paul Lambert: Former Scotland, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund and St. Mirren midfielder and former Livingston and Wycombe Wanderers manager.

Former Prime Minister Paul Martin regularly referred to it as his favourite food, though also confessed that he was unable to prepare it.

* Paul Moreno – Former Texas Democratic State Representative, longest serving Mexican American elected official in the United States

) Former series regulars Howard McNear ( as Floyd Lawson ), Hope Summers ( as Clara Edwards ), and Paul Hartman ( as Emmett Clark ) were all deceased.