Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American retired basketball coach. He was the head coach for three National Basketball Association...

scores, Moe's Denver teams were never adept at running fast breaks. Paul Westhead coached the Loyola Marymount men's team in the late 1980s using a version...

received the first pick. Former Los Angeles Lakers championship coach Paul Westhead was named head coach of the Phoenix Mercury on October 11, 2005, bringing...

five with Jackson, four with Riley, one with Bill Sharman, one with Paul Westhead, and one with Frank Vogel. With the Lakers, Sharman, Riley, and Del...

replaced him with assistant Paul Westhead, who led the Lakers that season to their first championship in almost a decade. Westhead used McKinney's offense...

Loyola Marymount after his freshman year. Playing under Lions coach Paul Westhead and his fast-paced system, Gathers was a three-time first-team All-WCC...

near fatal head injury after falling while bicycling. Assistant coach Paul Westhead, who also worked under McKinney at St. Joseph's, was named the interim...

(2019), and Windfall (2022). From 2022 to 2023, he played the role of Paul Westhead in the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. In 2023...

coach was former Los Angeles Lakers and Loyola Marymount head coach Paul Westhead, while former UC Irvine star Scott Brooks was an assistant coach as...

on their squad. They also got former NBA Finals winning head coach Paul Westhead during the start of the season, but he managed to procure himself an...

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deciding on November 22 to fire head coach P. J. Carlesimo and assistant Paul Westhead. Assistant coach Scott Brooks then took over on an interim basis. Oklahoma...

1–3) Dick Motta Dennis Johnson 1980 Los Angeles Lakers (1) (16, 7–9) Paul Westhead 4–2 Philadelphia 76ers (3) (6, 2–4) Billy Cunningham Magic Johnson 1981...

near fatal head injury after falling while bicycling. Assistant coach Paul Westhead, who also worked under McKinney at St. Joseph's, was named the interim...

Former NBA coach Paul Westhead became the Mercury's head coach prior to the 2006 season and brought his up-tempo style to Phoenix. Westhead was the first...

accident November 8. General manager Bill Sharman elevated assistant Paul Westhead to head coach and hired former Laker Pat Riley as assistant coach. Having...

Larry Brown (1974–1979) Donnie Walsh (1979–1980) Doug Moe (1980–1990) Paul Westhead (1990–1992) Dan Issel (1992–1995) Gene Littles # (1995) Bernie Bickerstaff...

having won their only manager titles as player-coach. Riley, Lue and Paul Westhead are the only three coaches who have led teams to titles having only...

(Spurs) 3–0 — 1990–91 NBA Western 14th Midwest 7th 20 62 .244 35 — — Paul Westhead 1991–92 NBA Western 11th Midwest 4th 24 58 .293 31 — — 1992–93 NBA Western...

points. The Nuggets were coached by Doug Moe from 1980 to 1990 and Paul Westhead from 1990 to 1992, both of whom employed a run-and-gun offensive strategy...

Westhead is a toponymic surname derived from the village of Westhead in Lancashire, England. Notable people with this surname include: Andy Westhead, member...

Tracy Letts as Jack McKinney (season 1; guest season 2) Jason Segel as Paul Westhead Julianne Nicholson as Cranny McKinney (season 1) Hadley Robinson as...

Worthy, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Pau Gasol, and with coaches Paul Westhead, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson. He inspired the Lakers' Showtime era with...

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Larry Brown (1974–1979) Donnie Walsh (1979–1980) Doug Moe (1980–1990) Paul Westhead (1990–1992) Dan Issel (1992–1995) Gene Littles # (1995) Bernie Bickerstaff...

season, and with the team at 7–4 the Lakers decided to fire head coach Paul Westhead. Taking over as head coach was Pat Riley, and his promotion to the job...

the poor-shooting Phoenix Mercury on the verge of elimination, coach Paul Westhead decided to run the offense through Cappie Pondexter. Pondexter scored...

COMSAT in 1989. Moe left the team in 1990, and was replaced by Paul Westhead. Westhead also believed in a "run and gun" style of play, and gave the green...

Bill Sharman (1971–1976) Jerry West (1976–1979) Jack McKinney (1979) Paul Westhead (1979–1981) Pat Riley (1981–1990) Mike Dunleavy (1990–1992) Randy Pfund...

(1979) Jerry Sloan (1979–1982) Phil Johnson # (1982) Rod Thorn # (1982) Paul Westhead (1982–1983) Kevin Loughery (1983–1985) Stan Albeck (1985–1986) Doug...