Ronald L. Rothstein
(born December 27, 1942) is an American former professional
basketball
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coach and
college basketball
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player, who has led many different
NBA
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teams. He served as the first head coach for the
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...
, and later coached the
Detroit Pistons
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. He has also coached in the
Women's National Basketball Association
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(WNBA). In 2007-08, he also filled in for
Pat Riley
Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also se ...
as an interim coach for the Heat.
Early life
Born in
Bronxville, New York
Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately north of Midtown Manhattan. It is part of the town of Eastchester. The village comprises one square mile (2.5 km2) of land in its entirety, a ...
,
Rothstein graduated from
Roosevelt High School of
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as enu ...
in 1960 and played college basketball at the
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Island ...
for the
Rams
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. In 1966, Rothstein earned his master's in physical education from
Hunter College
Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...
.
Family
Ron Rothstein has a wife, Olivia, two children, Dana and David, and four grandchildren, Lucas, Hailey, Aidan, and Ava Jade.
Career
Rothstein began his coaching career in 1966 at
Eastchester High School
Eastchester High School is located in Westchester County, New York in the town of Eastchester. A part of the Eastchester Union Free School District, it is a former U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon school with approximately 1009 students ...
in
Eastchester, New York
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and would remain until 1976. During the summer of 1967, he was the athletic director at
Camp Ma-Ho-Ge :''This is the article about the Sullivan County, New York town. For the Dutchess County, New York hamlet, see Bethel, Pine Plains''
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in
Bethel, New York :''This is the article about the Sullivan County, New York town. For the Dutchess County, New York hamlet, see Bethel, Pine Plains''
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. He then became assistant coach at
NCAA Division III
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Upsala College
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for one season and then worked as head coach at
New Rochelle High School
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of
New Rochelle, New York
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from 1976 to 1978. Rothstein returned to Eastchester High for the 1978–79 season and coached varsity basketball and physical education thru June 1983.
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In 1979, Rothstein signed as a scout for the Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Sou ...
and was named assistant coach in July 1983. He was signed as an assistant for the Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ...
in 1986 before becoming the first coach in Heat history (1988).[
Rothstein coached the Heat for three seasons, never leading them to a winning record. Rothstein became a television commentator for the Pistons as well as for the ]NBA on NBC
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all during the 1990-91 season. Detroit eventually hired him as their head coach for a season, but he was eventually fired. In 1993, he was hired as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...
, where he stayed six seasons. In 2000, he was hired as head coach and general manager for the WNBA's Miami Sol
The Miami Sol were a professional women's basketball team that was based in Miami and entered the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2000. They played their games at American Airlines Arena as the sister team to the Miami Heat of the ...
, where he stayed during the franchise's entire existence (2000–2003). In 2003, he was hired by the Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...
as an assistant coach. Rothstein would eventually return to the Heat as an assistant.
On January 3, 2007, Rothstein was named as the interim head coach of the Miami Heat in place of Pat Riley
Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also se ...
, who took a leave of absence for knee and hip surgery.ESPN - Riley to have surgery on right knee - NBA
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Head coaching record
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References
External links
WNBA.com coach file: Ron Rothstein
NBA.com coach file: Ron Rothstein
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1942 births
Living people
American basketball scouts
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
American women's basketball coaches
Atlanta Hawks assistant coaches
Atlanta Hawks scouts
Basketball coaches from New York (state)
Basketball players from New York (state)
Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coaches
Detroit Pistons assistant coaches
Detroit Pistons head coaches
High school basketball coaches in the United States
Hunter College alumni
Indiana Pacers assistant coaches
Jewish American sportspeople
Jewish men's basketball players
Miami Heat assistant coaches
Miami Heat head coaches
Miami Sol coaches
People from Bronxville, New York
Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York
Upsala Vikings men's basketball coaches
Women's National Basketball Association executives
21st-century American Jews