Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is the head coach of the

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of the

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(NBA). An NBA player for 14 seasons, he was an NBA All-Star and was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History. Rivers played

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for the Marquette Golden Eagles and was selected by the

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in the second round of the 1983 NBA draft. He played

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for the Hawks from 1983 to 1991 and was later a member of the

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, and

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. Rivers was an All-Star with the Hawks in 1988. After retiring as a player in 1996, Rivers called games for the NBA on TNT. Rivers began his NBA coaching career in 1999. He was the head coach of the Orlando Magic from 1999 to 2003, the

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from 2004 to 2013, the

from 2013 to 2020, and the Philadelphia 76ers from 2020 to 2023. Rivers was named the 2000 NBA Coach of the Year in his first season with the Magic and won an NBA championship with the Celtics in 2008. He was also an analyst for

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Playing career

High school and college career

Rivers was a McDonald's All-American for Proviso East High School in the

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. He was given his nickname while attending a summer basketball camp at Marquette University while wearing a "Dr. J" t-shirt of Philadelphia 76ers player

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. Rivers has alternated on whether the nickname originated from Golden Eagles head coach Al McGuire or assistant Rick Majerus. Rivers later played college ball for Marquette. After his third season at Marquette, Rivers was drafted in the second round (31st overall) of the 1983 NBA draft by the

. He graduated from Marquette by completing course work while he was an active NBA player.

Professional career

After three seasons at Marquette, Rivers entered the NBA draft and was a second-round choice of the Atlanta Hawks. Rivers played point guard for the Atlanta Hawks from 1983 to 1991, assisting star Dominique Wilkins as the team found great regular season success. Rivers' first NBA start was against

(Dr. J), who referred to Rivers as "Doc" and "made imfeel like a million bucks". On March 4, 1986, Rivers recorded a career-high 21 assists in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged a double-double for the 1986–87 season with 12.8 points and 10.0 assists per game. In 1988, Rivers played in the NBA All-Star Game. He received the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1990. After 8 seasons with the Hawks, Rivers remains their all-time leader in assists with 3,866. Rivers later spent one year as a starter for the

(1991–1992), two years playing for the

(1992–1994), and two years playing for the

(1994–1996). Rivers retired after the 1996 season. During his professional career, Rivers would go on to play 864 regular-season games in which he averaged 10.9 points, 5.7 assists, and 3 rebounds per game.

National team career

Rivers played for the United States national team during the 1982 FIBA World Championship in

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. He was named the tournaments MVP after leading the United States to the gold medal game where they lost against the

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, 94–95, after Rivers' eight-foot jumper at the buzzer rimmed out.

Coaching career

Orlando Magic (1999–2003)

Rivers began his coaching career with the Orlando Magic in 1999, where he coached for more than four NBA seasons. Rivers won the Coach of the Year award in

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after his first year with the Magic. Despite having been picked to finish last in that year's standings, Rivers led the Magic close to a playoff berth. During the Magic's free agency spending spree in the summer of 2000, Rivers tried to assemble a "Big Three" team in the NBA. The Magic were courting free agent Tim Duncan, who came close to signing with the Magic and teaming up with fellow stars Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady. However, Duncan re-signed with the San Antonio Spurs due to Rivers' strict policy of family members not being allowed to travel on the team's plane. The Magic made the postseason in Rivers's next three years as head coach, but he was fired in 2003 after a 1–10 start to the season.

Boston Celtics (2004–2013)

After spending a year working as a commentator for the '' NBA on ABC'' (calling the 2004 Finals with

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), he was hired by the

as their head coach in 2004. During his first years with the Celtics, he was criticized by many in the media for his coaching style, most vociferously by Bill Simmons, who in 2006 publicly called for Rivers to be fired in his columns. As a result of the Celtics' 109–93 victory over the

on January 21, 2008, Rivers, as the coach of the team with the best winning percentage in the Eastern Conference, earned the honor to coach the East for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in

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. On June 17, 2008, Rivers won his first and sole NBA Championship as a head coach after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. The Celtics needed an NBA record 26 postseason games to win it. Rivers played for the team that held the previous record for most games played in a single postseason when the New York Knicks played in 25 postseason games during 1994. Rivers led the Celtics to the 2010 NBA Finals, where they once again faced the Los Angeles Lakers, this time losing the series in seven games. After deliberating between staying on the job or returning to Orlando in order to spend more time with his family, Rivers finally decided that he would honor the last year of his contract and return for the 2010–11 season. On May 13, 2011, after months of rumors that he would retire, ESPN reported that the Celtics and Rivers had agreed upon a 5-year contract extension worth $35 million. On February 6, 2013, Rivers notched his 400th win with the Celtics in a 99–95 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Los Angeles Clippers (2013–2020)

On June 25, 2013, the

acquired Rivers from the Celtics for an unprotected 2015 NBA first-round draft pick. He also became the senior vice president of basketball operations on the team. In his first season as their head coach, Rivers led the Clippers to a franchise-record 57 wins, garnering the 3rd seed in the Western conference. The 2014 NBA playoffs first round playoff series against the

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was marred when TMZ released an audiotape containing racially insensitive remarks made by the then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Though there was a possibility of the Clippers boycotting the series, they instead played on, instead holding a silent protest by leaving their shooting jerseys at center court and obscuring the Clippers logo on their warm-up shirts. Rivers himself stated that he would not return to the Clippers if Sterling remained as owner the following season. NBA commissioner Adam Silver responded to the controversy by banning Sterling from the NBA for life and compelling him to sell the team. The team was sold to

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CEO

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for $2 billion on August 12, 2014, and Rivers remained with the Clippers. On June 16, 2014, the Clippers promoted Rivers to president of basketball operations in conjunction with his continuing head coaching duties. Although Dave Wohl was hired as general manager, Rivers had the final say in basketball matters. On August 27, 2014, he signed a new five-year contract with the Clippers. On January 16, 2015, Rivers became the first NBA coach to coach his own son, Austin Rivers, until June 26, 2018, when Austin Rivers was traded to the Washington Wizards for Marcin Gortat. On August 4, 2017, Rivers gave up his post as president of basketball operations. However, he continued to split responsibility for basketball matters with executive vice president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank. On May 23, 2018, Rivers and the Clippers agreed to a contract extension. On May 31, 2019, Rivers made comments on Kawhi Leonard during an appearance on ESPN, stating that "He is the most like Jordan that we've seen", while Leonard was still under contract to the Toronto Raptors. The Clippers were fined $50,000 due to Rivers' comments in violation of the league's anti-tampering rule. The Clippers signed Leonard to a three-year contract on July 10, 2019. In the 2019–20 season, Rivers earned his 900th win as a head coach after the Clippers won at home against the

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on November 8, 2019. In the Western Conference semifinals, the Clippers jumped to a 3 games to 1 lead before losing the last three of the best-of-seven series to the

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. Rivers became the first coach in NBA history to have three teams fail to advance from a best-of-seven series after taking a 3 games to 1 lead. He had previously been the only coach in NBA history whose teams had twice failed to advance from a best of seven series after taking a 3–1 lead. On September 28, 2020, Rivers stepped down following the Clippers' defeat to the

in the conference semifinals. His record through seven seasons with the team was 356–208, but he was ultimately unable to lead the Clippers to their first conference finals appearance in franchise history.

Philadelphia 76ers (2020–2023)

On October 3, 2020, the Philadelphia 76ers announced that they had hired Rivers as their head coach. The 76ers won their first two games of the 2020–21 season, which earned Rivers his 945th career win, passing Hall of Famer Bill Fitch for 10th on the all-time coaching regular season wins list. The 76ers went on to secure the first seed in the Eastern Conference, and defeated the Washington Wizards in five games in the first round of the playoffs, but lost in the semifinals to the

in seven games. On May 14, 2023, the 76ers lost the conference semifinals series to the Celtics; two days later, Rivers was fired, ending his three-year tenure as head coach of the 76ers.

Milwaukee Bucks (2023–present)

Beginning in December 2023, Rivers began serving as an informal consultant to

first-year coach Adrian Griffin at the team's request. On January 26, 2024, after firing Griffin after 43 games, the Bucks announced that Rivers was hired as their head coach. Rivers' first game as the Bucks' head coach was a loss to the reigning champion

on January 29, 2024. On December 17, 2024, under the leadership of head coach Doc Rivers, the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA Cup final against the

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with a score of 97–81. This victory marked the Bucks as the second champions of this mid-season tournament, which was held in

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delivered an impressive performance, recording a triple-double with 26 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists, earning him the title of Most Valuable Player for the event. Damian Lillard contributed significantly to the win with 23 points. The Bucks' triumph represented a turnaround in their season, as they had secured victories in 13 of their last 16 games during this period after a slow start.

Broadcasting career

Following his retirement as a player, Rivers called games for the NBA on TNT before joining the Orlando Magic as head coach in 1999. With TNT Rivers was normally paired with Verne Lundquist and later with Kevin Harlan. After being fired by the Orlando Magic in 2003, Rivers joined

/ ABC's NBA coverage, calling regular season games and the 2004 NBA Finals. Rivers worked on the top broadcast team with Brad Nessler on ESPN and

on ABC. After the Finals, he left the broadcast booth to become the head coach of the Boston Celtics. In the summer of 2023, he was added to the lead broadcasting team for ESPN/ABC, joining Mike Breen and Doris Burke. During the semifinals of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament, Rivers worked with TNT commentators Kevin Harlan and Candace Parker during one game, as part of a collaboration between ESPN/ABC and TNT. In January 2024, Rivers left ESPN mid-season to become Milwaukee's head coach.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Head coaching record

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Personal life

Rivers is the nephew of former NBA player Jim Brewer.Doc Rivers Coaching Info
at NBA.com Rivers married wife Kristen in 1986, with whom he had four children, three sons and one daughter. Their oldest son,

Jeremiah Jeremiah ( – ), also called Jeremias, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, book that bears his name, the Books of Kings, and the Book of Lamentations, with t ...

, played basketball at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

and

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

, and has played in the NBA D-League for the Maine Red Claws. His daughter Callie played

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

for the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...

and is married to NBA player Seth Curry. Rivers's son Austin is an NBA player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2023. His youngest son, Spencer, is a guard who played for Winter Park High School and for UC Irvine. Rivers and Kristen divorced in 2019. Rivers became good friends with

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

(MLB) Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz of the

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

during Rivers's tenure with the Atlanta Hawks. In 2009, Rivers was credited with helping lure Smoltz into signing with the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...

while Rivers was the head coach of the Boston Celtics. Rivers is featured in a Netflix documentary series, "The Playbook". In the first episode, Rivers details his experiences with family, the Celtics championship run and the Donald Sterling situation. Rivers is a cousin of former NBA guard Byron Irvin and former MLB outfielder

Ken Singleton Kenneth Wayne Singleton (born June 10, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter from to , most prominently as a member ...

. Rivers has

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple con ...

References

External links

Coaching stats
at Basketball-Reference.com
Coach bio
at NBA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers, Glenn 1961 births Living people 1982 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century African-American sportsmen 21st-century African-American sportsmen African-American basketball coaches American disabled sportspeople American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks draft picks Atlanta Hawks players Basketball coaches from Illinois Basketball players from Chicago Boston Celtics head coaches Curry family Los Angeles Clippers executives Los Angeles Clippers head coaches Los Angeles Clippers players Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball players McDonald's High School All-Americans Milwaukee Bucks head coaches NBA All-Stars NBA broadcasters NBA championship–winning head coaches New York Knicks players Orlando Magic head coaches Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Point guards San Antonio Spurs players Sportspeople from Winter Park, Florida United States men's national basketball team players