| Lenny Wilkens AKA Leonard Randolph Wilkens Born: 28-Oct-1937
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Basketball Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Winningest coach in NBA history Also coached the 1996 Olympic basketball "Dream Team."
Father: (chauffeur, d., perforated ulcer)
Mother: Henrietta Cross Wilkens (candy-factory worker)
Sister: Connie
Brother: (younger)
Wife: Marilyn
Son: Randy
High School: Boys High School, Brooklyn, NY (1956)
University: Providence College (1960)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Academy of Achievement 1999
NBA Coach of the Year 1993/94
NBA Top 50 Players 1996
Basketball Hall of Fame 9-May-1989 (as player)
Basketball Hall of Fame 2-Oct-1998 (as coach)
Irish Ancestry Maternal
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
New York Knicks Coach (2004-05)
Toronto Raptors Coach (2000-03)
Cleveland Cavaliers Coach (1986-93)
Seattle SuperSonics Coach (1977-85)
Portland Trail Blazers Coach (1975-76)
Portland Trail Blazers Player/Coach (1974-75)
Cleveland Cavaliers (1972-74)
Seattle SuperSonics Player/Coach (1969-72)
Seattle SuperSonics (1968-69)
Author of books:
Unguarded: My Forty Years Surviving in the NBA (2000, memoir)
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