lenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is an American basketball coach and former player.

He
is the current head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. As an NBA point guard, Rivers was known for his
defense.

Contents

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1Playing career

2Coaching career

o 2.1Orlando Magic (19992003)

o 2.2Boston Celtics (20042013)

o 2.3Los Angeles Clippers (2013present)

3NBA career statistics

o 3.1Regular season

o 3.2Playoffs

4Head coaching record

5Personal life

6Other work

7See also

8References

9External links

Playing career[edit]
Rivers was a McDonald's All-American for Proviso East High School in the Chicago metropolitan
area.[1] Rivers represented the United States with the national team in the 1982 FIBA World
Championship, in which he led the team to the silver medal, despite missing the last shot in the final,
which could have given the title to his team. After his third season at Marquette University, Rivers was
drafted in the second round (31st overall[2]) of the 1983 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He graduated
from Marquette while completing course work as an NBA player. He spent the next seven seasons as a
starter in Atlanta, assisting star Dominique Wilkins as the team found great regular-season success. He
averaged a double-double for the 198687 season with 12.8 points and 10.0 assists per game. Rivers
later spent one year as a starter for the Los Angeles Clippers and two more for the New York Knicks,
before finishing his career as a player for the San Antonio Spurs from 1994 to 1996.

Coaching career[edit]

Orlando Magic (19992003)[edit]

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 2000 after his first year with the Magic.
That season, he led the team that was picked to finish last in the league to a near playoff berth. He made
the post-season in his next three years as coach, but was fired in 2003 after a disastrous 110 start to
the season.

Boston Celtics (20042013)[edit]

After spending a year working as a commentator for the NBA on ABC (calling the 2004 Finals with Al
Michaels), he took over the Boston Celtics coaching position 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' 10993 victory over the New York Knicks 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 New Orleans.[3] On June 17, 2008, Rivers won his
first NBA Championship as a head coach after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in six games.[4] The
Celtics needed an NBA record 26 post-season games to win it. Rivers played for the team that held the
previous record for most games played in a single post-season: the 1994 New York Knicks played 25
post-season games.

Rivers led the Celtics to the 2010 NBA Finals where they once again faced the Los Angeles Lakers and
lost the series in seven games.

After deliberating between staying on the job and leaving the job and returning to spend more time with
his family in Orlando, Rivers finally decided that he would honor the last year of his contract and return
for the 201011 season.[5]

On May 13, 2011, after months of rumors that he would retire, ESPN reported that the Celtics and Rivers
agreed upon a 5-year contract extension worth $35 million.[6][7]

On February 6, 2013, Rivers notched his 400th win with the Celtics in a 9995 victory over the Toronto
Raptors.[8]

Los Angeles Clippers (2013present)[edit]

On June 25, 2013, the Los Angeles Clippers 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.[9] 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 Golden State Warriors 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 would play on, 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 for life and compelling him
to sell the team. After the team was sold to MicrosoftCEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion on August 12,
2014, Rivers remained with the Clippers.[10]

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 has
the final say in basketball matters.[11] On August 27, 2014, he signed a new five-year contract with the
Clippers.[12]

On January 16, 2015, Rivers became the first NBA coach to coach his own son, Austin Rivers.

On August 4, 2017, Rivers will remain as the Clippers head coach, but will no longer be the team
president.[13]

NBA career statistics[edit]

Legend
 GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game

Field 3-point field Free

FG% 3P% FT%
goal percentage goal percentage throw percentage

RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game

BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season[edit]

Yea Tea G G MP FG 3P FT RP AP SP BP PP
r m P S G % % % G G G G G

1983 Atlant
81 47 23.9 .462 .167 .785 2.7 3.9 1.6 0.4 9.3
84 a

1984 Atlant
69 58 30.8 .476 .417 .770 3.1 5.9 2.4 0.8 14.1
85 a

1985 Atlant
53 50 29.6 .474 .000 .608 3.1 8.4 2.3 0.2 11.5
86 a

1986 Atlant
82 82 31.6 .451 .190 .828 3.6 10.0 2.1 0.4 12.8
87 a

1987 Atlant
80 80 31.3 .453 .273 .758 4.6 9.3 1.8 0.5 14.2
88 a

1988 Atlant
76 76 32.4 .455 .347 .861 3.8 6.9 2.4 0.5 13.6
89 a

1989 Atlant
48 44 31.8 .454 .364 .812 4.2 5.5 2.4 0.5 12.5
90 a

1990 Atlant
79 79 32.7 .435 .336 .844 3.2 4.3 1.9 0.6 15.2
91 a

L.A.
1991
Clippe 59 25 28.1 .424 .283 .832 2.5 3.9 1.9 0.3 10.9
92
rs
 Yea Tea G G MP FG 3P FT RP AP SP BP PP
r m P S G % % % G G G G G

1992 New
77 45 24.5 .437 .317 .821 2.5 5.3 1.6 0.1 7.8
93 York

1993 New
19 19 26.3 .433 .365 .636 2.1 5.3 1.3 0.3 7.5
94 York

1994 New
3 0 15.7 .308 .600 .727 3.0 2.7 1.3 0.0 6.3
95 York

San
1994
Antoni 60 0 15.7 .360 .344 .732 1.7 2.6 1.0 0.4 5.0
95
o

San
1995
Antoni 78 0 15.8 .372 .343 .750 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.3 4.0
96
o

Career 864 605 27.3 .444 .328 .784 3.0 5.7 1.8 0.4 10.9

All-Star 1 0 16.0 .500 .455 3.0 6.0 9.0

Playoffs[edit]

Yea Tea G G MP FG 3P FT RP AP SP BP PP
r m P S G % % % G G G G G

Atlant
1984 5 26.0 .500 .000 .878 2.0 3.2 2.4 0.8 13.6
a

Atlant
1986 9 9 29.1 .435 .500 .738 4.7 8.7 2.0 0.0 12.7
a

Atlant
1987 8 8 30.6 .383 .500 3.4 11.3 1.1 0.4 7.8
a

Atlant
1988 12 12 34.1 .511 .318 .907 4.9 9.6 2.1 0.2 15.7
a

Atlant
1989 5 5 38.2 .386 .316 .708 4.8 6.8 1.4 0.4 13.4
a
 Yea Tea G G MP FG 3P FT RP AP SP BP PP
r m P S G % % % G G G G G

Atlant
1991 5 5 34.6 .469 .091 .895 4.0 3.0 1.0 0.4 15.6
a

L.A.
1992 Clippe 5 4 37.4 .446 .500 .815 3.8 4.2 1.2 0.0 15.2
rs

New
1993 15 15 30.5 .453 .355 .767 2.6 5.7 1.9 0.1 10.2
York

San
1995 Antoni 15 0 21.2 .389 .370 .839 1.9 1.6 0.9 0.6 7.8
o

San
1996 Antoni 2 0 10.0 .333 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
o

Career 81 58 29.5 .446 .338 .767 3.3 5.9 1.5 0.3 11.4

Head coaching record[edit]

Legend

Regular Games Games Games W

G W L Winloss %
season coached won lost L%

Post Playoff Playoff Playoff PW Playoff win

PG PW PL
season games wins losses L% loss %

W
[hide]Tea Yea Finis P P P PW
G W L Result
m r h G W L L%
L%

4th in
1999 Missed
Orlando 82 41 41 .500 Atlanti
00 Playoffs
c
 W
[hide]Tea Yea Finis P P P PW
G W L Result
m r h G W L L%
L%

4th in
2000 Lost in First
Orlando 82 43 39 .524 Atlanti 4 1 3 .250
01 Round
c

3rd in
2001 Lost in First
Orlando 82 44 38 .537 Atlanti 4 1 3 .250
02 Round
c

4th in
2002 Lost in First
Orlando 82 42 40 .512 Atlanti 7 3 4 .429
03 Round
c

2003
Orlando 11 1 10 .091 (fired)
04

1st in
2004 Lost in First
Boston 82 45 37 .549 Atlanti 7 3 4 .429
05 Round
c

3rd in
2005 Missed
Boston 82 33 49 .402 Atlanti
06 Playoffs
c

5th in
2006 Missed
Boston 82 24 58 .293 Atlanti
07 Playoffs
c

1st in Won NBA

2007
Boston 82 66 16 .805 Atlanti 26 16 10 .615 Championsh
08
c ip

1st in Lost
2008
Boston 82 62 20 .756 Atlanti 14 7 7 .500 in Conferenc
09
c e Semifinals

1st in
2009 Lost in NBA
Boston 82 50 32 .610 Atlanti 24 15 9 .625
10 Finals
c
 W
[hide]Tea Yea Finis P P P PW
G W L Result
m r h G W L L%
L%

1st in Lost
2010
Boston 82 56 26 .683 Atlanti 9 5 4 .556 in Conferenc
11
c e Semifinals

1st in Lost
2011
Boston 66 39 27 .591 Atlanti 20 11 9 .550 in Conferenc
12
c e Finals

3rd in
2012 Lost in First
Boston 81 41 40 .506 Atlanti 6 2 4 .333
13 Round
c

Lost
2013 1st in
L.A. Clippers 82 57 25 .695 13 6 7 .462 in Conferenc
14 Pacific
e Semifinals

Lost
2014 2nd in
L.A. Clippers 82 56 26 .683 14 7 7 .500 in Conferenc
15 Pacific
e Semifinals

2015 2nd in Lost in First

L.A. Clippers 82 53 29 .646 6 2 4 .333
16 Pacific Round

2016 2nd in Lost in First

L.A. Clippers 82 51 31 .622 7 3 4 .429
17 Pacific Round

138 58
Total 804 .579 161 82 79 .509
8 4