# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernie-bickerstaff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:46.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernie-bickerstaff"
name: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
slug: "bernie-bickerstaff"
description: "Bernard Tyrone Bickerstaff is an American basketball coach and front office executive, currently serving as the Senior Basketball Advisor for the Detroit Pistons. As a coach, he previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters."
tagline: "American basketball coach and executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernie_Bickerstaff_in_2009.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1944-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.16
  momentum:             13.21585903083701
  historical:           10.493472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伯尼·比克斯达夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيرني بيكرستاف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A3"
    title: "ברני ביקרסטאף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff"
    title: "Bernie Bickerstaff"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump