# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-lynam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:45:21.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-lynam"
name: "Jim Lynam"
slug: "jim-lynam"
description: "James Francis Lynam is an American former college and professional basketball coach. He coached at the college level for Fairfield University from 1968 to 1970, American University from 1973 to 1978, and St. Joseph's University from 1978 to 1981. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), Lynam coached the San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers from 1983 to 1985, the Philadelphia 76ers from 1987 to 1992, and the Washington Bullets from 1995 to 1997. Lynam compiled a 158–118 record at the college level, and 328–392 in the NBA. He was also Philadelphia's general manager from 1992 to 1994."
tagline: "American basketball player, coach, executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Lynam_(cropped).jpg?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: "1941-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.555041333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "吉姆·利那姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "چيم لينام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lynam"
    title: "Jim Lynam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lynam"
    title: "Jim Lynam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lynam"
    title: "Jim Lynam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%9D"
    title: "ג'ים ליינאם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lynam"
    title: "Jim Lynam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump