# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-atkinson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:28:29.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-atkinson"
name: "Kenny Atkinson"
slug: "kenny-atkinson"
description: "Kenneth Neil Atkinson is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets from 2016 to 2020. Atkinson was born in Northport, New York and played college basketball for University of Richmond leading the Spiders team to an appearance in the 1988 NCAA Division I tournament."
tagline: "American basketball coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brooklyn_Nets_vs_NY_Knicks_2018-10-03_td_161b_-_1st_Quarter_(cropped2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
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  slug: "basketball-player"
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birthDate: "1967-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.48248533333333
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump