# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-madsen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:33:52.817Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-madsen"
name: "Mark Madsen"
slug: "mark-madsen"
description: "Mark Ellsworth Madsen is an American basketball coach and former NBA player who is the head coach of the California Golden Bears of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Due to his hustle and physical style of play, he received the nickname \"Mad Dog\" while playing for the San Ramon Valley High School Wolves, and the moniker continued during his time with the Stanford Cardinal and beyond. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning two NBA championships. He also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves."
tagline: "American basketball player/coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/012308-TC-Twolves004-MarkMadsen.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: "1976-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.034684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.markmadsen.com"
sources:
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    title: "Mark Madsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارك مادسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen_(basketball)"
    title: "Mark Madsen (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen"
    title: "Mark Madsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen"
    title: "Mark Madsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen"
    title: "Mark Madsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen"
    title: "Mark Madsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マーク・マドセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen_(basketballer)"
    title: "Mark Madsen (basketballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madsen"
    title: "Mark Madsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2573187"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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