Ray Scott

John Raymond Scott is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played twelve seasons in professional basketball, ten in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets, and two with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association (ABA). After he retired from playing basketball, he was selected an assistant coach of the Pistons by Earl Lloyd. Seven games into the 1972-73 season, Lloyd was fired, and Scott was chosen to replace him as the head coach. In his first full season in 1973-74, the Pistons won 52 games that saw them reach the postseason for the first time in six years. He was named the NBA Coach of the Year, the first African-American to win the honor and the only one until 1991. The Pistons made the postseason two times in Scott's coaching career before he was fired 42 games into the 1975-76 season. He later coached at Eastern Michigan University from 1976 to 1979 before becoming an insurance executive for three decades.

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Country

United States

Category

Basketball Players

Type

Basketball Player

Status

living

Dates

Born 1938 · age 88

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