Johnny Dawkins

Johnny Dawkins
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Stanford
Conference	Pac-12
Record	68–58
Biographical details
Born	September 28, 1963 (1963-09-28) Washington, D.C.
Playing career
1983–1986 1986–1989 1989–1994 1994–1995	Duke San Antonio Spurs Philadelphia 76ers Detroit Pistons
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2008 2008–present	Duke (assistant) Stanford
Head coaching record
Overall	68-58
Accomplishments and honors
Awards Naismith College Player of the Year (1986)

Johnny Earl Dawkins, Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is a retired American basketball player and the current head coach of the Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team, a position he assumed in 2008. He was a two-time All-American and national player of the year as a senior in 1986 at Duke. Dawkins subsequently played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the San Antonio Spurs (1986–1989), Philadelphia 76ers (1989–1994), and Detroit Pistons (1994–1995). From 1998 to 2008, he served at an assistant basketball coach as his alma mater, Duke.

Playing career

College

Dawkins was born and raised in Washington, D.C. He played basketball at Mackin High School in Washington, D.C. before enrolling at Duke University. At Duke, he became the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points, which stood until 2006 when J. J. Redick surpassed it. In Dawkins' senior year at Duke, the 1985–86 season, the Duke Blue Devils attained a win-loss record of 37–3, which was an NCAA record for both games played and games won in a single season. They reached the 1986 NCAA championship game, where they lost to Louisville, 72–69. In his senior season, Dawkins averaged 20.2 points per game and won the Naismith College Player of the Year Award, presented to the nation's top Collegiate Basketball Player. He also served as alternate on the 1984 United States Olympic basketball team. He graduated with a degree in political science.

His jersey number 24 was later retired. Dawkins was also given a number of honors, including being named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team honoring the 50 greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history and being named the 78th greatest player in college basketball history by The Sporting News's book, Legends of College Basketball, in 2002.

NBA

In the 1986 NBA Draft, Dawkins was selected by the San Antonio Spurs as the 10th pick overall. He appeared in the 1987 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, where he finished sixth out of eight. He ended up playing in the NBA for nine seasons, also appearing for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Detroit Pistons. In his NBA career, he averaged 11.1 points, 5.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds.

Coaching career

Following his NBA career, Dawkins went back to Duke University in 1996, where he worked as an administrative intern in the athletic department and was on the air as an analyst for Duke's home basketball games. He joined the Duke coaching staff in 1998, working alongside head coach Mike Krzyzewski. He was promoted to associate head coach in charge of player development in 1999.

In April 2008, he was named head coach at Stanford University, succeeding Trent Johnson.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Stanford Cardinal (Pacific-10/Pacific-12 Conference) (2008–present)
2008–09	Stanford	20–14	6–12	9th	CBI Semifinals
2009–10	Stanford	14–18	7–11	8th
2010–11	Stanford	15–16	7–11	T–7th
2011–12	Stanford	19–10	9–8
Stanford:		68–58	29–42
Total:		68–58
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Stanford profile