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Lawrence Frank (born August 23, 1970, in New York City) is an American basketball coach. He formerly served as the head coach of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and as an assistant coach of the Boston Celtics.

Biography

Born to a Jewish family in New York City, New York and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Frank graduated from Teaneck High School, but never made the school's basketball team.[1] He played for a Jewish Community Center team and was also a player-coach for a Catholic Youth Organization team.[2]

Frank earned his B.S. in education from Indiana University in 1992, where he spent four seasons as a manager for the Hoosier basketball team led by Bob Knight. He also holds an M.S. in education administration from Marquette. Lawrence and his wife, Susan, have two daughters, and reside in Demarest, New Jersey.

Frank served as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee for three seasons under Head Coach Kevin O'Neill. Frank first worked with O'Neill as a staff assistant at Marquette University in 1992 and during his tenure, helped lead the Marquette Warriors to two NCAA tournament berths and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1994.

Frank then spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Vancouver Grizzlies under Brian Hill. Hill would later serve as Frank's assistant with the New Jersey Nets. His responsibilities with the Grizzlies included scouting upcoming opponents as well as practice and bench coaching duties.

Frank became the interim head coach of the New Jersey Nets on January 26, 2004, succeeding Byron Scott, after serving as an assistant coach with the team since the 2000-01 season. He officially became the head coach of the Nets on June 21, 2004.

Frank began his NBA coaching career by achieving a 13–0 record from January 27 to February 24, 2004, which set a new NBA record for the most consecutive wins by a head coach to begin a coaching career. The 13-game winning streak was also the longest winning streak of any coach in any of the four major professional sports to begin a career. During the streak, the Nets won six consecutive games on the road, which gave Frank the mark for the most wins by a head coach on the road at the outset of his coaching career.

The Nets picked up Lawrence's option on June 6, 2006, and added a two-year extension on July 23, 2007. He was relieved of his duties on November 29, 2009, after the Nets began the season with an 0-16 record.[3] This streak was ongoing at the time of his dismissal and continued afterwards. Following his firing, Frank worked as an analyst for NBATV. On July 15, 2010, Frank was hired by the Boston Celtics, replacing Tom Thibodeau as the lead assistant coach on Doc Rivers' coaching staff.

According to the Detroit Free Press,[4] Lawrence is expected to sign a contract to coach the Detroit Pistons in late July 2011.

Coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
NJN 2003–04 40 25 15 .625 1st in Atlantic 11 7 4 .636 Lost in Conf. Semifinals
NJN 2004–05 82 42 40 .512 3rd in Atlantic 4 0 4 .000 Lost in First Round
NJN 2005–06 82 49 33 .598 1st in Atlantic 11 5 6 .455 Lost in Conf. Semifinals
NJN 2006–07 82 41 41 .500 2nd in Atlantic 12 6 6 .500 Lost in Conf. Semifinals
NJN 2007–08 82 34 48 .415 4th in Atlantic — — — — Missed Playoffs
NJN 2008–09 82 34 48 .415 4th in Atlantic — — — — Missed Playoffs
NJN 2009–10 16 0 16 .000 (fired) — — — — —
Career 466 225 241 .483 38 18 20 .474

References

  1. ^ Popper, Steve. "A Coach in Training, Even as a Teenager", The New York Times, January 28, 2004. Accessed March 28, 2008. "Almost 20 years ago, Bruce Frank was the starting point guard for the Teaneck High School team, playing alongside the future N.B.A. player Tony Campbell. Frank was good enough to dream of playing in the N.B.A. himself someday and to earn a place in Howie Garfinkel's Five-Star Basketball Camp. The camp also held interest for Bruce Frank's younger brother, Lawrence, a 16-year-old who had been cut from the same Teaneck High team."
  2. ^ Ira Berkow. "The Improbable World of Lawrence Frank". New York Times. February 18, 2004. Retrieved on November 29, 2009.
  3. ^ Dave D'Alessandro. "New Jersey Nets Fire Lawrence Frank". The Star-Ledger. November 29, 2009. Retrieved on November 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "Pistons Ready to Hire Lawrence Frank as Coach". The Detroit Free Press. July 21, 2011. Retrieved on July 26, 2011.

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