Bob Weinhauer

Bob Weinhauer

Biographical details
Born	(1939-05-23) May 23, 1939 (age 85) New York City, New York, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
c. 1960	Cortland
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1973–1977	Penn (assistant)
1977–1982	Penn
1982–1985	Arizona State
1985–1986	Detroit Spirits
1988–1990	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
1991–1993	Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
1993–1994	Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant)
1996–1997	Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1987–1988	Philadelphia 76ers (scout)
1990–1991	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant GM)
1994–1996	Houston Rockets (GM)
1997–1999	Milwaukee Bucks (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall	143–90 (college) 24–24 (CBA)
Tournaments	6–4 (NCAA Division I) 1–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As head coach: NCAA Division I Regional—Final Four (1979) 5 Ivy League regular season (1978–1982) As executive: 2 NBA (1994, 1995)

Robert Weinhauer (born May 23, 1939) is an American former basketball coach and executive.

Early life

Weinhauer was born in South Farmingdale, New York. His baseball talent at Massapequa High saw him go to the State University of New York at Cortland. He played catcher for three seasons, batting .330 while already having an interest for coaching. He graduated in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He was inducted into the C-Club Hall of Fame in 1995. Weinhauer coached football, basketball, and baseball at Massapequa High School in Massapequa, New York. ^[1]

Coaching career

In 1973, Weinhauer was hired at University of Pennsylvania as an assistant on the staff to head coach Chuck Daly. Four years later, he was promoted to head coach when Daly left to become an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers. ^[2] He would serve as the head basketball coach for the next five seasons, in which they would win the Ivy League each time. The team went 61–9 in conference play and went 35-0 when playing at the Palestra. In 1979, the Penn Quakers made it all the way to the Final Four of the 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament. It is currently the last time an Ivy League school had made the Final Four. In 2012, he was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame. ^{[3] [4]}

He left Penn for Arizona State University after the 1981–82 season. In 1983, the school was cited for irregularities in recruiting that saw them forfeit a scholarship. Weinhauer received a personal reprimand from the university for allowing an ineligible player to practice with the team. The Sun Devils never made it to the NCAA Tournament under the tenure of Weinhauer. On July 9, 1985, Arizona State fired him. ^[5] In total, he compiled a career college basketball record of 143–90.

Weinhauer served as the head coach for the Detroit Spirits of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1985 to 1986 before moving to the National Basketball Association where he worked as an assistant coach, scout, and executive.

On April 29, 1994 (the first day of the 1994 NBA playoffs), he was hired by the Houston Rockets to be vice president of operations. ^[6] He served as the general manager for the Houston Rockets from 1994 to 1996. It was Weimhauer who served as general mamager of the Rockets in their two runs to the NBA Finals, which included a 1995 trade on Valentine's Day of Otis Thorpe, the righta to Marcelo Nicola (drafted in 1993 but never played a game in the NBA) and a 1995 1st round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for Clyde Drexler (who had wanted a trade) and Tracy Murray. A trade made by Weinhauer on February 23 spurred an unofficial rule. During the halftime warmup session, Weinhauer went over to Scott Brooks and told him that he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks (the trade was for Morlon Wiley and a second-round pick). The following year, the NBA moved the trade deadline up from 9:00 pm to 6:00 pm before later moving it to 3:00pm by 2003. ^{[7] [8]}

On August 30, 1996, He left the Rockets to be an assistant on the coaching staff of Chris Ford with the Milwaukee Bucks. ^[9] In June 1997, he replaced Mike Dunleavy as general manager of the Bucks. In the 1998–99 season, under first-year hire George Karl as coach, the Bucks made the playoffs for the first time in eight years. However, a perception that they failed to make a move in free agency to help the roster led to Weinhauer (who had an expiring contract) being fired on August 11, 1999. ^{[10] [11]}

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Penn Quakers (Ivy League)(1977–1982)
1977–78	Penn	20–8	12–2	1st	NCAA Division I Regional semifinal
1978–79	Penn	25–7	13–1	1st	NCAA Division I Final Four
1979–80	Penn	17–12	11–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I second round
1980–81	Penn	20–8	13–1	T–1st	NIT first round
1981–82	Penn	17–10	12–2	1st	NCAA Division I first round
Penn:		99–45	61–9
Arizona State Sun Devils (Pacific-10 Conference)(1982–1985)
1982–83	Arizona State	19–14	12–6	4th	NIT second round
1983–84	Arizona State	13–15	8–10	6th
1984–85	Arizona State	12–16	7–11	7th
Arizona State:		44–45	27–27
Total:		143–90
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach

References

1. "Daly Left A Solid Program". The Gettysburg Times . Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. November 11, 1977. p. 16. Retrieved March 26, 2018– via Newspapers.com .
2. Mendoza, Andrea. "Inside Bob Weinhauer's five-year tenure at the helm of Penn men's basketball". www.thedp.com. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
3. "Penn Athletics Hall of Fame". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
4. "The Ivy's last stand: Penn's 1979 Final Four run marked end of an era". ESPN.com. April 2, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
5. "Bob Weinhauer, whose three-year tenure as Arizona State basketball..." UPI. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
6. "WEINHAUER TO ROCKETS". Washington Post. January 5, 2024. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved October 11, 2024.
7. "PRO BASKETBALL; Drexler Traded For Otis Thorpe" . Retrieved October 11, 2024.
8. Rohde, John. "NBA trade deadline: The Scott Brooks rule". The Oklahoman. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
9. "WEINHAUER LEAVES ROCKETS' FRONT OFFICE FOR BUCKS BENCH". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. August 30, 1996. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
10. "Art of the deal: As Astros near deadline, a look at Houston's memorable trades" . Retrieved October 11, 2024.
11. "PRO BASKETBALL; Bucks' G.M. Loses Players, And His Job" . Retrieved October 11, 2024.