Phil Hubbard

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Phil Hubbard
Phil Hubbard in 2008.jpg
Hubbard in 2008
Personal information
Born (1956-12-13) December 13, 1956 (age 67)
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Canton McKinley (Canton, Ohio)
College Michigan (1975–1979)
NBA draft 1979: 1st round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1979–1989
Position Power forward / center
Number35
Coaching career1997–2018
Career history
As player:
1979–1982 Detroit Pistons
1982–1989 Cleveland Cavaliers
As coach:
1997–2000 Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
2000–2003 Golden State Warriors (assistant)
2003–2009 Washington Wizards (assistant)
2011 Dominican Republic
2011–2013 Los Angeles D-Fenders (assistant)
2013–2014 Santa Cruz Warriors (assistant)
2014–2015Los Angeles D-Fenders
2015–2018 Jeonju KCC Egis (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 7,228 (10.9 ppg)
Rebounds 3,538 (5.3 rpg)
Assists 857 (1.3 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Montreal Team Competition

Philip Gregory Hubbard (born December 13, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics and after graduating from the University of Michigan, played for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 to 1989. Hubbard later served as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards from 2003–2009 and as the head coach of the Los Angeles D-Fenders in 2014–15. [1]

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High school career

Hubbard played high school basketball at Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. He was named Ohio player of the year in 1975 while at McKinley. [2]

College career

He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines under Coach Johnny Orr.

As a freshman at Michigan, he helped lead the Wolverines to the 1976 NCAA Championship Game against Indiana University. Hubbard averaged 15.1 points and 11.0 rebounds, playing alongside Rickey Green as the Wolverines had the second-place finish at the 1976 NCAA Championship. [3]

Phil Hubbard, 1976. University of Michigan Yearbook. Phil Hubbard 1976.png
Phil Hubbard, 1976. University of Michigan Yearbook.

Hubbard was an All-American in 1977, leading the Wolverines (26–4) to the Big Ten championship. Hubbard averaged 19.5 points and 13.0 rebounds. His 389 total rebounds in the 1976–77 season remains the single season record at Michigan. [3] [2]

A serious knee injury, suffered in the World University Games, required surgery and forced Hubbard to miss his entire junior year at Michigan, The knee injury would affect the rest of his career. [4] [2]

In 88 career games at Michigan (1975–1979), Hubbard averaged a double-double of 16.5 points and 11.1 rebounds on 53% shooting from the floor and 63% from the line. [5]

1976 Olympic Team

Hubbard was a member of the Team USA, the 1976 United States men's Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games under Coach Dean Smith. Hubbard averaged 4.7 points and 3.8 rebounds on 52% shooting from the floor and 100% from the line during the Olympics. Hubbard had 10 points in the gold medal game against Yugoslavia. [6] [7]

NBA career

Detroit (1979–1982)

Hubbard was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (15th overall) in the 1979 NBA draft. Despite having a year of NCAA eligibility remaining due to his injury, Hubbard had declared himself for the NBA Draft. [8]

Hubbard played in 196 games with the Pistons over 3 seasons, averaging 11.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 23 minutes. [9]

Cleveland Cavaliers (1982–1989)

On February 16, 1982, Hubbard was traded by the Detroit Pistons with Paul Mokeski, a 1982 1st round draft pick (John Bagley was later selected) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Dave Magley was later selected) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Kenny Carr and Bill Laimbeer. [9]

In 8 seasons and 469 games with the Cavaliers, Hubbard averaged 10.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 24 minutes. [9]

Overall, Hubbard averaged 10.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 665 career NBA games. [9]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1979–80 Detroit 64—18.6.466.000.7505.01.1.8.29.1
1980–81 Detroit 80—28.6.492.333.6907.31.91.0.314.5
1981–82 Detroit 523821.2.505.000.6505.21.3.7.310.0
1981–82 Cleveland 31223.7.467.000.7266.5.8.9.110.4
1982–83 Cleveland 823823.8.482.000.6895.71.11.1.19.5
1983–84 Cleveland 80622.5.511.000.7394.81.1.9.110.8
1984–85 Cleveland 765529.6.505.000.7516.31.51.1.115.8
1985–86 Cleveland 232127.8.470.000.6795.21.3.9.111.4
1986–87 Cleveland 686830.6.531.000.5965.72.01.0.111.8
1987–88 Cleveland 785920.9.489.000.7493.61.0.6.18.4
1988–89 Cleveland 3106.2.444—.6801.3.4.2.02.4
Career66528723.9.495.038.7065.31.3.9.110.9

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1985 Cleveland 4425.3.5531.000.7655.0.8.8.015.5
1988 Cleveland 307.0.167—.0001.0.0.0.0.7
1989 Cleveland 101.0———.0.0.0.0.0
Career8415.4.4901.000.7222.9.4.4.08.0

Coaching career

After first serving as an NBA scout after his playing career ended, Hubbard became an assistant coach in the NBA. From 1997–2009 Hubbard was an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks (1997–2000), Golden State Warriors (2000–2003) and Washington Wizards (2003–2009). [10] [11]

From 2011–2014, Hubbard coached in the NBA G League as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles D-Fenders and Santa Cruz Warriors and before becoming Head Coach of the Los Angeles D-Fenders/South Bay Lakers in 2014–2015. [12] [11]

In 2015, Hubbard was hired as an assistant coach for Jeonju KCC Egis in the Korean Basketball League in South Korea. [13]

Personal

Hubbard graduated in 1979 from Michigan with a degree in Education. [8]

Hubbard's son, Maurice, played college basketball for Ball State and USC Aiken [14] and played high school basketball at Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. [15]

Hubbard's daughter, Whitney, is a graduate of Hampton University and played high school volleyball also for Westfield High School. [16]

Honors

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Los Angeles D-Fenders name Phil Hubbard Head Coach". South Bay Lakers.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame : Hall of Fame : Inductees : 2008 : Phil Hubbard". ohiobasketballhalloffame.com.
  3. 1 2 "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18.
  4. ↑ "20 Second Timeout: Phil Hubbard: Playing Within Limits".
  5. ↑ "Phil Hubbard College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ "1976 United States Men's Olympic Basketball". Basketball-Reference.com.
  7. ↑ "Games of the XXIst Olympiad – 1976". www.usab.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Phil Hubbard (1992) – University of Michigan Hall of Honor". University of Michigan Athletics.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Phil Hubbard Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
  10. ↑ "Phil Hubbard". Basketball-Reference.com.
  11. 1 2 Schlosser, Keith (8 September 2014). "Coach Phil Hubbard Ready to Thrive With D-Fenders". Ridiculous Upside.
  12. ↑ "2016–17 Los Angeles D-Fenders Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
  13. ↑ "Basketball Buddha – KCC Egis name ex-NBA player Phil Hubbard assistant coach". Basketball Buddha. 26 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Maurice Hubbard – Men's Basketball" . Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  15. ↑ Koubaroulis, B.J (2007-12-06). "His Father's Son, Westfield's Hubbard Shows His Versatility". Washington Post . Retrieved 2007-12-11.
  16. ↑ Thomas St. Myer. "His own man". Star Press. January 31, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Alumni Spotlight: Phil Hubbard". University of Michigan Athletics.
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