Rico Hines

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Rico Hines
Philadelphia 76ers
PositionAssistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1978-02-17) February 17, 1978 (age 45)
Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.
Career information
High school Hargrave (Huffman, Texas)
College UCLA (1997–2002)
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As coach:
20062010 Golden State Warriors (assistant)
2010–2015 St. John's (assistant)
2016–2019 Reno Bighorns/Stockton Kings (assistant)
20202022 Sacramento Kings (assistant/Player Development)
2022–2023 Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2023–present Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)

DaRico Travone Hines (born February 17, 1978) is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins.

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College career

Hines received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2002, with a minor in African-American studies. His time as a basketball player there overlapped with future NBA star Baron Davis, among others. [1]

Coaching career

From 2006–2010, Hines was a player/athletic development assistant for the NBA's Golden State Warriors where he worked under then head coach Don Nelson. [2] He was able to reunite with and instruct former college teammates Baron Davis and Matt Barnes.

From 2010–2015, he was with the St John's Red Storm as an assistant coach under head coach Steve Lavin. [2]

On September 28, 2016, Hines was named assistant coach of the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League. [3] In 2019, he was promoted to being the Director of Player Development alongside his coaching duties. [4]

In 2022, Hines left the Kings organization and announced he would be part of the Raptors' staff. [5] Another UCLA teammate, Earl Watson, was entering his second season coaching with the team. He was also familiar with incumbent All-Star Pascal Siakam, who he trained to usher in a breakout performance for in 2018-19. [6]

He spent one season with Toronto before following former Raptors coach Nick Nurse to the Philadelphia 76ers as an assistant. [7]

During offseasons, Hines orchestrates well-documented summer pick-up games at UCLA known as Rico Hines Runs. They feature NBA players and others from overseas leagues and frequently circulate online. [8] [9] [10] [2]

Personal life

Hines married actress Tichina Arnold on August 18, 2012. Arnold is best known for her role as Pamela James in the FOX sitcom Martin (1992–97). In January 2016, Tichina Arnold told People Magazine that she would be divorcing Hines, allegedly due to a scandal involving infidelity. [11]

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  3. Jones, Kyle (September 28, 2016). "Reno Bighorns name Darrick Martin head coach". NBA.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
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  8. https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2022/09/09/rico-hines-got-the-runs/
  9. https://www.thewarriorstalk.com/blog/2022/8/18/steph-curry-and-trae-young-work-out-after-rico-hines-runs-at-ucla
  10. https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2022/09/29/he-loves-coaching-rico-hines-joins-raptors-staff-after-famed-summer-runs.html
  11. "Tichina Arnold and Rico Hines Are Divorcing : People.com". people.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.