Miles Simon
South Bay Lakers | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | NBA G League |
Personal information | |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | November 21, 1975
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) |
College | Arizona (1994–1998) |
NBA draft | 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42nd overall |
Selected by the Orlando Magic | |
Playing career | 1999–2004 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 34, 7, 18 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1999 | Orlando Magic |
2000 | Maccabi Ra'anana |
2000 | Hapoel Holon |
2000–2001 | Basket Livorno |
2001–2002 | Dakota Wizards |
2002 | Pallacanestro Varese |
2002–2003 | Dakota Wizards |
2004 | Tuborg Pilsener |
2004 | Pallacanestro Reggiana |
As coach: | |
2005–2008 | Arizona (assistant) |
2017–2022 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
2021–present | South Bay Lakers |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As assistant coach:
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Miles Julian Simon (born November 21, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League.
College career[]
Simon was born in Stockholm to an American father and a Norwegian mother.[1] He played guard for the University of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team,[2] where he formed a formidable backcourt duo with future NBA point guard Mike Bibby. He was named the Most Outstanding Player in the 1997 NCAA Tournament in which Arizona defeated three #1 ranked teams University of Kansas, University of North Carolina, and University of Kentucky in overtime to win the national championship.[3][4]
Professional career[]
After college, Simon played five games with the Orlando Magic during the 1999 NBA season.[5] He played for two seasons for the Dakota Wizards of the CBA, whom he led to a CBA championship in 2002.[2] Simon earned enough awards and honors in 2001–2002 to make him the most decorated player in CBA history. He received honors as Player of the Week four times. He was named the CBA Newcomer of the Year, the CBA MVP, and the Playoff MVP.[2] He also holds the CBA record for most free throws made in a row at 60.
Post-playing career[]
In 2005, Simon was announced as an assistant coach under his collegiate head coach Lute Olson at his alma mater winning the conference championship and reaching the Elite Eight in March 2005. He remained an assistant coach until May 2008,[2] when it was announced by the Arizona athletics department that his coaching contract would not be renewed.[6]
Simon worked with ESPN as an analyst.
On June 27, 2017, he joined the Los Angeles Lakers as an assistant coach.[7] In 2021, he was named the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers' development team, the South Bay Lakers, in the NBA G League.[8]
References[]
- ^ Detroit’s Mr. Do-It-All. SLAM Online. Retrieved on December 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Miles Simon: Assistant Coach". arizonaathletics.com. August 17, 2006. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ "Miles Simon Interview 2012". Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ http://www.nba.com/playerfile/miles_simon/ NBA Player Profile
- ^ Rivera, Steve (May 2, 2008). "Simon out as UA hoops assistant". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
- ^ "Lakers Add Miles Simon to Coaching Staff". NBA.com. June 27, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ "South Bay Lakers Name Miles Simon as Head Coach". OurSports Central. September 1, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1975 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American men's basketball players
- American people of Norwegian descent
- Arizona Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players
- Basket Livorno players
- Basketball players at the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- College basketball announcers in the United States
- Dakota Wizards (CBA) players
- Hapoel Holon players
- Israeli Basketball Premier League players
- Los Angeles Lakers assistant coaches
- Maccabi Ra'anana players
- National Basketball Association players from Sweden
- Orlando Magic draft picks
- Orlando Magic players
- Pallacanestro Reggiana players
- Pallacanestro Varese players
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Stockholm
- Tuborg Pilsener basketball players
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people
- American basketball biography, 1970s birth stubs