Tex Winter
American basketball coach (1922–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (February 25, 1922 – October 10, 2018) was an American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense.[1] He was a head coach in college basketball for 30 years before becoming an assistant coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an assistant to Phil Jackson on nine NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. Winter was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
American basketball coach (1922–2018)
 Winter with Marquette in 1953 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1922-02-25)February 25, 1922 near Wellington, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | October 10, 2018(2018-10-10) (aged 96) Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1940–1942 | Compton JC |
| 1942–1943 | Oregon State |
| 1946–1947 | USC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1947–1951 | Kansas State (assistant) |
| 1951–1953 | Marquette |
| 1953–1968 | Kansas State |
| 1968–1971 | Washington |
| 1971–1973 | Houston Rockets |
| 1973–1978 | Northwestern |
| 1978–1983 | Long Beach State |
| 1983-1984 | LSU (assistant) |
| 1985–1999 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| 1999–2004 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 453–334 (college) 51–78 (NBA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
As coach:
As assistant coach: As consultant: | |
| Awards | |
| |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2011 | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2010 | |