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For the film director and actor, see Philip Ford.| Personal information | |
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| Born | (1956-02-09) February 9, 1956 (age 68) Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | North Carolina |
| NBA draft | 1978: 2 overall |
| Selected by the Kansas City Kings | |
| Playing career | 1978–1985 |
| Position | Guard |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| 1978-79 NBA Rookie of the Year | |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Basketball | ||
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1976 Montreal | United States |
Phil Jackson Ford (born February 9 1956 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1974.
Ford played four years of basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After his sophomore season, Ford started for the U.S. Olympic team that won the gold medal in 1976. While a senior, he averaged 20.8 points a game during that 1977-78 season. He is Carolina's all-time leading scorer with 2,290 points. A consensus All-American in 1976, 1977, and 1978, he was named college player of the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association in 1978, when he also won the Eastman, USBWA College Player of the Year and John R. Wooden Awards.
Ford was NBA Rookie of the Year with the Kansas City Kings in 1979. He retired in 1985. In 482 NBA games, Ford scored 5,594 points, an 11.6 average, and had 3,083 assists, an average of 6.4 per game. In 1988 he returned to North Carolina as an assistant coach, a job he held through the 1999-2000 season.
Ford and the rest of Bill Guthridge's coaching staff were let go in 2000, when Matt Doherty took over as head coach with his own coaching staff.
Ford was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in May 1991. Phil Ford currently works for the Educational Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the University of North Carolina athletic department. After a brief stint an assistant coach to Isiah Thomas for the New York Knicks, Ford was hired to the same position by the Charlotte Bobcats in June 2007.
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| United States men's basketball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Gold medal | ||
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| Preceded byMarques Johnson | Wooden Award Winners Men 1978 |
Succeeded byLarry Bird |
| Preceded byJohn Lucas | ACC Athlete of the Year 1977-1978 |
Succeeded byRenaldo Nehemiah |
| Preceded byWalter Davis | NBA Rookie of the Year 1979 |
Succeeded byLarry Bird |
- 1956 births
- Living people
- African American sportspeople
- American basketball players
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Kansas City Kings players
- New York Knicks
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- ACC Athlete of the Year
- Point guards