Delmer (Del) William Harris (born June 18, 1937 in Plainfield, Indiana) is a retired American basketball coach, who last served as an assistant coach for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He also served as an NBA head coach for the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers.
On June 2, 2009, After coaching 50 years in the league Del Harris announced his retirement from coaching basketball.
Harris is a graduate of Milligan College in northeas...
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Delmer (Del) William Harris (born June 18, 1937 in Plainfield, Indiana) is a retired American basketball coach, who last served as an assistant coach for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He also served as an NBA head coach for the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers.
On June 2, 2009, After coaching 50 years in the league Del Harris announced his retirement from coaching basketball.
Harris is a graduate of Milligan College in northeast Tennessee, where his basketball career landed him in the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. Early in his career Harris was coach at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana before entering professional ranks in 1975 as an assistant coach for the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association, under head coach Tom Nissalke. When that franchise folded, Nissalke and Harris were hired as head and assistant coach, respectively for the NBA's Houston Rockets. When Nissalke was let go by the club, Harris was asked to take over head coaching duties....
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