Back أليكس هانوم Arabic اليكس هانوم ARZ Alex Hannum German Alex Hannum Spanish Alex Hannum Finnish Alex Hannum French אלכס האנום HE Alex Hannum Italian アレックス・ハナム Japanese Alex Hannum Malagasy
.jpg) Hannum, circa 1947 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 19, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2002 (aged 78) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Alexander Hamilton (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | USC (1942–1943; 1946–1948) |
| NBA draft | 1948: – round, – |
| Selected by the Indianapolis Jets | |
| Playing career | 1948–1957 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Number | 10, 11, 20, 4, 6, 33, 18 |
| Coaching career | 1956–1974 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1948–1949 | Oshkosh All-Stars |
| 1949–1951 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 1951–1952 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1952–1954 | Rochester Royals |
| 1954–1956 | Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks |
| 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 1956–1957 | St. Louis Hawks |
| As coach: | |
| 1956–1958 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1960–1963 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 1963–1966 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 1966–1968 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1968–1969 | Oakland Oaks |
| 1969–1971 | San Diego Rockets |
| 1971–1974 | Denver Rockets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach: | |
| Career NBA playing statistics | |
| Points | 3,078 (6.0 ppg) |
| Rebound | 2,013 (4.5 rpg) |
| Assists | 857 (1.7 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Career coaching record | |
| ABA & NBA | 649–564 (.535) |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |
Alexander Murray Hannum (July 19, 1923 – January 18, 2002) was a professional basketball player and coach. Hannum coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and one American Basketball Association (ABA) team to league championships. He had a combined NBA-ABA record of 649–564 (.535) in the regular season and 61–46 (.570) in the playoffs over 16 seasons. In 1998, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.