Oakland Oaks | |
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Conference | None |
Division | Western Division |
Founded | 1967 |
History | Oakland Oaks 1967–1969 Washington Caps 1969–1970 Virginia Squires 1970–1976 |
Arena | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena |
Location | Oakland, California |
Team colors | Green and Yellow |
Head coach | Bruce Hale (1967–1968) Alex Hannum (1968–1969) |
Ownership | Pat Boone S. Kenneth Davidson Dennis A. Murphy |
Championships | 1 (1969) |
Division titles | 1 (1969) |
The Oakland Oaks were a charter member of the original American Basketball Association and the first West Coast basketball team to win a major professional championship. Formed in February 1967, the team played in the ABA during the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The team colors were green and gold.
On February 2, 1967, longtime entertainer and business entrepreneur Pat Boone, S. Kenneth Davidson and Dennis A. Murphy (who would later co-found the World Hockey Association) were awarded a team in exchange for $30,000. Initially, Boone received a 10 percent share of the franchise to serve as president, but he had limited involvement in team operations and rarely attended home games because of his outside interests.
An earlier Oakland Oaks basketball team played in the American Basketball League in 1962, along with a baseball team that had played for nearly a half century in Oakland, with the latter and the ABA Oaks both using the oak tree and the acorn on its logos.