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Al Attles
Alvin A. "Al" Attles (born November 7, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former pro basketball player and coach. He played eleven seasons for the San Francisco Warriors (which were the Philadelphia Warriors until 1962) beginning in 1960. He was a role player on the 1964 Warriors team (with Wilt Chamberlain, Guy Rodgers) that made the NBA Finals and eventually lost the series to the Boston Celtics four games to one.
Attles later became one of the first African-American coaches in the NBA, when he succeeded George Lee as Warriors head coach in 1970. Attles guided the Rick Barry-lead Warriors to the 1975 NBA championship, making him the second African-American coach to win a title (first was Bill Russell as player-coach of the Celtics). Attles coached the Warriors until 1983, compiling a 557-518 record overall.
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