- First African American basketball coach in the Pac-8 (now Pac-12); head coach at Washington State, University of Iowa, & USC; assistant coach of medal-winning 1984 and 1988 US Olympic teams
- Nike’s former Director of International Basketball; former commentator for Fox Sports & CBS
- Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, National Collegiate Hall of Fame; recipient of John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award
- Author of two books; co-founder (w/Michael Lombardi) of The Daily Coach leadership program
- B.S. in Economics from Villanova University, where he is also in the Villanova Hall of Fame