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Vinny Del Negro

Career Highlights: Vinny Del Negro finished his first season as Head Coach of the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011…He came to Los Angeles after having led the Chicago Bulls to two consecutive trips to the NBA Playoffs (2009 and 2010) and back-to-back 41-41 (.500) seasons...In the 2010 NBA Playoffs the Bulls lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games…In 2009, Del Negro and the Bulls had a first-round NBA Playoffs match-up versus the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics…This NBA Playoff series proved to be one of the most exciting and entertaining in years as several of the games went to overtime before Boston prevailed in seven games...Prior to joining the Bulls, Del Negro spent two seasons in the Phoenix Suns front office, first as Director of Player Personnel and then as Assistant General Manager….Del Negro has extensive broadcasting experience too as he worked as an analyst for ESPN’s NBA Matchup program, ESPN Radio’s Gameday show, the San Antonio Spurs, and as a color analyst on Phoenix Suns radio broadcasts...An NBA player himself, Del Negro spent 12 years in the league and scored more than 7,000 regular-season points while he played for five NBA teams (Phoenix, Golden State, Milwaukee, San Antonio, Sacramento)…Del Negro averaged 10-plus points for four-straight seasons with San Antonio from 1993-97, including a career-best 14.5 points per game in 1995-96…He spent six seasons with San Antonio where he was instrumental in helping the team improve their record by 36 games during the 1997-98 season…Del Negro holds the Spurs franchise record for most consecutive free throws made, hitting 50 straight during the 1993-94 season…He left the NBA to play in Italy for two seasons (1990-92) and then signed with San Antonio when he returned…Del Negro played at North Carolina State under the late coach Jim Valvano where he earned All-ACC honors his senior season after averaging 15.9 points, 3.6 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game…He helped to Wolfpack to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, including back-to-back trips to the Elite Eight (1885 and 1986)...He was also named the winner of the Everett Case Award as the MVP of the 1987 ACC Tournament, leading NC State to the championship that year….Del Negro had his N.C. State #14 jersey retired in January 2002.

Updated: June, 2011

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