Miami Heat coach Pat Riley has been nominated by his organization for the basketball hall of fame. Here is the report by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
“The Heat has formally placed Pat Riley's name for nomination to the basketball Hall of Fame.
Under Hall rules, a coach is eligible for nomination five years after retirement or after coaching 25 seasons. Counting his two seasons as a
Riley's name next will be presented to the North American screening committee in January. Should he receive the required seven votes from the nine members of that committee, he would be announced as a Hall finalist at the Feb. 17 NBA All-Star Game in
From there, with 18 of 24 votes from the selection committee, he would be named a Hall inductee at the April 5-7 NCAA Men's Final Four in San Antonio, with induction in Springfield, Mass., in September 2008.
Among the players Riley has coached who already are in the Hall are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Bob McAdoo and James Worthy. Among his coaching contemporaries already in the Hall are Hubie Brown, Larry Brown, Chuck Daly, Red Holzman, Phil Jackson, Jack Ramsay and Lenny Wilkens.”
Riley has an excellent chance of achieving 18 of 24 votes from the selection committee. He is a coaching legend and 3 time coach of the year. Riley has the third highest amount of wins of any NBA coach, topped only by Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson.
After achieving so much, and becoming one of the best coaches in the history of the game, a place in the hall of fame is certainly warranted.
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