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My Take
Rick Carlisle embodies something I love about basketball: the triumph of preparation over raw talent. He was a role player on those Boston Celtics teams, the guy studying the game from the end of the bench, and that apprenticeship became his superpower. The 2011 title with Dallas remains one of the great coaching jobs I have ever seen, out-scheming a far more talented Miami roster when almost nobody picked his side. From tiny Ogdensburg, New York, through the University of Maine to the top of the NBA, his path was never flashy, just relentlessly intelligent. Now steering the Pacers, he keeps proving that a sharp mind ages better than athleticism ever does.
Overview
Rick Preston Carlisle ( KAR-lyle; born October 27, 1959) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks, winning the 2011 NBA Finals with the latter. As a player, Carlisle played for the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and New Jersey Nets.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rick Carlisle
- Name (Japanese)
- リック・カーライル
- Reading
- りっく・かーらいる
- Born
- October 27, 1959 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Ogdensburg, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach / coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Maine
Awards & achievements
- 2002 NBA Coach of the Year Award
- 2011 Best Coach/Manager ESPY Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.