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Mick & Rudy Tomjanovich.

Mick & Rudy Tomjanovich.

5x NBA All Star player and 2x back to back NBA championship coach.

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Oct 08, 2023
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To my fellow outlaws, outcasts and misfits,

This is one of my all time favorite episodes!

Rudy T shares his journey of going from Hamtramck, Michigan to all-star college and NBA player and then on to becoming a back to back NBA championship coach!

  • NBA Champion head coach (1994, 1995)

  • Head coach of the gold medalist USA men's basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics

  • Head coach of the bronze medalist USA men's basketball team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship

  • 5-time All-Star (1974–1977, 1979)

  • NCAA All-American (1970)

  • All-time University of Michigan leader in rebounds. Second on U-M all-time list in points per game

  • Holds the Crisler Arena single game scoring and rebounding records

  • Averaged 17.4 points per game on 50.1% shooting during his NBA career

  • Michigan Sports Hall of Fame

  • Houston Sports Hall of Fame

  • Fist Basketball player from the University of Michigan to go into Naismith Hall of Fame.

  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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So without further ado, I give you Rudy Tomjanovich!

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