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American professional basketball coach
Robert Michael Bender
(born April 28, 1957) is an American professional
basketball
coach, who last served an assistant coach with the
Memphis Grizzlies
of the
National Basketball Association
.
[1]
Born in
Quantico, Virginia
, He attended
Bloomington High School
in
Bloomington, Illinois
, where he was an All-American in basketball. Bender has the distinction of being the only individual to play on two teams in two NCAA Championship games. He was a freshman on Bob Knight's undefeated
1976 Indiana team
and played point guard at Duke from 1977 to 1980, including an appearance in the
title game
against
Kentucky
. Bender was drafted by the
San Diego Clippers
in the sixth round before his senior year, but did not play.
[2]
He began his coaching career as an assistant at Duke under
Mike Krzyzewski
. He later served as head coach at
Illinois State University
and the
University of Washington
, and was an assistant with the
Philadelphia 76ers
.
[2]
Bender is married to his wife, Alice, with whom he has two children: Mary Elizabeth and Robert Michael Bender III.
[2]
On June 17, 2013, Bender was hired as an assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, under Larry Drew, of whom he was an assistant to at the Atlanta Hawks.
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Head coaching record
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At the end of the 1994?95 season, Washington had originally finished 9?18 overall and 5?13 in conference. However, the Huskies' record was adjusted after all of
California's
wins were vacated.
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