The ASLAN Other-Centered® Leader
Coaches Quiz Blog Series
Every winner has a coach, and every coach has a philosophy. The ASLAN Other-Centered® Leader Coaches Quiz matches your coaching style with some of the legendary coaches in sports. Here is a deeper look inside the philosophy of one of the best.
Pat Riley has an amazing list of achievements: he coached and managed three NBA teams to a total of eight championships during his 27-year career. He was five-time NBA Coach of the Year, and he coached the All-Star Game nine times. Plus, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, the year of his retirement.
Riley experienced early coaching success when his Los Angeles Lakers won two championships and narrowly lost in the NBA finals during his first four years of coaching. To keep his team from becoming complacent, Riley began to compile detailed statistics that represented their lifetime performance in a single number.
