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| Personal information | |
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| Born | September 15, 1963 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| High school | Williamson (Mobile, Alabama) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
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| NBA Draft | 1986 / Round: 6 / Pick: 120th overall |
| Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
| Pro career | 1986–1999 |
| Coaching career | 2001–2019 |
| Career history | |
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| 1986–1987 | Chicago Bulls |
| 1987–1988 | Rockford Lightning |
| 1988 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1988 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1988 | Zaragoza |
| 1988–1990 | New York Knicks |
| 1990 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1990 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1991–1992 | Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna |
| 1991 | Albany Patroons |
| 1992–1993 | Scavolini Pesaro |
| 1993–1995 | Chicago Bulls |
| 1995–1996 | Miami Heat |
| 1996 | Charlotte Hornets |
| 1997 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
| 1997–1998 | New York Knicks |
| 1998 | Rockford Lightning |
| 1999 | Quad City Thunder |
| As coach: | |
| 2001–2010 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| 2003, 2007 |
Chicago Bulls (interim) |
| 2011–2014 | Golden State Warriors (assistant) |
| 2015–2019 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Pete Myers, born on September 15, 1963, is an American who used to play professional basketball. He also worked as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls, a famous team in the NBA. Many people remember him because he took Michael Jordan's spot on the Bulls when Jordan decided to play baseball for a while.
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Early Life and College Basketball
Pete Myers grew up in Mobile, Alabama. He finished high school at Williamson High in 1981. After high school, he went to Faulkner State Community College. For two years, he scored almost 14 points per game there. He was also named to the All-Southern Division team in 1983.
In 1983, Myers moved to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He played basketball for the Arkansas–Little Rock Trojans for two seasons. He was named to the All-Trans American Athletic Conference (TAAC) team in both his junior and senior years. In 1986, his team won the TAAC tournament championship. This win helped them go to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Playing in the Pros
In the 1986 NBA draft, the Chicago Bulls picked Pete Myers. He was the 120th player chosen overall. As a new player, Myers played in 29 games for the Bulls. He played about 5.3 minutes per game and scored 2.3 points on average.
In 1987, Myers played for the Rockford Lightning in the CBA. He was chosen as a league All-Star. He also won second place in the CBA slam dunk contest.
Myers then joined the San Antonio Spurs in January 1988. He played in 22 games for them. On average, he played 14.9 minutes, scored 5.1 points, grabbed 1.7 rebounds, and made 2.2 assists.
The Spurs traded Myers to the Philadelphia 76ers in August 1988. Myers decided to play for a Spanish team, Cai Zaragoza, during the NBA preseason. The 76ers tried to stop him from doing this. For Zaragoza, Myers played 4 games. He scored 12.3 points, got 2.3 rebounds, and made 2.8 assists per game. The 76ers let him go on December 15. Before that, he played 4 games for them, averaging 3.5 points.
On December 20, 1988, Myers signed with the New York Knicks. He played 29 games for them. He averaged 2.8 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists. In the 1989–90 season, he played 24 more games for the Knicks.
Four days after the Knicks let him go, Myers joined the New Jersey Nets on February 27, 1990. He played 28 games for the Nets. In these games, he averaged 7.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists. He also started in 2 games, which were his first starts in the NBA.
On December 10, 1990, Myers signed with the San Antonio Spurs again. He played 8 games with 1 start before the Spurs let him go on December 24. He averaged 3.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists.
Myers then played for Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna in Italy. He also played for the Albany Patroons in the CBA in April 1991. After the CBA season, he went back to Fortitudo Bologna.
After trying out with the Washington Bullets in 1992, Myers played for Scavolini Pesaro in Italy for the 1992–1993 season. He averaged 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.
Myers returned to the NBA in 1993 with the Chicago Bulls. He took over as the starting shooting guard after Michael Jordan retired. Myers played in all 82 regular season games that year, starting in 81 of them. He had his best averages with 7.9 points, 1.0 steal, and 3.0 assists per game, plus 2.2 rebounds. The next season, Myers played 71 games. On March 15, 1995, he scored 14 points, his highest for the season. However, Michael Jordan was thinking about coming back to the NBA. Jordan did return on March 19, 1995, and took Myers' spot in the Bulls' starting lineup.
Myers signed with the Charlotte Hornets on October 3, 1995. But he was traded to the Miami Heat on November 3 before playing any games for the Hornets. With the Heat, Myers started 1 of 39 games. He averaged 4.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 2.5 assists.
After the Heat let him go, Myers returned to the Hornets on February 16, 1996. In 32 games, he averaged 2.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists.
In 1997, Myers played for Polti Cantù in Italy. His team reached the Italian Cup finals.
Myers then signed with the NBA's New York Knicks on October 1, 1997. In 9 games, he averaged 1.6 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.3 assists. The Knicks let Myers go on January 6, 1998. Myers then went back to the CBA team Rockford Lightning.
In January 1999, Myers signed with the CBA team Quad City Thunder. In 21 games, he averaged 6.4 points per game.
Coaching Career
Pete Myers became a candidate for the Chicago Bulls assistant coaching staff on January 4, 2000. He officially joined the Bulls' coaching staff on December 28, 2001. He became the temporary head coach for two games in 2003 when Bill Cartwright was fired. When the Bulls hired Scott Skiles, Myers went back to being an assistant coach.
When Skiles was fired in 2007, Myers was again named the temporary head coach for one game. After that, Jim Boylan became the head coach for the rest of the season. Myers' total record as a head coach is 0 wins and 3 losses.
Myers left the Bulls' coaching staff in the summer of 2010. This happened after the new head coach, Tom Thibodeau, arrived. For the 2010–11 season, Myers worked for the Bulls as a scout. In 2011, he became an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors under Mark Jackson. In 2014, Myers and the rest of Jackson's staff were released by Golden State. On June 25, 2015, Myers returned to the Bulls as an assistant coach. He left for personal reasons on May 23, 2019.
Head Coaching Record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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| Chicago | 2003–04 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | (interim) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicago | 2007–08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | (interim) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
See also
In Spanish: Pete Myers para niños
