Don Nelson

✶May 15, 1940

†August 9, 2026

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Donald Arvid Nelson was an American professional basketball player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After an All-American career playing college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes, Nelson won five NBA championships playing with the Boston Celtics, with his number 19 retired by the franchise in 1978.

American former NBA player and head coach

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