Cliff_Levingston
Cliff Levingston
American basketball player-coach
Clifford Eugene Levingston (born January 4, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former player.
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| Kokomo BobKats | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | TBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1961-01-04) January 4, 1961 (age 63) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Samuel F. B. Morse (San Diego, California) |
| College | Wichita State (1979–1982) |
| NBA draft | 1982: 1st round, 9th overall pick |
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
| Playing career | 1982–1995 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 53 |
| Coaching career | 2000–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1982–1984 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1984–1990 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1990–1992 | Chicago Bulls |
| 1992–1993 | PAOK |
| 1993–1994 | Buckler Bologna |
| 1994–1995 | Denver Nuggets |
| As coach: | |
| 2000–2001 | Fort Wayne Fury (assistant) |
| 2001–2002 | Dodge City Legend (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Dodge City Legend |
| 2003–2004 | Harlem Globetrotters (assistant) |
| 2004-2005 | St. Louis Flight |
| 2005-2006 | Gary Steelheads (assistant) |
| 2006 | Kansas Cagerz (assistant) |
| 2007 | Gary Steelheads |
| 2007-2011 | Oklahoma Cavalry |
| 2011–2012 | Michigan City Marquette High School |
| 2012–2013 | Rochester Razorsharks |
| 2020–present | Kokomo BobKats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 5,888 (7.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 4,307 (5.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 752 (0.9 apg) |
Stats  at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
A former power forward, Levingston played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Levingston starred at Wichita State University, before being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1982 NBA draft. After two seasons with the Pistons, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, with whom he would spend most of his career.
In 1986, while playing for the Hawks, Levingston had the rare distinction of "fouling into" an NBA game. In a game where Dominique Wilkins and Antoine Carr were injured, Kevin Willis, Scott Hastings, Jon Koncak, Spud Webb, and Levingston fouled out of the game. After Doc Rivers was ejected, the Hawks were down to only four players. Under NBA Rule 3-I-b, Levingston, the last player to foul out, was allowed to come back into the game, under the player foul penalty situation, resulting in a non-unsportsmanlike conduct technical foul.[1]
After six seasons with the Hawks, Levingston joined the Chicago Bulls, with whom he won two championship rings in 1991 and 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he played with PAOK of the Greek Basket League, and as such he played in the final four of FIBA European League (now called EuroLeague). In 1993, he moved to Virtus Bologna of the Italian Serie A, where he won the national title in 1994. In 1994, he returned to the United States, and joined the Denver Nuggets. He retired from the league in 1995, with career totals of 5,888 points, 4,307 rebounds, and 593 blocked shots.
In 2000, Levingston began his coaching career as an assistant basketball coach with the Fort Wayne Fury of the CBA. In 2001, he served as an assistant coach with the Dodge City Legend of the USBL. In 2002, he returned to Dodge City, to serve his first stint as a professional league head coach; that year the Legends won the USBL title, and Levingston was named the USBL Coach of the Year.
From 2003 to 2004, Levingston served as an assistant coach for the Harlem Globetrotters. In 2004, he coached the St. Louis Flight of the ABA.
In 2005, Levingston was hired as an assistant coach of the Gary Steelheads of the CBA; that year, the Steelheads played their best season in franchise history, though they lost the championship game. In 2006, he briefly served as an assistant coach for the Kansas Cagerz, and in November, he was officially hired by the Gary Steelheads (of the USBL), as head coach for the 2007 season.
In the fall of 2007, Micheal Ray Richardson was fired by the Oklahoma Cavalry of the CBA. Levingston was hired to replace him.
In the fall of 2011, Levingston became an assistant coach for Michigan City Marquette High School, in northern Indiana.[2]
In 2012, Levingston was named the 2nd head coach of the Rochester Razorsharks of the Premier Basketball League. He coached the Sharks for one season.
In 2020, Levingston was named the 1st head coach of the Kokomo BobKats of the TBL.[3]
In 2003, Levingston was sentenced to four months in prison, for failure to pay child support.[4]
Levingston is a cousin of NBA player Cory Carr.[5]
Levingston is also a cousin of retired MLB player Mark McLemore.
- National Sports Review - The Best and Worst of the '80s: Stories & Anecdotes, Quotes & Lists & Hypes, Passions & Amusements, published 1989, Preview Publishing and InfoSports
- "Two-time NBA Champion Cliff Levingston named Bobkats coach". Kokomo Perspective. October 30, 2020.
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- 1998-99 Chicago Bulls media guide
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com