Alvin Gentry is a former American professional basketball coach, and college basketball player, who has led three different NBA teams. He served as an interim coach for the Miami Heat at the end of the 1995 season, and later coached the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Clippers. As of February 2006, Gentry is an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 Basketball is a sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... The Miami Heat (or the Miami HEAT as the display name is officially rendered) are a National Basketball Association team based in Miami, Florida, USA. // Rothstein years In 1987, after some influence from Billy Cunningham, the NBA voted to expand itself by adding four new teams. ... 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association team based in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... ... The Phoenix Suns are a National Basketball Association team based in Phoenix, Arizona. ...
Gentry played college ball at Appalachian State University. Appalachian State University (sometimes referred to as ASU or simply App) is the sixth-largest university in the system of the University of North Carolina. ...