Currently, Pat has 14 grandchildren and counting. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time. Pat and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 28 to 42. Nineteen of his former players have become NBA head coaches, nine have become college head coaches while seven have become assistant NBA coaches.Īdditionally, Pat served for seven years in the United States Army, spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization-two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office-and has also spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization.
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He signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins.
He has won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 19. He has traded Pete Maravich as well as traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Penny Hardaway. Pat has been an integral part of NBA history, including bringing the NBA to Orlando. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history by Beckett’s, a national publication. Since 1968, Pat has been in the NBA as general manager for teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia-including the 1983 World Champion 76ers-and now the Orlando Magic, which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 19.
Pat is also the author of 100 books, his most recent title highlighting the secrets to peak performance in HUMILITY. Clients include AllState, American Express, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Disney, Honeywell, IBM, ING, Lockheed Martin, Nike, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Tyson Foods to name a few. As one of America’s top motivational speakers, he has addressed thousands of executives in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and national associations to universities and nonprofits. Pat Williams is a basketball Hall-of-Famer, currently serving as co-founder and senior vice president of the NBA’s Orlando Magic.
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