Chris Ford
Chris Ford was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States on January 11th, 1949 and is the Basketball Coach. At the age of 75, Chris Ford biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 75 years old, Chris Ford has this physical status:
Amateur career
As a senior, a 6-foot-5 (1.96 m) guard from Atlantic City, Ford, played high school basketball at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey, and finished with 1,207 career points, which is still a school record. Ford continued to play at Villanova University as a rookie and then established himself at 16.1 ppg, helping the team advance to the 1970 NCAA Division basketball tournament, losing by 26 points to St. Bonaventure, a future teammate of Ford with the Detroit Pistons.
Villanova and Ford continued their winning ways in the 1971 NCAA Division basketball tournament, losing to UCLA and legendary coach John Wooden 68-62. On the season, Ford averaged 13.8 ppg. Ford averaged 17.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg, in his senior year, leading Villanova to the 1972 NCAA tournament, despite losing in the regional semi-final to Penn 78–67. Ford averaged 15.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg, leading Villanova to three straight NCAA appearances in his college career.
Professional career
In the 1974 NBA draft (2nd round, 17th overall pick), Ford was drafted by the Detroit Pistons (13th overall pick). Ford branded himself as a defensive oriented regular for Detroit, leading the team to four straight post-season berths (1974-1977). He hit his highs in the 1976-77 Detroit Pistons season with 12.3 ppg, 4.1 apg, and 7th in steals (179) in the NBA. Earl Tatum was traded by Detroit in October 1978 as a 1981 2nd round draft pick for the Boston Celtics. In the 1978-79 Boston Celtics season, he set a career high with 15.6 pgg, and was a member of the 1981 Boston Celtics championship team. He retired after the 1981-82 Boston Celtics season, with 10-year averages of 9.2 ppg, 3.4 apg, and 1.6 steals per game, putting him in the top 100 for his career in steals per game.
In 1979, Ford's Bob Lanier, Eric Money, John Shumate, Kevin Porter, and Leon Douglas appeared in the cult classic basketball film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.
Coaching career
In 1984 and 1986, Ford became an assistant coach with Boston, first under KC Jones and then Jimmy Rodgers, who led the Celtics to NBA championships. Ford was hired as head coach for the Celtics (1990–95, 222–188,.541), and then fired, replacing former Pistons and Celtics teammate ML Carr after Rodgers' dismissal. Ford later coached Milwaukee Bucks (1996–99,.421), the Los Angeles Clippers (1999–2000, 20–75,.211), and then the Philadelphia 76ers (1996–2004,.400). In the 1991 NBA All-Star Game, Ford coached the Eastern All-Stars. Ford spent two seasons (2001–2003) as the head basketball coach at Brandeis University, a Division III school in Waltham, Massachusetts, in addition to teaching at the college level.
Ford then became a scout for the 76ers and later became a mentoring consultant for the New York Knicks.