Donnie Walsh
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Joseph Donald Walsh, Jr. (born March 1, 1941) is a front-office advisor with the Indiana Pacers and a former professional basketball coach.
He has served as the former Basketball Operations Manager for the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers.
Early life and education
Walsh was born in Manhattan, New York City, and attended Fordham Preparatory School in The Bronx, New York. Walsh was recruited to play college basketball at the University of North Carolina by then head coach Frank McGuire. Walsh, a senior captain on Dean Smith's first team in 1961, was forced out due to NCAA offences. Walsh was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors in the 11th round of the 1962 NBA draft (after the Warriors moved from Philadelphia), but he never played in the NBA. Walsh earned both a bachelor's degree and a law degree at UNC. He spent time in law school as an assistant coach on Coach Dean Smith's staff at UNC. In order to continue to teach basketball, he turned down opportunities to practice law in New York City.
Career
Walsh spent twelve seasons as an assistant coach on several college teams, including twelve seasons at the University of South Carolina, where he worked with McGuire, the Gamecocks' head coach. He helped South Carolina establish an undefeated ACC regular season in 1970, 1971, an ACC Tournament championship in 1971, and three consecutive Sweet 16 appearances from 1971 to 1973.
Larry Brown had Walsh recruited Walsh as an assistant with the Denver Nuggets in 1977. He joined the Nuggets in 1979 and spent a year and a half as the head coach, after being fired by Doug Moe in 1980.
He became an Indiana Pacers assistant in 1984. He later served as the Pacers' general manager, where he made the controversial pick of Reggie Miller over local hero Steve Alford of Indiana University in 1987. Miller's decision was later found to be accurate, as Miller had a Hall of Fame NBA career, but Alford was a bust in the pros. He was later promoted to CEO and president and occupied the position until just before the 2007–08 season. The team made the playoffs 17 times during his first season with the Pacers (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004), and the Central Division Champions four times. He was named the NBA Top Basketball Executive in 2001 with the Pacers. He oversaw all operations of the Pacers Foundation, Indiana Fever (WNBA), and Conseco Fieldhouse during his tenure as president and CEO.
Walsh had agreed to serve as their president of basketball operations on April 2, 2008. Walsh immediately understood the long-term deals the Knicks had won, and traded Jamal Crawford for Al Harrington. Walsh traded Mardy Collins and Zach Randolph for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas on the same day. Although Mobley suffered from a heart disease, his contract, as well as those of Harrington and Thomas, ended at the 2009–2010 NBA season, reducing the Knicks' payroll by $27 million and giving them ample cap space to sign NBA players like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Joe Johnson.
Walsh's first big signing came on July 8, 2010, when he drafted Amar'e Stoudemire to a five-year, $100 million deal. Walsh conducted a multi-player trade with Denver involving star players Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups in exchange for a few players, including Raymond Felton and Danilo Gallinari, in exchange for a few players, including Raymond Felton and Danilo Gallinari, in the 2010–2011 season.
Walsh resigned as the general manager on June 3, 2011, but the team retained as a consultant.
As Larry Bird stepped down, Walsh rejoined the Pacers as President of Basketball Operations on June 27, 2012. Walsh helped the Pacers win the Central Division and advance to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in 2013, where the team lost to eventual NBA Champion Miami Heat.
Bird returned to the Pacers as President of Basketball Operations on June 27, 2013; Walsh stepped down from his position as president and accepted a role as a consultant. Walsh has continued to watch Pacers games, often near Bird and team general manager Kevin Pritchard.