Phil Hubbard enters his second campaign as an assistant coach with the Warriors in 2001-02 after spending the previous three seasons under the NBA's all-time winningest coach, Lenny Wilkens, with the Atlanta Hawks. Beginning with the 1993-94 season, Hubbard spent five years working in the New York Knicks front office. He finished his stretch in New York as the Knicks' scouting coordinator, which made him responsible for the club's scouting efforts in Europe, the CBA, the USBL and the NCAA. He began his coaching career with Atlanta prior to the 1997-98 season. Along with Mark Osowski, Hubbard coaches the Warriors entry in the Summer Pro League each year in Los Angeles. A 10-year NBA veteran as a player, the 44-year-old Hubbard was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1979 NBA Draft (15th overall) following his junior year at Michigan. He played two-plus years with the Pistons (1979-82) before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he spent the final seven-plus years of his career (1982-89). The 6-8 forward averaged 10.9 points over his 10 years in the NBA, including a career-high average of 15.8 points during the 1984-85 campaign with Cleveland. On December 4, 1984, Hubbard scored a career-high 37 points against the Lakers, shooting 15-of-21 from the field and making all 15 of his shots in a row without a miss to set a Cavs for most consecutive shots made in the same game. During a four-game run in the playoffs with the Cavs that season, Hubbard averaged 15.5 points and 5.0 rebounds. In 1980-81, his second year in the league, he averaged 14.5 points and a career-high 7.3 rebounds with Detroit. Known for his durability as a player, Phil played in 75 or more games in six of his 10 NBA seasons. He played in a career-high 83 games during the 1981-82 season with the Pistons and Cavs, making him one of three players to appear in more than 82 games that year. In 1984, Hubbard was a nominee for the Walter Kennedy Award, a citizenship award given annually to an NBA player for his charitable and civic contributions. As a collegian, he enjoyed a stellar career at Michigan, where he averaged 16.5 points per game over his three years. Along with former Utah Jazz guard Rickey Green, Hubbard led the Wolverines to the 1976 NCAA Championship game as a sophomore, where Michigan lost to the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers. During the summer of that year, Hubbard was also a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Basketball team. Born on December 13, 1956, in Canton, Ohio, Hubbard and his wife, Jackie, reside in San Ramon and are the parents of two children (Whitney and Maurice). The 1975 Ohio High School Player of the Year at McKinley High in Canton, Hubbard has a bachelor's degree in special education from Michigan.
