Paul Westphal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul Westphal

American basketball player and coach

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1950

Place of Birth: Torrance, California, United States

Profession: sports commentator, basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Paul Douglas Westphal (born November 30, 1950) is an American former basketball player and a former head coach with several National Basketball Association (NBA) and college teams.
Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a coach.
As a player, he won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in the 1974 NBA Finals.
In addition to being a five-time All-Star selection, from 1977 to 1981, Westphal earned three All-NBA First Team selections and one Second Team honor.
Later, he returned to the Finals in 1993 as head coach of the Phoenix Suns.
He was also head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics and the Sacramento Kings.
He returned to his home state of California when he was the men's basketball head coach at Pepperdine University from 2001 to 2006.
He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.