Mike O'Koren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mike O'Koren

American basketball player

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1958

Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Michael F.
O'Koren (born February 7, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player and broadcaster originally from Jersey City, New Jersey.
O'Koren was last an assistant coach at Rutgers University, serving under head coach Eddie Jordan. A graduate of The University of North Carolina, where he played under Dean Smith, O'Koren was a first round draft pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1980 and played for the Nets and Washington Bullets in a career that ended in 1988. After his retirement, O'Koren joined the Nets' broadcast team and remained there until 1999, when he joined Don Casey's staff as an assistant coach.
He returned to Washington in 2003 when Eddie Jordan, with whom he had served in New Jersey, hired him to be the associate head coach of the Wizards.
O'Koren also served as an assistant under Jordan with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2009–10 season. After he was let go by the 76ers, O'Koren returned to broadcasting and called high school games for FiOS1 New Jersey before Jordan hired him to serve on his staff at Rutgers in 2014.