Jim Padgett, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJim Padgett
American basketball player and coach
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1930
Date of Death: 19-Dec-2009
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Jim Padgett
- James Lee Padgett (November 4, 1930 – December 19, 2009) was an American basketball coach.
- He died of congestive heart failure at 79 years old.
- He served as head coach at University of California, Berkeley from 1968 to 1972.
- Padgett coached the University of Nevada from 1972-76.
- Padgett compiled a 43-61 record in four seasons at Nevada.
- During his time at Nevada, he coached his son, Pete, who went on to record 1,464 rebounds.
- This total places Pete in the top 10 all-time in the NCAA's modern era (since 1972–73). The elder Padgett's legacy continues to the present, as Jim's grandson and Pete's son David, a former player at Kansas and Louisville, is currently in coaching.
- David began that phase of his career as a strength coach at Louisville before becoming an assistant at IUPUI from 2011 to 2014.
- He returned to Louisville in 2014 and then the program's director of basketball operations.
- After the firing of Coach Rick Pitino, David was named to the position of interim head coach.
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