Dave Cowens

David William Cowens is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6'9", he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. He was recently an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons, and currently serves as a special assistant to Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars. After starring in high school at Newport Central Catholic High in his hometown of Newport, Kentucky, Cowens played his collegiate basketball at Florida State University from 1967 to 1970. He...
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quick facts

Birthdate:	October 25, 1948
Birthplace:	Newport, Kentucky
Age:	63
All Positions Played:	Power forward, Center
Education:	Florida State University, Newport Central Catholic High School

Honors and awards for Dave Cowens

Year	Award
1970	NBA Rookie of the Year Award
1972	NBA Most Valuable Player Award
1972	NBA All-Star Game MVP

Season statistics for Dave Cowens

Milwaukee Bucks - 1982-83 NBA season

fg%: 0.444

3p%: 0

ft%: 0.825

fga: 306

3pa: 2

fta: 63

orb: 73

drb: 201

ftm: 52

3pm: 0

fgm: 136

stl: 30

reb: 274

blk: 15

pts: 324

pf: 137

ast: 82

to: 44

games: 40

avg reb: 6.9

avg blk: 0.4

avg pts: 8.1

avg pf: 3.4

avg ast: 2.1

avg to: 1.1

avg stl: 0.8

Boston Celtics - 1979-80 NBA season

fg%: 0.453

3p%: 0.083

ft%: 0.779

fga: 932

3pa: 12

fta: 122

orb: 126

drb: 408

ftm: 95

3pm: 1

fgm: 422

stl: 69

reb: 534

blk: 61

pts: 940

pf: 216

ast: 206

to: 108

games: 66

avg reb: 8.1

avg blk: 0.9

avg pts: 14.2

avg pf: 3.3

avg ast: 3.1

avg to: 1.6

avg stl: 1

Boston Celtics - 1978-79 NBA season

fg%: 0.483

3p%: N/A

ft%: 0.807

fga: 1010

3pa: 0

fta: 187

orb: 152

drb: 500

ftm: 151

3pm: 0

fgm: 488

stl: 76

reb: 652

blk: 51

pts: 1127

pf: 263

ast: 242

to: 174

games: 68

avg reb: 9.6

avg blk: 0.8

avg pts: 16.6

avg pf: 3.9

avg ast: 3.6

avg to: 2.6

avg stl: 1.1

Education

Florida State University

Location:Tallahassee

Colors:Garnet, Gold

Mascot:Seminole

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation. The university...
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NBA players from Florida State University

Name	Title	Most recent team
Von Wafer	Shooting guard	Orlando Magic
Al Thornton	Small forward	Los Angeles Clippers
Toney Douglas	Guard	New York Knicks

Hometown of Dave Cowens

Newport, Kentucky

Population:10,046

Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is part of the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area which comprises...
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