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Larry Drew, who is entering his 24th year in the NBA as a player or assistant coach, joined the staff of the Atlanta Hawks on August 24, 2004. Since retiring from the game after the 1990-91 season, he has spent the last 13 years on the sidelines as a coach.
Before arriving in Atlanta, Drew was an assistant with the New Jersey Nets after spending the previous three seasons with the Washington Wizards in a similar capacity (2000-03). Prior to that, he re-joined one of the teams he previously played for, the Detroit Pistons, as an assistant coach in 1999-2000. Drew returned to Detroit for the first time since playing with the team as a NBA rookie with the Pistons in 1980-81. His coaching career began in 1992-93 when he broke into the ranks with another of his former teams, the Los Angeles Lakers, whom he played for from 1989-91.
A 10-year pro, Drew averaged 11.4 points and 5.2 assists in 714 career games for four NBA teams. After one season in Detroit, he played the next five years with the Kings, in Kansas City and Sacramento (1981-86), and his final four in Los Angeles (1986-91), for the Clippers and the Lakers. He was a teammate of Hawks head coach Mike Woodson and GM Billy Knight in Kansas City (1983-84). Drew averaged 16.4 ppg, Woodson totaled 14.5 ppg and Knight added 12.8. In addition, Drew was a member of Scavolini of the Italian League in 1988-89.
A first round pick in the 1980 NBA Draft (17th overall selection), Drew participated in the playoff four times in his career, scoring 3.1 points and dishing out 0.5 rebounds in 31 games. His most productive season as a player came during the 1982-83 campaign, when he averaged 20.1 ppg, 8.1 apg and 1.7 spg for Kansas City.
Born April 2, 1958 in Kansas City, Kansas, Drew played four seasons at the University of Missouri, where he averaged 12.0 points and 2.8 rebounds and prepped at Wyandotte High in Kansas City. During the summer, Drew runs the Larry Drew Advanced Guard Academy in Los Angeles.
Drew and his wife Sharon have three children, Larry, Landon and Lindsey. Larry Jr., a rising junior at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, CA is one of the nation’s top-rated prep guards. | 