Stephen Silas
American basketball coach (born 1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stephen Silas (born August 6, 1973) is an American assistant basketball coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the son of NBA star player and head coach Paul Silas.
Detroit Pistons | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | (1973-08-06) August 6, 1973 (age 50) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | Brown (1992–1996) |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 2000–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2000–2002 | Charlotte Hornets (assistant) |
2002–2003 | New Orleans Hornets (assistant) |
2003–2005 | Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) |
2006–2010 | Golden State Warriors (assistant) |
2010–2018 | Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets (assistant) |
2018–2020 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
2020–2023 | Houston Rockets |
2023–present | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
He worked under his father at the Charlotte Hornets from 2000 to 2002, New Orleans Hornets from 2002 to 2003, and the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2003 to 2005. He also served as an advance scout for the Washington Wizards during the 2005–06 season, and as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors from 2006 to 2010, before leaving to rejoin his father in Charlotte where he worked from 2010 until 2018. He was head coach of the Rockets from 2020 to 2023.
At the time of his hiring as an assistant with the Hornets on June 5, 2000, he was the youngest assistant in the NBA at the age of 26.