Former New York Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas has accepted the job as Florida International's basketball coach in April 2009. A Hall of Fame player, he gets a second chance to revive his coaching career with a five-year contract. Thomas has never coached at the college level. He helped the Detroit Pistons win two NBA championships as a point guard, then coached the Indiana Pacers before taking over in New York, where an array of problems marred his tenure. At FIU, he replaces Sergio Rouco, who was reassigned Monday after posting a losing record in each of his five seasons as coach.
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| - Former New York Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas has accepted the job as Florida International's basketball coach in April 2009. A Hall of Fame player, he gets a second chance to revive his coaching career with a five-year contract. Thomas has never coached at the college level. He helped the Detroit Pistons win two NBA championships as a point guard, then coached the Indiana Pacers before taking over in New York, where an array of problems marred his tenure. At FIU, he replaces Sergio Rouco, who was reassigned Monday after posting a losing record in each of his five seasons as coach.
- Isiah Thomas (b. 1961) is a former basketball player and coach who played for the Detroit Pistons from 1981 to 1994, during which he won two NBA Championships and was the 1990 NBA Finals MVP. He appeared on Sesame Street with Elmo to show him how to dribble a basketball. (First: Episode 2877) He also showed a girl how it takes practice to play basketball, but she happens to make a basket on her first try. (EKA: Episode 2933)
- Isiah Lord Thomas III, nicknamed "Zeke", is a retired American basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA. Thomas also coached in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks and college for the FIU Panthers.
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| - Former New York Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas has accepted the job as Florida International's basketball coach in April 2009. A Hall of Fame player, he gets a second chance to revive his coaching career with a five-year contract. Thomas has never coached at the college level. He helped the Detroit Pistons win two NBA championships as a point guard, then coached the Indiana Pacers before taking over in New York, where an array of problems marred his tenure. At FIU, he replaces Sergio Rouco, who was reassigned Monday after posting a losing record in each of his five seasons as coach.
- Isiah Thomas (b. 1961) is a former basketball player and coach who played for the Detroit Pistons from 1981 to 1994, during which he won two NBA Championships and was the 1990 NBA Finals MVP. He appeared on Sesame Street with Elmo to show him how to dribble a basketball. (First: Episode 2877) He also showed a girl how it takes practice to play basketball, but she happens to make a basket on her first try. (EKA: Episode 2933)
- Isiah Lord Thomas III, nicknamed "Zeke", is a retired American basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA. Thomas also coached in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks and college for the FIU Panthers.
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