the 1978 NBA Finals before returning to the 1979 NBA Finals and defeating the Washington Bullets in five games for their first and only NBA title. He coached in Seattle for eight seasons (1977–1985), winning his (and Seattle's) only NBA championship in 1979. He would go on to coach Cleveland (1986–1993), Atlanta (1993–2000), Toronto (2000–2003) and New York (2004–05). The Hall of Famer was named head coach of the New York Knicks on January 15, 2004. After the Knicks' slow start to the 2004–05 season, Wilkens resigned from the team on January 22, 2005. Later years On November 29, 2006, he was hired as vice chairman of the Seattle SuperSonics' ownership group, and was later named the Sonics' President of Basketball Operations on April 27, 2007. On July 6, 2007, Wilkens resigned from the Sonics organization. Wilkens later worked at Northwest FSN Studio as a college basketball analyst and occasionally appears on College Hoops Northwest at game nights. Personal life Since 1962, Wilkens has been married to Marilyn Reed, with whom he has a son, Randy. He is the founder of the Lenny Wilkens Foundation for Children and lives in Medina, Washington. He is a practicing Catholic. Awards and honors NBA 1979 NBA champion (as head coach of Seattle) 13-time NBA All-Star nine times as a player four times as a head coach 1971 NBA All-Star Game MVP 1994 NBA Coach of the Year 2011 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award No. 19 retired by Seattle SuperSonics (carried over to the Oklahoma City Thunder) Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (NBA 50th Anniversary) Top 15 Coaches in NBA History (NBA 75th Anniversary) USA Basketball Two-time Olympic gold medal winner: 1992 as an assistant coach with the "Dream Team" 1996 as head coach of the U.S. men's team Halls of Fame Three-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee class of 1989 as a player class of 1998 as a coach class of 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team" Cleveland Cavaliers Wall of Honor (class of 2022) U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (class of 2009 - as a member of the "Dream Team") FIBA Hall of Fame (class of 2017 - as a member of the "Dream Team") College Basketball Hall of Fame (class of 2006) Providence College Hall of Fame. State/Local City of Seattle renamed Thomas Street to Lenny Wilkens Way. Organizational 1999 Golden Plate Award of the American