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McHone Named Director of Basketball Development for Toros

August 6, 2007 - NBA G League (G League)
Austin Spurs News Release


SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have hired Mo McHone as Director of Basketball Development for the Austin Toros.

"Mo McHone has a wealth of basketball knowledge," said Spurs General Manager RC Buford. "Over the last four decades he has coached in the NBA, the D-League and the CBA - as well as in college and internationally - so he has a great deal of basketball expertise at all levels. Putting together a D-League roster, and then managing that roster, is a difficult task. We feel that Mo's background and experience make him a perfect fit for this position."

Last season McHone led the Sioux Falls Skyforce to a 30-20 record before falling to the eventual D-League champion Dakota Wizards in the Eastern Conference Finals. He leaves Sioux Falls as the franchise's all-time winningest coach, posting a record of 172-102 (.628) over five seasons (one in the D-League and four in the Continental Basketball Association) including a CBA Championship in 1996. McHone originally joined Sioux Falls in 1995 and led three Skyforce teams to the CBA Finals.

McHone was the head coach for the Birmingham Bandits (1991-92), Fort Wayne Fury (1992-93) and Yakima Sun Kings (1993-95) prior to joining Sioux Falls. He has an overall CBA coaching record of 229-168 (.577), which includes back-to-back CBA Championships in 1995 (Yakima) and 1996 (Sioux Falls). He was a two-time winner of the CBA's Coach of the Year award, earning the honor in 1995 with Yakima and in 1997 when he led Sioux Falls to a 47-9 record, the fourth-best mark in league history.

McHone was Stan Albeck's assistant coach for San Antonio from 1980-83 and served as head coach of the Spurs for 31 games during the 1983-84 season. McHone has also been an assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers (1979-80 and 1985-86), Detroit Pistons (1999-2001) and Los Angeles Clippers (2001-03).

McHone additionally spent 14 years as a college assistant, with stints at Florida State University (1970-78), University of Georgia (1978-79) and Bradley University (1986-91).

He also has had three stints as head coach for USA Basketball; the 1997 Tournament of Americas Team, the 1999 USA Men's Pan American Games Team and the 2005 USA Men's World Championship Qualifying Team. His teams won a gold medal (1997), a silver medal (1999) and the 2005 squad finished in fourth place and qualified the United States for the 2006 World Championship.


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