Paul Westhead

ABOUT PAUL WESTHEAD

Basketball coach who led the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA Championship in 1980. He also went on to have success in the WNBA, coaching the Phoenix Mercury to a WNBA Championship in 2007.

He led the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA finals in his rookie coaching season.

He also coached in the NCAA, leading his small-school Loyola Marymount to three consecutive 20+ win seasons.

His parents raised him in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Magic Johnson was also a rookie when the Lakers went to the finals under Westhead's rookie coaching season.