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Pat Riley

1945 - Today

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Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008. Often referred to as "The Godfather", Riley is regarded as one of the greatest NBA figures of all time both as a coach and executive. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Riley has received more than 9,123,846 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Pat Riley is the 39th most popular basketball player (down from 34th in 2019), the 3,332nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,743rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 9.1M

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  • 53.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Pat Riley ranks 39 out of 1,268. Before him are Charles Barkley, Bob Pettit, Dirk Nowitzki, Patrick Ewing, Isiah Thomas, and Toni Kukoč. After him are Moses Malone, Stephen Curry, Manute Bol, Allen Iverson, Aleksandar Đorđević, and Don Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Pat Riley ranks 196. Before him are Baghdadi Mahmudi, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Bob Peck, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Pirri, and Steve Gadd. After him are Barbara Kruger, Golden State Killer, Neophyte of Bulgaria, Joanna Cassidy, Marianne Sägebrecht, and Pablo Forlán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Riley ranks 3,332 out of 18,182. Before him are Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), Jean Acker (1893), Meg Foster (1948), Saul Perlmutter (1959), Anne Archer (1947), and Dan Castellaneta (1957). After him are La Toya Jackson (1956), Robert Monroe (1915), Al Green (1946), Virginia Hall (1906), Carmen Argenziano (1943), and Gordon Bunshaft (1909).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Pat Riley ranks 27. Before him are John Havlicek (1940), George Mikan (1924), Derrick Rose (1988), Charles Barkley (1963), Bob Pettit (1932), and Isiah Thomas (1961). After him are Moses Malone (1955), Stephen Curry (1988), Allen Iverson (1975), Don Nelson (1940), Rick Barry (1944), and Red Auerbach (1917).

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