Vipers Hire Paul Mokeski As Assistant Coach
Published on October 7, 2009 under NBA G League (G League)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers News Release
MCALLEN, TEXAS - The NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers and the NBA Houston Rockets announced today in a press conference that former Houston Rockets center and Charlotte Bobcats assistant coach Paul Mokeski will serve as the Vipers' assistant coach this season.
A second round (20th pick, 42nd overall) of the Rockets in the 1979 NBA Draft, Mokeski played in 12 games for the Rockets during the 1979-80 season before moving onto Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Golden State during an 11-year career that saw him make the playoffs in each of his last nine seasons, advancing as far as the Eastern Conference Finals twice.
A native of Spokane, Washington, Mokseki played his college basketball at the University of Kansas before playing in the NBA. Mokeski coached in Continental Basketball Association and American Basketball Association before becoming an assistant coach for the NBA D-League Fort Worth Flyers for the 2006-07 season. He spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant coach for the Bobcats before returning to the D-League last year as an assistant coach for the Anaheim Arsenal.
"Paul brings a wealth of experience to the position. He will be invaluable asset to our coaching staff," Vipers President Brian Michael Cooper said.
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