Steelheads Name Cliff Levingston Assistant Coach

February 8, 2006 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1)
Gary Steelheads News Release


GARY, Indiana (February 8, 2006) - The Gary Steelheads named former Chicago Bulls forward Cliff Levingston to fill their vacant assistant coaching position. Levingston succeeds another NBA veteran, Kelvin Upshaw, who resigned for personal reasons.

"Obviously we are very excited to have Cliff join our coaching staff," said Steelheads' Chief Operating Officer/General Counsel Jewell Harris Jr. "Like Jaren, Cliff is a proven winner who we expect to help instill a 'killer instict' into our players so that we can remain focused down the stretch heading into the playoffs."

Levingston played on the Chicago Bulls' first two championship teams and was a fan favorite. He was originally drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1982 NBA Draft, going ninth in the first round. He played two seasons, before being traded with Antoine Carr to the Atlanta Hawks for Dan Roundfield. In 1990, Levingston signed with the Bulls as a free agent. He played the next two seasons in Chicago. After two years playing overseas in Greece and Italy, Levingston returned to the NBA with the Denver Nuggets in 1994. He retired from the game in 1995.

In 2000, Levingston began his coaching career as an assistant coach in the CBA with the Ft. Wayne Fury. In 2001, he served as an assistant coach with the Dodge City Legend of the USBL. After a year as a college assistant at St. Francis, he returned to Dodge City as head coach. His Legend team won the USBL title, and Levingston was named USBL Coach of the Year. During 2003-04, Levingston served as an assistant for the Harlem Globe Trotters. Last season, he coached the St. Louis Flight of the ABA.

Levingston was a college standout at Wichita State University between 1979-82. He majored in communications, with an emphasis on Television, Film and Radio. He was a recipient of the Martin Luther King Individual Service Award in 1995.

Levingston will join the Steelheads for their next home game with the Albany Patroons on Friday night at the Genesis Center and is very excited about the team's recent success (four wins in a row, including three straight over the division-leading Rockford).

"I'm very excited, to be joining a team with so much talent," said Levingston. "I'm feeling good about this team and looking forward to getting ready for the playoff stretch."



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