Don Nelson Basketball H O F - June 4th, 2025 Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 years before he was surpassed by Gregg Popovich in 2022).
Elected into the Basketball HOF in 2012
As a player:
1962-1963 Chicago Zephyrs
1963-1965 Los Angeles Lakers
1965-1976 Boston Celtics
As a coach:
1976 Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
1976-1988 Milwaukee Bucks
1988-1995 Golden State Warriors
1995-1996 New York Knicks
1997-2005 Dallas Mavericks
2006-2010 Golden State Warriors
As player:
5× NBA champion (1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)
No. 19 retired by Boston Celtics
Third-team All-American - AP, NABC, UPI (1962)
As coach:
3× NBA Coach of the Year (1983, 1985, 1992)
2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1992, 2002)
Sent him 2 cards on 4 Feb and got one back signed and a photo (he sent) signed on 4 Jun.
Mr Don Nelson
PO Box 1503
Kihei, HI 96753
Don Nelson RTS - December 23rd, 2021 Sent LOR SASE and photo of the legendary NBA Celtics Don Nelson, about 14 days ago from 8 Dec and received back RTS on 22 Dec.
His original address was:
Don Nelson Management, LLC
PO BOX 792016,
Paia, HI 96779
Anyone know his new address?
NBA Head Coach Don Nelson Success - April 16th, 2016 Sent a LOR, SASE, and TC to :
Mr. Don Nelson
P.O. Box 792016
Paia, HI 96779
Sent : 3/31/16
Received : 4/15/16
He signed the bottom of the card on the front (that kind of covered up his name) but he also signed the back of the card too!!!
http://surfmypictures.com/image/15e67abbe6be1437/3qd8r.htmlhttp://surfmypictures.com/image/15e67abbe6be1437/h4qn7.html
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RTS on 22 Dec.
His original address was:
Don Nelson Management, LLC
PO BOX 792016,
Paia, HI 96779
Anyone know his new address?
