John Beilein

John Patrick Beilein ( BEE-lyne; born February 5, 1953) is an American basketball coach, currently a senior coaching consultant for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously the senior advisor of player development for the Detroit Pistons (2021–2023) and the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers (2019–2020). Prior to the NBA, he was an NCAA Division I head coach at the University of Michigan (2007–2019), West Virginia University (2002–2007), University of Richmond (1997–2002), and Canisius University (1992–1997). As well as at Le Moyne College (1983–1992), Nazareth College (1982–1983), and Erie Community College (1978–1982). Beilein won 754 career games in the NCAA and 829 college games altogether, including the NJCAA. Beilein's overall career wins, including college and NBA, is 843 games. Beilein was the only active collegiate coach to have achieved 20-win seasons at four different levels: NJCAA, NCAA Division III, NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division I. At the time, Beilein was one of only six active Division I coaches with 700 or more career wins at all levels. He has been recognized as conference coach of the year five times: in 1981 at Erie Community College, in 1988 at LeMoyne, in 1994 at Canisius, in 1998 at Richmond, and in 2014 at Michigan. In addition, Beilein was the seventh of only 10 coaches to have taken four different schools to the NCAA Division I tournament. He is known for his attention to details, focus on fundamentals, and knack for developing under-the-radar players. Beilein is also widely respected in collegiate sports as one of the cleanest and most rule-abiding coaches. In a poll conducted by CBS in 2017, Beilein was voted the cleanest coach in college basketball, gathering 26.6% of the votes vs. the next highest candidate's 10.5%. Beilein's first Division I head coaching position...