Byron Scott

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Byron Scott was named head coach of the New Orleans Hornets on May 28, 2004. As the seventh coach in franchise history, Scott will use the experience of two trips to the NBA Finals as head coach of the New Jersey Nets and three NBA titles as a player with the Los Angeles Lakers to help the Hornets become a championship-caliber team.

Scott comes to the Hornets after three-and-a-half seasons in New Jersey, during which time he compiled a 149-139 (.517) record and took the Nets from the bottom of the Eastern Conference (only three teams were worse the season before he arrived) to one of the NBA’s elite teams.

He played collegiately at Arizona State, where he finished his career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,752 points. Scott was named First Team All-Pac 10 as a senior after averaging 21.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists. More