NBA: Ranking every active head coach by playing career
By Corey Rausch
Every NBA head coach ranked by playing career: 20. Stephen Silas
Stephen Silas did not get to this point in his life based on the name of his famous father, Paul Silas. The younger Silas put in plenty of work and played four seasons in college at Brown. While he was never a star on the court, getting to the Division I level is enough to get you out of the bottom 10 of this list. He then got on the grind, making himself into a viable coaching candidate for the day that he would ultimately take the same steps that his father did.
After college, Silas took over as the assistant executive director for the National Basketball Retired Players Association before ultimately getting into coaching. Over the last 20 seasons, he has been an assistant coach with the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Washington Wizards, the Golden State Warriors, the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets again and the Dallas Mavericks.
He has put in the work, which endears him far more to players than any amount of college playing success could have. This season with the Houston Rockets should not bring that down in any way. Maybe next year he will have a real roster to work with. Fingers crossed.