Longtime NBA coach Bill Fitch, who spent three of his 25 seasons as an NBA coach with the Brooklyn Nets‘ predecessors in New Jersey, was named Friday as one of 13 finalists for the 2019 induction class for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Fitch, 84, coached the New Jersey Nets from 1989-92, taking over a rebuilding team and leading it to an 83-163 record and a playoff berth in his final season at the helm.
He was one of four coaches named to the list of finalists, which also included eight players and a referee, per NBA.