Bob Hopkins
Robert M. Hopkins was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at Grambling State University, where he scored 3,759 points, and then played in the National Basketball Association for four seasons with the Syracuse Nationals. He later served on Bill Russell's coaching staff with the Seattle SuperSonics and replaced Russell, his cousin, after the 1976-77 season. Hopkins posted a 5–17 record during the 1977-78 season before being fired; he was replaced by Lenny Wilkens, who led the Sonics to the NBA Finals that season and the following, winning the NBA championship in 1979. He died of heart and kidney failure on May 15, 2015.
