{{short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{for|his father|Matt Guokas Sr.}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Matt Guokas | image = Matt Guokas and Wilt Chamberlain.jpg | width = | caption = Guokas defending against Wilt Chamberlain, 1971 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|2|25}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 175 | high_school = St. Joseph's Prep<br />(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | college = Saint Joseph's (1964–1966) | draft_year = 1966 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 9 | draft_team = Philadelphia 76ers | career_start = 1966 | career_end = 1976 | career_position = Shooting guard / small forward | career_number = 14, 24, 11, 4, 10 | years1 = {{nbay|1966|start}}–{{nbay|1970|start}} | team1 = Philadelphia 76ers | years2 = {{nbay|1970|full=y}} | team2 = Chicago Bulls | years3 = {{nbay|1971|start}}–{{nbay|1973|start}} | team3 = Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha Kings | years4 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}} | team4 = Houston Rockets | years5 = {{nbay|1973|end}} | team5 = Buffalo Braves | years6 = {{nbay|1974|start}}–{{nbay|1975|start}} | team6 = Chicago Bulls | years7 = {{nbay|1975|full=y}} | team7 = Kansas City Kings | cyears1 = {{nbay|1982|start}}–{{nbay|1984|end}} | cteam1 = Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) | cyears2 = {{nbay|1985|start}}–{{nbay|1987|end}} | cteam2 = Philadelphia 76ers | cyears3 = {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}} | cteam3 = Orlando Magic | highlights = '''As player:''' * NBA champion (1967) * Consensus second-team All-American (1966) '''As assistant coach:''' * NBA champion (1983) | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 4,285 (5.8 ppg) | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 1,446 (2.0 rpg) | stat3label = Assists | stat3value = 2,174 (3.0 apg) | bbr = guokama02 }} '''Matthew George Guokas Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|uː|k|ə|s}} {{respell|GOO|kəs}};<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Scouting Reports |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/12/06/scouting-reports |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=January 13, 2023 |date=December 6, 1965}}</ref> born February 25, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. His father, Matt Sr. and uncle, Al, also played in the NBA.
Guokas and his father, Matt Sr., were the first father-son duo to both win NBA championships as players; this feat has since been repeated by the Barrys (Rick and Brent), the Waltons (Bill and Luke), the Thompsons (Mychal and Klay), and the Paytons (Gary Payton and Gary Payton II).
==Biography==
===Playing career=== Guokas played college basketball for hometown Saint Joseph's University, where he set many school records in assists and steals.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} He was an All-American as a junior in 1966, and graduated in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bio: Matt Guokas, Jr.|url=http://www.sjuhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31200&ATCLID=208734342|publisher=St. Joseph's University|access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> After SJU, Guokas was selected in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers team and played for the team featuring Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Chet Walker and Billy Cunningham that ended the eight-year championship streak of the Boston Celtics. He also played with the Buffalo Braves, Chicago Bulls, Cincinnati Royals, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City Kings, all of the NBA. In the 1972–73 season, Guokas finished second (to Chamberlain) in the NBA in field goal percentage with a .570 clip during that season.
===Coaching and broadcasting=== Guokas later returned to the Sixers as an assistant coach under Billy Cunningham, and was named head coach when Cunningham retired in 1985. He led the Sixers to two second-place finishes, but was fired after a slow start to the 1987–88 season.
After a year away from the game, he served as the first coach of the Orlando Magic, steering the team through its first four years, the last of which saw the Magic come within one game of making the playoffs in Shaquille O'Neal's rookie year. He compiled a combined 230–305 career record in parts of seven seasons.
He formerly worked as a TV color commentator and sports analyst for the Magic on ''Fox Sports Florida'' and ''Sun Sports'' cable channels, teaming with veteran NBA and college sportscaster David Steele. He called the Magic's games from 2004 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunlap |first1=Evan |title=Whom should Magic hire to replace Matt Guokas as television color analyst? |url=https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2013/5/29/4375180/orlando-magic-replace-matt-guokas-contract-broadcaster-nba-richie-adubato-tony-battie |website=Orlando Pinstriped Post |access-date=November 10, 2023 |date=May 29, 2013}}</ref> He also served as a color commentator for ''NBA on NBC'' broadcasts during the 1990s and was a color commentator for the Cleveland Cavaliers for ''Fox Sports Ohio'' cable channel for a number of years in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
==Career playing statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
===NBA=== Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/guokama02.html|title=Matt Guokas NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=18 May 2024}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! GS ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! SPG ! BPG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| {{Nbay|1966}}† | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 69 || || 11.7 || .389 || .605 || 1.2 || 1.5 || || || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1967}} | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | '''82''' || || 19.7 || .483 || .776 || 2.3 || 2.3 || || || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1968}} | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 72 || || 11.6 || .426 || .667 || 1.3 || 1.4 || || || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1969}} | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 80 || || 19.5 || .454 || .711 || 2.7 || 2.8 || || || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{Nbay|1970}} | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 1 || 0 || 5.0 || – || – || 1.0 || .0 || || || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1970|nolink=y}} | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 78 || '''35''' || 28.3 || .493 || .732 || 2.0 || 4.4 || || || 6.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1971}} | style="text-align:left;"|Cincinnati | 61 || || 32.4 || .496 || .771 || 2.3 || '''5.3''' || || || 7.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1972}} | style="text-align:left;"|Kansas City–Omaha | 79 || || '''36.0''' || '''.570''' || '''.822''' || '''3.1''' || 5.1 || || || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1973}} | style="text-align:left;"|Kansas City–Omaha | 9 || || 35.0 || .494 || .667 || 2.3 || 4.0 || '''.9''' || .1 || '''10.0''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1973|nolink=y}} | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 39 || || 25.8 || .458 || .750 || 1.5 || 3.4 || .7 || '''.4''' || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1973|nolink=y}} | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 27 || || 20.3 || .555 || .500 || 1.5 || 2.6 || .7 || .2 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1974}} | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | '''82''' || 12 || 25.5 || .510 || .757 || 1.7 || 2.2 || .5 || .2 || 7.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1975}} | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 18 || 0 || 15.4 || .486 || .818 || .9 || 1.6 || .3 || .1 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1975|nolink=y}} | style="text-align:left;"|Kansas City | 38 || || 13.6 || .374 || .563 || 1.2 || 1.1 || .3 || .1 || 2.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 735 || 47 || 22.6 || .489 || .727 || 2.0 || 3.0 || .5 || .2 || 5.8 {{S-end}}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! SPG ! BPG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1967† | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | style="background:#cfecec;"| '''15'''* || 16.8 || .406 || .765 || 2.0 || 1.5 || || || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1968 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 13 || '''25.2''' || .380 || .741 || '''3.3''' || '''2.3''' || || || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1969 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 5 || 20.0 || .407 || .800 || 2.4 || 1.6 || || || 5.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1970 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 2 || 11.5 || '''.750''' || '''1.000''' || 1.5 || .5 || || || '''6.5''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|1971 | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 6 || 13.8 || .571 || .800 || 1.3 || 2.0 || || || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1974 | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 6 || 14.2 || .533 || .750 || 1.3 || 2.2 || .0 || '''.2''' || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1975 | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 13 || 15.5 || .343 || .875 || 1.1 || .8 || '''.5''' || .1 || 2.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 60 || 17.9 || .417 || .776 || 2.0 || 1.6 || .4 || .1 || 4.2 {{s-end}}
==Head coaching record== {{NBA coach statistics legend}} {{NBA coach statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1985}} | 82||54||28||{{winpct|54|28}}|| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Atlantic||12||6||6||{{winpct|6|6}} | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1986}} | 82||45||37||{{winpct|45|37}}|| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Atlantic||5||2||3||{{winpct|2|3}} | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1987}} | 43||20||23||{{winpct|20|23}}|| style="text-align:center;"|(fired)||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:left;"|Orlando | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}} | 82||18||64||{{winpct|18|64}}|| style="text-align:center;"|7th in Central||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Orlando | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}} | 82||31||51||{{winpct|31|51}}|| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Orlando | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}} | 82||21||61||{{winpct|21|61}}|| style="text-align:center;"|7th in Atlantic||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Orlando | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}} | 82||41||41||{{winpct|41|41}}|| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Atlantic||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 535||230||305||{{winpct|230|305}}|| ||17||8||9||{{winpct|8|9}}|| {{s-end}}
==Personal life== Guokas's father (Matt Sr.), uncle (Al), and son (Matt III) all played for Saint Joseph's University.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McKinney |first1=Jack |last2=Gordon |first2=Robert |title=Jack McKinney's Tales from Saint Joseph's Hardwood: The Hawk Will Never Die |date=2005 |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |isbn=9781582619293 |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-88CdENk6oC&pg=PA85 |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Joseph's men's basketball 2018–19 media guide |url=http://www.sjuhawks.com//attachments1/files/31200/639393.pdf#page=91 |website=sjuhawks.com |access-date=November 24, 2018 |page=91}}</ref>
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