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John Givens (May 12, 1926 – December 8, 2009)[1] was a basketball player and coach. Givens, a native of McHenry in Ohio County, Kentucky,[2] played college basketball at Western Kentucky University for coach E.A. Diddle. He was drafted by the NBA's Rochester Royals in the sixth round of the 1950 draft.[3] Givens was a starting guard on the 1950-51 Sheboygan Red Skins of the National Professional Basketball League. The Red Skins finished with the league's best record at 29-16, after which the league dissolved. Givens was one of the league's most electric performers and finished seventh in NPBL scoring with 569 points in 44 games, a 12.9 per-game average. Givens became the first head coach of the Kentucky Colonels during the American Basketball Association's first season in 1967-1968. Givens also became the first coach in the history of the ABA to be fired, after a 5-12 start. He was replaced as head coach of the Colonels by Gene Rhodes.[4] Givens later coached at Thomas Jefferson High School and Fern Creek High School, both in Jefferson County, Kentucky, before he retired.[2] Givens died on December 8, 2009 at his home in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] He was survived by his widow, Eldora. References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=JRBtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches] 2. ^1 2 [https://archive.is/20130120071052/http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091209/SPORTS/912090402/Johnny+Givens++first+Colonels+coach++dies+at+83 Burba, Paula, 'Johnny Givens, first Colonels coach, dies at 83: Givens coached at many levels', Louisville Courier-Journal, December 9, 2009] 3. ^[https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1950.html 1950 NBA Draft - Basketball-Reference.com] 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/KentuckyMaterial/ColonelsYearly.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-03-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618063555/http://remembertheaba.com/KentuckyMaterial/ColonelsYearly.html |archivedate=2007-06-18 |df= }} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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