Background
Born in the Astoria neighborhood of the New York City borough Queens, Michael Malone is the son of Brendan Malone, a former National Basketball Association head coach.
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Education
He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1990. He then graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 1994 with a degree in history and played four years on the Loyola Greyhounds men"s basketball team
Career
He appeared in 107 games and started 39 of them as a point guard. During his four seasons with the Greyhounds, Malone totaled 370 points, 279 assists and 79 steals in 18.5 minutes per game. After graduating from Loyola, Malone began his coaching career in 1994 at Oakland University as an assistant coach for Golden Grizzlies men"s basketball under coach Greg Kampe.
Malone was about to start training to join the Michigan State Police before getting a job offer from Providence College coach Pete Gillen.
Malone was an assistant coach for Providence Friars men"s basketball from 1995 to 1998. In the 1998-1999 season, Malone was director of men"s basketball administration at the University of Virginia.
The Knicks promoted Malone to assistant coach in 2003. Malone later served as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2005–2010.
With Cleveland, Malone helped coach the Cavaliers to five consecutive playoff appearances, including the 2007 National Basketball Association Finals, and a franchise-record, league-best 66-16 season in the 2008-2009 season.
Malone was an assistant coach with the New Orleans Hornets in the 2010-2011 season. Allowing a league-best 8.7 fewer points per game than last season, the Hornets had the most improved defense of the season with Malone as assistant and made the 2011 Playoffs. The Golden State Warriors hired Malone in the summer of 2011 as an assistant coach under Mark Jackson.
In the 2012-2013 season, the Warriors improved from a 23-43 record to finish 47-35 and earn the team"s first playoff berth since 2007.
Malone was reportedly the highest-paid National Basketball Association assistant coach in the 2011-2012 season. In 2012, Malone was named the best assistant coach in the National Basketball Association by National Basketball Association General Managers.
On June 3, 2013, Malone was hired by majority owner Vivek Ranadive as the new head coach of the Sacramento Kings. On June 15, 2015, he was named the new head coach of the Denver Nuggets.
Achievements
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As the sixth seed in the 2013 National Basketball Association Playoffs, the Warriors upset the third-seed Denver Nuggets in the first round and lost to the eventual Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs in six games the next round. On December 15, 2014, he was fired by the Kings after starting the 2014-2015 season with an 11–13 win/loss record.
