Education
Franklin K. Lane High School.
Franklin K. Lane High School.
Worthen was an All-American point guard at Marquette University from 1978-1980 under coach Hank Raymonds. He led the Warriors in assists during his junior year and scoring and assists in his senior year. In 1980, he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the National Basketball Association Draft and played in the National Basketball Association for two seasons.
Worthen was with the Bulls in 1980-1981 and the Utah Jazz in 1981-1982.
In late 2008, Worthen was the coach of the Generals, playing the bad guy role during the games. He ran such skits as using a "remote controlled" ball that the Globetrotters couldn"t control, putting a piece of hard plastic on top the Globetrotters rim so they couldn"t score and simply adding 30 or so points to the Generals" score by manipulating the scoreboard.
At the end of games, he would lose a bet and was forced to wear a pink tutu and a tiara, and carry a shiny magic wand off the court. Worthen started coaching in 1985 as a player/coach of the United States Basketball League"s Springfield Fame guiding them to the league title.
He has been the head coach of the Albany Patroons (College of Business Administration), Miami Tropics (USBL.
1987 Champions), New York Whitecaps (USBL), Harrisburg Hammerheads (College of Business Administration), Fort Wayne Fury (College of Business Administration), Long Island Surf (USBL), Brooklyn Kings (USBL), and Baltimore Bayrunners (IBL). Sam also was player coach of the Harlem Wizards show team for 15 years
Worthen also has worked with the Iona College men"s basketball program He also was the assistant coach of the Fayetteville Patriots of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL).