Education
McKinley Technology High School.
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McKinley Technology High School.
He played professional basketball for six years. Littles played college basketball at High Point University where he was the all-time leading scorer in High school history, and a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American. Afterward Littles was selected in the 5th round of the 1969 National Basketball Association Draft by the New York Knicks and in the 1969 American Bar Association Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals.
Littles opted to play in the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association).
Littles played for five seasons with the Carolina Cougars (1969-1974). He was named to the All-Rookie Team in 1970.
He then played for one season (1974-1975) with the Kentucky Colonels. After his playing career, Littles got into coaching, and became an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association).
Littles then served as the Head Basketball Coach at North Carolina A&T from 1977-1979.
Littles led the team to two stright MEAC Tournament Championships. He got his first taste of National Basketball Association head coaching when George Karl was dismissed at the end of the 1985-1986 season. The Cavaliers next year hired Lenny Wilkens, however.
In 1990, Littles got a second National Basketball Association head coaching job, with the Charlotte Hornets — replacing Dick Harter.
He lasted as season and a half with the recent-expansion Hornets, until he was replaced with Allan Bristow at the end of the 1990-1991 season. Littles later became an assistant with the Denver Nuggets, and served as an interim coach during the 1994-1995 season, in between Dan Issel and Bernie Bickerstaff.