Philosophy Jackson Ford Junior. is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association.
Education
University of at Chapel Hill
He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1974. In 1978, Ford finished his career at Carolina as the number 1 all-time leading scorer in history with 2,290 points. He also finished his career as the only player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to score over 2,000 points and register at least 600 assists (a record now shared with Travis Best of Georgia Technical and Greivis Vasquez of Maryland).
Career
Ford played four years of basketball at the University of at Chapel Hill. While a senior, he averaged 20.8 points a game during that 1977-1978 season. Ford was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in May 1991.
On December 18, 2008, Tyler Hansbrough surpassed Ford"s total making Philosophy the number 2 scorer in Carolina history.
In 2002 Ford was named to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination 50th Anniversary men"s basketball team honoring the fifty best players in Administrative Committee on Company-ordination history. In 482 National Basketball Association games, Ford scored 5,594 points, an 11.6 average, and had 3,083 assists, an average of 6.4 per game.
He retired from the National Basketball Association in 1985. In 1988 he returned to as an assistant coach, and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1993 national title.
After Smith retired in 1997, Ford became the top assistant to his successor, Bill Guthridge.
Ford left the school in 1999-2000 along with the rest of Guthridge"s staff when Matt Doherty took over as head coach with his own coaching staff Ford currently works for the Educational Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the University of athletic department. He also briefly served as color commentator on University of North Carolina basketball broadcasts.
After a brief stint as an assistant coach to Isiah Thomas for the New York Knicks, Ford was retained in the same position by the Charlotte Bobcats" new head coach Larry Brown in June 2008.