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Before you go, please put yourself on the email list so we can keep in touch with you. Best wishes, Larry Bird Like the state he hailed from, Indiana, the name Larry Bird is virtually synonymous with the game of basketball. Larry attended Springs Valley High School in French Lick, where he starred on the basketball team, becoming the school's all-time leading scorer by the time he graduated in 1974. Larry's performance in high school earned him an athletic scholarship to the University of Indiana, where he was to play under the legendary coach, Bob Knight. The 1980-81 season saw the Celtics overcome Julius "Dr. Larry Bird. Due to chronic back problems, he retired as a player in 1992. He was a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team[1] in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[2] in 1998 (and was inducted again 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team").
He served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers, holding the position until retiring in 2012.[3] After a year away from the position, he announced he would return to the Pacers as president of basketball operations in 2013.[4] In addition to being part of the 50–40–90 Club, he is the only person in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.[5] Early life College career College statistics Cited from Basketball Reference.[15]