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Alfred "Butch" Beard Jr. (born May 5, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He was the starting point guard with the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors.

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Butch Beard

Personal information
Born	(1947-05-04) May 4, 1947 (age 75) Hardinsburg, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Breckinridge County (Harned, Kentucky)
College	Louisville (1966–1969)
NBA draft	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	1969–1979
Position	Guard
Number	14, 21, 9
Career history
As player:
1969–1970	Atlanta Hawks
1971–1972	Cleveland Cavaliers
1972–1973	Seattle SuperSonics
1973–1975	Golden State Warriors
1975	Cleveland Cavaliers
1975–1979	New York Knicks
As coach:
1990–1994	Howard
1994–1996	New Jersey Nets
2001–2006	Morgan State
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1975) NBA All-Star (1972) Third-team All-American – UPI (1969) 3× First-team All-MVC (1967–1969) Second-team Parade All-American (1965) Kentucky Mr. Basketball (1965)
Career statistics
Points	5,622 (9.3 ppg)
Rebounds	2,042 (3.4 rpg)
Assists	2,189 (3.6 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Career

Early years

Beard played high school basketball at Breckinridge County High School where, as a junior, he led the Bearcats to the 1964 state championship game losing to a Wes Unseld-led Louisville Seneca team. Beard and Unseld would later become roommates at the University of Louisville. In 1965, Beard led the Bearcats back to the title game, winning the state championship. Additionally, he was named the Kentucky Mr. Basketball.

Butch Beard played college basketball at the University of Louisville.

NBA

Beard was selected by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1969 ABA draft and by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 1969 NBA draft.[1] Beard played nine seasons (1969–1970; 1971–1979) with five teams: the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Golden State Warriors, and the New York Knicks. He scored 5,622 career points and represented Cleveland in the 1972 NBA All-Star Game. While with the Warriors he scored the last seven points of the team's 1975 NBA Championship win. Beard retired as an NBA player in 1979, last playing for the New York Knicks.

Coaching

Beard later served as head coach of the New Jersey Nets from 1994 to 1996. He was also color analyst for New York Knicks games on MSG Network during the 1980s. He was the head coach at Howard University from 1990 to 1994 and head coach at Morgan State University until he stepped down in March 2006.

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
†	Won an NBA championship	*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1969–70	Atlanta	72	-	13.1	.467	-	.828	1.9	1.7	-	-	7.0
1971–72	Cleveland	68	-	35.8	.464	-	.760	4.1	6.7	-	-	15.4
1972–73	Seattle	73	-	19.2	.439	-	.714	2.4	3.4	-	-	6.6
1973–74	Golden State	79	-	27.0	.512	-	.739	4.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	10.2
1974–75†	Golden State	82	-	30.7	.528	-	.832	3.9	4.2	1.6	0.1	12.8
1975–76	Cleveland	15	-	17.0	.389	-	.730	2.9	3.0	0.7	0.1	6.5
1975–76	New York	60	-	24.2	.475	-	.755	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.1	8.4
1976–77	New York	70	-	15.5	.505	-	.688	2.3	2.1	0.8	0.1	5.3
1977–78	New York	79	-	25.1	.502	-	.806	3.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	9.4
1978–79	New York	7	-	12.1	.423	-	.000	1.4	2.7	1.0	0.0	3.1
Career		605	-	23.6	.487	-	.771	3.4	3.6	1.3	0.1	9.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1969–70	Atlanta	9	-	16.2	.477	-	.731	2.9	0.9	-	-	9.0
1974–75†	Golden State	17*	-	26.4	.411	-	.642	4.2	3.1	1.4	0.1	9.1
1977–78	New York	6	-	26.7	.500	-	.600	3.5	4.5	1.7	0.3	9.0
Career		32	-	23.6	.444	-	.663	3.7	2.8	1.5	0.2	9.0

Bibliography

• Butch Beard's Basic Basketball: The Complete Player (M. Kesend, 1994), ISBN 978-0935576481[2]

References

External links

• Butch Beard career player stats at basketball-reference.com

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