Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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BASKETBALL STAFF<br />
Dennis Lindsey<br />
Vice President of Basketball Operations/Player Personnel<br />
Dennis Lindsey begins his eighth season with the <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Rockets</strong> and<br />
his second as Vice President of Basketball Operations/Player Personnel.<br />
In his current position, Lindsey coordinates the scouting of amateur and<br />
professional talent.<br />
Along with <strong>Rockets</strong> General Manager Carroll Dawson, Lindsey evaluates<br />
draft prospects, free agents and potential trades. In addition, he assists<br />
in salary cap matters and heads the statistical evaluation program for<br />
professional and amateur talent.<br />
Before his promotion to Vice President, Lindsey spent three seasons as Director of Player Personnel.<br />
During the 1998-99 season, Lindsey served as the <strong>Rockets</strong> Director of Basketball Development. Lindsey<br />
joined the <strong>Rockets</strong> before the 1996-97 season as personnel video coordinator/scout, a position he held<br />
for two years.<br />
Prior to coming to the <strong>Rockets</strong>, Lindsey was the assistant basketball coach and recruiting coordinator<br />
at Pensacola Junior College for two years. During his time in Florida, Pensacola was nationally ranked<br />
during both seasons. Before venturing to Pensacola, Lindsey was the assistant head coach at Fort Worth<br />
Southwest High School.<br />
A starter at Baylor University, Lindsey aided in the Bears advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 1988<br />
and the NIT Tournament in 1990. After graduating from Baylor with a bachelor's degree in education<br />
in 1992, Lindsey received his master's in sports management in 1994 from the United States Sports<br />
Academy. As a high school player in 1987, Lindsey took the <strong>Houston</strong> Select BCI Team to the national<br />
championship.<br />
Born in Freeport, Texas, Lindsey and his wife, Becky, reside in Missouri City with their two sons, Jacob<br />
and Matthew, and daughter, Meredith. Becky’s father is F.A. Dry, the former head football coach at<br />
Tulsa and Texas Christian, as well as an assistant with the <strong>Houston</strong> Oilers. He was on the sidelines<br />
for the first college and professional football games played in the Astrodome.<br />
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MANAGEMENT
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