In 1981, owner Jerry Buss held a confusing press conference in which he sought to explain he was splitting the coaching role between West and then-assistant Pat Riley. West wasn’t having it.

Pat Riley coaches an uptempo ... "Beyond his basketball accolades as a basketball player and NBA executive, Jerry West was a great man, a leader of men, fiercely loved his family and friends ...

but there wasn't a better clutch player in the history of the NBA than Jerry West," says Pat Riley on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Season after season, the Boston Celtics won the ...

Sometimes we get led astray by different things, and Jerry West was able to see that in me. He caught it early before my issues became even bigger—before I couldn’t handle them.” ...

West Virginia celebrated the life of NBA great Jerry West, the school's all-time ... including past clips from Pat Riley, Magic Johnson and former West Virginia stars Rod Thorn, Willie Akers ...

West Virginia Director of Athletics Wren Baker announced that Jerry West's No. 44 jersey will be retired in all sports at the university. “Through his generosity, advice, time, and overall ...

Chuck Howley did it for the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V in 1971. Jerry West did it for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1969 NBA Finals. Both are West Virginia University legends. I met Howley ...