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Paul Mokeski
Personal information
Born	January 3, 1957 (age 67); Spokane, Washington
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school	Crespi Carmelite (Encino, California)
College	Kansas (1975–1979)
NBA draft	1979: 2nd round, 42nd overall pick
	Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career	1979–1993
Position	Center
Number	54, 53, 44, 45
Coaching career	1994–2018
Career history
As player:
1979–1980	Houston Rockets
1980–1982	Detroit Pistons
1982	Cleveland Cavaliers
1983–1989	Milwaukee Bucks
1989–1990	Cleveland Cavaliers
1991	Golden State Warriors
1992–1993	Quad City Thunder
As coach:
1994–1995	Hartford Hellcats
1996	Connecticut Skyhawks
2003–2004	Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
2007–2009	Charlotte Bobcats (assistant)
2009–2011	Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant)
2011–2013	Reno Bighorns
2013–2014	Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant)
2014–2015	Brampton A's (assistant)
2016–2017	Moncton Miracles
2017–2018	Nevada Desert Dogs
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,764 (4.0 ppg)
Rebounds	2,342 (3.4 rpg)
Assists	500 (0.7 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Paul Mokeski (born January 3, 1957) is an American former basketball player and coach. Standing 7 ft 0 in, he played the center position.^[1] He played for five NBA teams, including six seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Mokeski's last coaching position was as head coach of the Nevada Desert Dogs in North American Premier Basketball in 2018.

Early career

Mokeski played at Crespi Carmelite High School in Los Angeles, California. He went on to play two seasons at the University of Kansas, where he accumulated 680 rebounds, placing him 15th in school history.^[2]

Professional career

On the Bucks, Mokeski played a role as a key bench player on several deep playoff runs. During the 1984 NBA Playoffs, he averaged career postseason bests of 6.1 points and 5.5 rebounds in only 20 minutes a game.^[5]^[6] On March 28, 1985, Mokeski scored a career high 21 points, along with grabbing 7 rebounds, in a 121–116 win over the New York Knicks.^[7]

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

NBA

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1979–80	Houston	12	-	9.4	.333	.000	.778	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	2.4
1980–81	Detroit	80	-	22.7	.489	.000	.600	5.2	1.7	0.5	0.9	7.1
1981–82	Detroit	39	3	13.4	.441	.000	.758	3.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	3.2
1981–82	Cleveland	28	1	12.3	.427	.000	.767	3.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	3.3
1982–83	Cleveland	23	18	23.4	.455	.000	.615	6.0	1.1	0.5	1.0	5.5
1982–83	Milwaukee	50	1	11.8	.460	.000	.810	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	3.2
1983–84	Milwaukee	68	4	12.3	.479	.333	.694	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	3.8
1984–85	Milwaukee	79	6	20.1	.478	.000	.698	5.2	1.3	0.4	0.4	6.2
1985–86	Milwaukee	45	0	11.6	.424	.000	.735	3.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	3.2
1986–87	Milwaukee	62	3	10.1	.403	.000	.719	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	2.4
1987–88	Milwaukee	60	0	14.1	.476	.000	.708	3.7	0.4	0.5	0.5	4.2
1988–89	Milwaukee	74	0	9.3	.360	.269	.784	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	2.2
1989–90	Cleveland	38	1	11.8	.420	.000	.694	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	4.0
1990–91	Golden State	36	1	7.1	.356	.333	.800	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.6
Career		694	38	14.0	.451	.216	.694	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.4	4.0

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1982–83	Milwaukee	4	-	3.0	.500	.000	.000	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0
1983–84	Milwaukee	16	-	20.1	.540	.000	.667	5.5	0.4	0.6	0.7	6.1
1984–85	Milwaukee	8	0	19.3	.444	.000	1.000	4.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	5.5
1985–86	Milwaukee	14	0	7.2	.519	.000	.667	1.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	2.4
1986–87	Milwaukee	12	0	8.9	.364	.000	.800	2.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.3
1987–88	Milwaukee	4	0	10.0	.357	.000	.667	2.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	3.5
1988–89	Milwaukee	5	0	12.2	.571	1.000	.750	3.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	4.6
1989–90	Cleveland	3	0	3.3	.500	.000	1.000	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3
1990–91	Golden State	3	0	2.7	1.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7
Career		69	0	11.8	.486	.250	.742	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	3.6

College


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1975–76	Kansas	18	-	26.3	.482	-	.730	6.4	-	-	-	10.6
1976–77	Kansas	14	-	17.9	.396	-	.625	6.1	-	-	-	6.1
1977–78	Kansas	28	-	23.3	.518	-	.574	8.5	-	-	-	9.3
1978–79	Kansas	29	-	33.6	.498	-	.725	8.3	-	-	-	14.1
Career		89	-	26.4	.488	-	.683	7.6	-	-	-	10.6

Coaching career

Mokeski was an assistant coach with the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA D-League.^[8] In June 2007, he was hired by the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats as an assistant coach under Sam Vincent.^[8] He was let go at the end of the 2007–08 season, when Vincent was fired.^{[citation needed]}

Mokeski was later hired as an assistant coach with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D-League.^[9] In September 2011, he became the head coach of the Reno Bighorns.^[10] In March 2013, he was relieved of his head coaching duties.^[11] He returned to the Vipers for one season before heading north to coach in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada). In 2016, he was hired as the head coach of the Moncton Miracles, a team that was then being operated by the league. In 2017, the Miracles folded to make way for a new NBL Canada team called the Moncton Magic. NBL Canada commissioner, David Magley, then left the league to become president of a new league called North American Premier Basketball and announced that Mokeski would be one of the inaugural coaches when the league launched in 2018.^[12]