Mike Farmer (basketball)

American basketball player and coach (born 1936)

Mike FarmerPersonal information

Born|  (1936-08-26) August 26, 1936 (age 88)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Listed height| 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight| 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school| Richmond (Richmond, California)
College| San Francisco (1955–1958)
NBA draft| 1958: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Drafted by| New York Knicks
Playing career| 1958–1966
Position| Small forward
Number| 8, 51, 12
Career history
As a player:
1958–1960| New York Knicks
1960–1961| Cincinnati Royals
1961–1962| San Francisco Saints
1962–1966| St. Louis Hawks
As a coach:
1966| Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights

* NCAA champion (1956)
* Consensus second-team All-American (1958)
* 2× WCC Player of the Year (1957, 1958)
* 2× First-team All-WCC (1957, 1958)
* No. 17 retired by San Francisco Dons

Career NBA statistics
Points| 2,816 (6.7 ppg)
Rebounds| 1,950 (4.6 rpg)
Assists| 550 (1.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Don Michael Farmer (born September 26, 1936) is an American former basketball player and coach. A 6'7" forward, he was selected with the third pick in the 1958 NBA draft by the New York Knicks after a college career at the University of San Francisco.

## Basketball career

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Farmer played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for a total of seven seasons with New York, the Cincinnati Royals, and the St. Louis Hawks. In 1966, he coached nine games for the Baltimore Bullets.[1]

## Career playing statistics

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Legend  GP  | Games played  |  GS | Games started  |  MPG | Minutes per game

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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
* | Led the league |

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Source[2]

#### Regular season

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Year  | Team  | GP  | MPG  | FG%  | FT%  | RPG  | APG  | PPG

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1958–59 | New York | 72* | 21.5 | .353 | .838 | 4.4 | .9 | 6.0
1959–60 | New York | 67 | 22.9 | .373 | .843 | 5.7 | .9 | 7.4
1960–61 | New York | 2 | 3.0 | .000 | - | 1.0 | .0 | .0
1960–61  | Cincinnati | 57 | 22.7 | .391 | .734 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 7.5
1962–63 | St. Louis | 80* | 21.6 | .425 | .842 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 7.4
1963–64 | St. Louis | 76 | 17.9 | .406 | .819 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 5.6
1964–65 | St. Louis | 60 | 21.2 | .409 | .798 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 6.8
1965–66 | St. Louis | 9 | 8.8 | .433 | .800 | 2.0 | .7 | 3.3
Career  | 423 | 20.8 | .393 | .814 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 6.7

#### Playoffs

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Year  | Team  | GP  | MPG  | FG%  | FT%  | RPG  | APG  | PPG

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1959 | New York | 2 | 17.0 | .294 | .400 | 5.0 | .0 | 6.0
1963 | St. Louis | 11 | 23.8 | .365 | .765 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 6.1
1964 | St. Louis | 11 | 10.8 | .559 | .800 | 1.5 | .8 | 4.2
1965 | St. Louis | 1 | 7.0 | .500 | - | 1.0 | .0 | 4.0
Career  | 25 | 16.9 | .411 | .719 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 5.2

## Head coaching record

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Legend  Regular season  | G  | Games coached  | W  | Games won  | L  | Games lost  | W–L %  | Win–loss %

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Playoffs  | PG  | Playoff games  | PW  | Playoff wins  | PL  | Playoff losses  | PW–L %  | Playoff win–loss %

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Team  | Year  | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish  | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result

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Baltimore | 1966–67 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 | (fired) | — | — | — | —

## References

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1. ^ Marcus, Jeff (April 28, 2003). A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461726531 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "Mike Farmer NBA playing stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

## External links

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* BasketballReference.com: Mike Farmer (as player)
* BasketballReference.com: Mike Farmer (as coach)

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San Francisco Dons men's basketball 1955–56 NCAA champions

* 4 K.C. Jones
* 6 Bill Russell
* 15 Gene Brown
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1958 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team|

* Elgin Baylor
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Second Team|

* Pete Brennan
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West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

* 1953: Sears
* 1954: None selected
* 1955: Sears
* 1956: Russell
* 1957: Farmer
* 1958: Farmer & Wright
* 1959: Doss & Wright
* 1960: Grote
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* 1962: Dinnel & Gray
* 1963: Gray
* 1964: Johnson
* 1965: Johnson
* 1966: Swagerty
* 1967: Swagerty
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* 1978: Cartwright
* 1979: Cartwright
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* 1982: Dailey
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* 1986: Polee
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* 1988: Middlebrooks
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* 1999: Schraeder
* 2000: K. Jones
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* 2004: Stepp
* 2005: Turiaf
* 2006: Morrison
* 2007: Denison & Raivio
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* 2015: Pangos
* 2016: Collinsworth
* 2017: Williams-Goss
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* 2021: Kispert
* 2022: Timme
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1958 NBA draft

Territorial pick|

* Guy Rodgers

First round|

* Elgin Baylor
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* Dave Gambee
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Second round|

* Steve Hamilton
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