Paul Mokeski
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Paul Keen Mokeski is a retired American basketball
Basketball
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 player and the head coach of the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League. At 7-foot, his position was center
Center (basketball)
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. He was a college basketball
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 player out of Crespi Carmelite High School
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 and the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
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, most noted for his tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks
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.

Mokeski was an assistant coach with the Fort Worth Flyers
Fort Worth Flyers
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 of the NBA D-League
NBA Development League
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. In June 2007, he was hired by the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats
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 as an assistant coach under Sam Vincent
Sam Vincent (basketball)
James Samuel "Sam" Vincent is a retired American professional basketball player and the former head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. In 2008 Sam was named the head coach of the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Developmental league.Vincent won the State of Michigan "Mr. Basketball" award in 1981, the...

. He was let go at the end of the 2007-08 season, when Vincent was fired.

He was later an assistant coach with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are a 2007-08 expansion team in the NBA Development League. They play their home games at the State Farm Arena, in Hidalgo, Texas....

 of the NBA D-League. In September 2011, he became the head coach of the Reno Bighorns.

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