Mike Farmer (basketball)

Mike Farmer
Personal information
Born	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
	Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1958–1966
Position	Small forward
Number	8, 51, 12
Career history
As player:
1958–1960	New York Knicks
1960–1961	Cincinnati Royals
1961–1962	San Francisco Saints
1962–1966	St. Louis Hawks
As coach:
1966	Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
	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 retired 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

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

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
*	Led the league

NBA

Source^[2]

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
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

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
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

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

NBA


Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Baltimore	1966–67	9	1	8	.111	(fired)	—	—	—	—

References

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

External links

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[1] Marcus, Jeff (April 28, 2003). A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461726531 – via Google Books.

[bbr-2] "Mike Farmer NBA playing stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

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