Daniel Lewis Majerle (; born September 9, 1965), also known by the nickname "Thunder Dan", is an American former professional

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player and former coach of the

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. He played 14 years in the

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(NBA) with the

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, and

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. He won a bronze medal with the U.S. national team at the

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, and a gold medal at the

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Early years

Born and raised in

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, Majerle starred for Traverse City High School (now Central) and

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in Mount Pleasant, where he played for four years with averages of 21.8 points and 8.9 rebounds a game. In 1987, he helped lead the Chippewas to the NCAA Tournament. He held the school season record for points until Marcus Keene broke the mark in the 2016–17 season. Majerle's great-grandfather Frank Majerle Sr. emigrated to the United States in 1901 at age 20 from what is now

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but was then part of

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. Frank Sr. settled in Haring, Michigan, and married American-born Anna Suhorepec (anglicized to Suhropetz) whose parents were also from

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, more specifically Slovenia.

NBA career

Phoenix Suns (1988–1995)

The Suns selected Majerle with the 14th pick of the

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, which the Suns acquired (along with Kevin Johnson) in a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers for

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. During the draft, he was promptly booed when his name was announced over the public address system. Suns coach Cotton Fitzsimmons publicly chastised the Suns fans and told them "you'll be sorry you ever booed this young man". In his rookie season Majerle played in 54 games and started in 5, averaging 8.6 points as a bench player. The Suns won 55 games and made the playoffs, and Majerle increased his scoring average to 14.3 points a game as Phoenix advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals before losing to the defending champion

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. The young Majerle continued to be used as a backup for the next two seasons and became popular for his impressive jumping ability and "thunderous"

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that would lead to his nickname "Thunder Dan". During the 1989–90 season, he started in 23 games and increased his scoring average to 11 points a game as the Suns again advanced to the Western Conference Finals where this time they were eliminated by the

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. Despite another successful season for Majerle and the Suns in the 1990–91 season, they fell in the first round of the playoffs to the

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. Majerle had become an effective three-point shooter and defensive specialist and was named to the 1990–91 NBA All-Defensive Second team at the conclusion of the season. The 1992 season featured more improvement for Majerle, who had become an even more effective three-point shooter and defensive specialist. Despite starting in just 15 of the 82 games he played in, Majerle was selected to play in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game. The Suns again made the playoffs but lost in the conference semifinals to Portland. In the offseason, Phoenix managed to pull off a major step towards an NBA title, as they acquired superstar forward

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in a trade with the

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1993: Trip to the Finals

The Suns had improved significantly with the addition of Barkley, while the trade itself which featured the departure of guard

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meant that Majerle now served as the team's starting shooting guard. The result was a 62-win season for Phoenix, with Barkley winning the Most Valuable Player Award and Majerle finishing second on the team in scoring while being named to his second NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Majerle also finished first in the NBA in three-point field goals made and attempted, and scored 18 points in the

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. The Suns entered the playoffs as the number 1 seed in the Western Conference, and defeated the Lakers, the

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and the

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to reach the

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with Majerle averaging 15 points in the playoffs and posting big games such as a 34-point performance in the 5th game against Seattle. In the Finals, the Suns faced the defending champion

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led by

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and

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. Despite having home court advantage the Suns could not beat the 2-time champions, who won in 6 games to win three championships in a row. Majerle performed well in the Suns win in game 3, scoring 28 points in the win in Chicago.

Last years in Phoenix

Majerle would again lead the league in three-point field goals and attempts in the 1993–94 season, as the Suns won 56 games and made the playoffs before losing to the eventual champion

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in a 7-game semifinal series. He would then go on to play for Team USA and win in the World Championships in Canada. He would earn another selection to the All-Star game in the following season, scoring 10 points in the 1995 NBA All-Star Game which was held in Phoenix. Despite this, Majerle started in 46 games, playing small forward often as the team now featured

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at shooting guard and veteran A.C. Green at forward. The Suns again lost in the semifinals to Houston in 7 games, and Majerle was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the offseason.

Cleveland Cavaliers (1995–1996)

In Cleveland, Majerle was used as a reserve at small forward, starting in 15 of the 82 games behind Chris Mills and averaging 10.6 points a game. The Cavaliers won 47 games before losing to the

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in a 3-game sweep in the first round, with Majerle increasing his scoring to 16.7 (second on the team) during the series. In the offseason the Cavaliers released Majerle, and he would go on to sign with the

Miami Heat (1996–2001)

The Heat were a team with a bright future, as they featured all-stars

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and

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, and were coached by

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. Injuries limited Majerle to 36 games during the 1996–97 season, as the Heat managed to win a franchise-best 61 games and the Atlantic Division. During the regular season, on December 7, 1996, against the Chicago Bulls, Majerle made a three-pointer with one second remaining to win the game 83–80. In the playoffs, the veteran Majerle was in healthy shape, and the Heat beat the up-and-coming

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in the first round before facing the Knicks in a grueling 7-game series in which Majerle scored 18 points in the sixth game. The Heat would eventually fall to the defending champion Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals in 5 games. Majerle would again play as the team's backup small forward in the 1997–98 season, averaging 7 points a game as one of the team's main three-point threats, and Miami would post another winning season before losing to New York in the first round of the playoffs. The 1998–99 season would be shortened to 50 games as a result of a league lockout, and with teammate

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hurt for much of the season, Majerle stepped in to start in 48 games. Miami won another Atlantic Division title, but again lost to New York in 5 games in the first round. The team continued to use Majerle as a starter during the 1999–2000 season, as he started in 69 of 82 games and again averaged 7 points during the season. In the playoffs, Miami defeated the

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in the first round before facing the Knicks in another 7-game series in which New York again prevailed. Majerle averaged 9 points in the playoffs and led the team with 20 three-point field goals. In the 2000 offseason it was revealed that Alonzo Mourning would not play as a result of a kidney disease, and the 2000–01 season would feature new acquisitions such as Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason, and Majerle would serve as a reserve. The Heat would lose in the first round of the playoffs in a sweep to the

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, and in the offseason Majerle would sign a deal returning to his original team in Phoenix.

Return to Phoenix (2001–2002)

In his return to the Suns, Majerle received much praise and applause from the hometown Suns fans, playing in 65 games and leading the team in three-point field goals made with 79. His NBA career finished on April 17, 2002, when he officially retired as a member of his original team.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 54 , , 5 , , 25.1 , , .419 , , .329 , , .614 , , 3.9 , , 2.4 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 73 , , 23 , , 30.7 , , .424 , , .238 , , .762 , , 5.9 , , 2.6 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 77 , , 7 , , 29.6 , , .484 , , .349 , , .762 , , 5.4 , , 2.8 , , 1.4 , , .5 , , 13.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 82 , , 15 , , 34.8 , , .478 , , .382 , , .756 , , 5.9 , , 3.3 , , 1.6 , , .5 , , 17.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 82 , , 82 , , 39.0 , , .464 , , .381 , , .778 , , 4.7 , , 3.8 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , 16.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 80 , , 76 , , 40.1 , , .418 , , .382 , , .739 , , 4.4 , , 3.4 , , 1.6 , , .5 , , 16.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , style="background:#cfecec;", 82* , , 46 , , 37.7 , , .425 , , .363 , , .730 , , 4.6 , , 4.1 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , 15.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 82 , , 15 , , 28.9 , , .405 , , .353 , , .710 , , 3.7 , , 2.6 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , 10.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

, 36 , , 26 , , 35.1 , , .406 , , .338 , , .678 , , 4.5 , , 3.2 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , 10.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 72 , , 22 , , 26.8 , , .419 , , .376 , , .784 , , 3.7 , , 2.2 , , .9 , , .2 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 48 , , 48 , , 33.8 , , .396 , , .335 , , .717 , , 4.3 , , 3.1 , , .8 , , .1 , , 7.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 69 , , 69 , , 33.4 , , .403 , , .362 , , .812 , , 4.8 , , 3.0 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 53 , , 19 , , 24.6 , , .336 , , .315 , , .818 , , 3.1 , , 1.7 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , 5.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 65 , , 1 , , 18.2 , , .343 , , .336 , , .590 , , 2.7 , , 1.4 , , .7 , , .2 , , 4.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 955 , , 454 , , 31.6 , , .431 , , .358 , , .741 , , 4.5 , , 2.9 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 11.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 3 , , 1 , , 19.3 , , .429 , , .333 , , .750 , , 5.0 , , 2.7 , , .3 , , .7 , , 10.7

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;",

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 12 , , 0 , , 29.3 , , .438 , , .286 , , .792 , , 4.8 , , 1.2 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , 14.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 16 , , 0 , , 29.9 , , .487 , , .333 , , .785 , , 5.1 , , 2.1 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 12.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 4 , , 0 , , 27.5 , , .375 , , .364 , , .737 , , 3.8 , , 1.8 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , 10.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 7 , , 0 , , 38.0 , , .432 , , .273 , , .962 , , 6.3 , , 2.9 , , 1.4 , , .0 , , 18.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 24 , , 24 , , 44.6 , , .431 , , .394 , , .696 , , 5.8 , , 3.7 , , 1.4 , , 1.2 , , 15.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 10 , , 10 , , 41.0 , , .362 , , .339 , , .688 , , 4.3 , , 2.4 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , 12.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 10 , , 0 , , 30.7 , , .370 , , .364 , , .706 , , 3.1 , , 1.7 , , 1.4 , , .3 , , 8.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 3 , , 0 , , 30.3 , , .444 , , .435 , , .889 , , 4.0 , , 3.0 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , 16.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 17 , , 2 , , 29.2 , , .393 , , .338 , , .679 , , 4.2 , , 2.5 , , 1.2 , , .2 , , 8.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 2 , , 2 , , 31.0 , , .375 , , .333 , , .500 , , 2.5 , , 2.5 , , 2.0 , , .5 , , 4.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 5 , , 5 , , 30.4 , , .192 , , .227 , , .714 , , 5.8 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , 4.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 10 , , 10 , , 37.2 , , .423 , , .400 , , .714 , , 7.0 , , 3.2 , , 2.1 , , .1 , , 9.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 3 , , 0 , , 23.7 , , .313 , , .286 , , .500 , , 3.3 , , 1.7 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 5.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 123 , , 53 , , 34.5 , , .416 , , .353 , , .753 , , 5.0 , , 2.5 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 11.7

Post-NBA career

Majerle was inducted into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor on March 9, 2003.NBA.com Dan Majerle
/ref> In 2006, he was inducted into the

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and into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. In 2003, Majerle made his broadcasting debut covering the

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for

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and later became an analyst for

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. During the 2005 All-Star Weekend, he was a member of the Phoenix team that won the Shooting Stars Competition.

Coaching career

Phoenix Suns (2008–2013)

Majerle was the associate head coach for the Phoenix Suns from 2008 to 2013.

Grand Canyon University (2013–2020)

On March 15, 2013, it was announced that Majerle would coach for

Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon University (GCU) is a Private university, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona. The university offers degrees in over 200 areas of study and is administrativel ...

in their first season as a Division I team. On December 23, 2015, Majerle led

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to their first tournament victory as a Division I team when they won the 2015 Global Sports Classic championship. He was fired on March 17, 2020, after his first losing season, with his seven years stint at Grand Canyon coming to an end. On May 19, 2020, Majerle filed a lawsuit against

over the handling of its firing from the head coach position and pending salaries.

Personal life

Majerle owns a restaurant called "Majerle's Sports Grill" in Phoenix.Majerle\'s Sports Grill
/ref> He has four children with Tina Majerle (divorced 2006): Madison, McKenzie, Mia, and Max. Max also plays basketball and joined Central Michigan's basketball team in

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. Majerle married Devney Preuss in 2022.

Head coaching record

References

External links

NBA coach profile

Grand Canyon coach profile

Majerle's
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Early years

NBA career

Phoenix Suns (1988–1995)

1993: Trip to the Finals

Last years in Phoenix

Cleveland Cavaliers (1995–1996)

Miami Heat (1996–2001)

Return to Phoenix (2001–2002)

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Post-NBA career

Coaching career

Phoenix Suns (2008–2013)

Grand Canyon University (2013–2020)

Personal life

Head coaching record

See also

References

External links