RICK MAHORN [DETROIT PISTONS RADIO ANALYST]

by DETROIT PISTONS 2021 MEDIA GUIDE

Rick Mahorn begins his 19th season as a color analyst for the Pistons radio broadcast network. Mahorn brings his extensive NBA experience and joins George Blaha and Mark Champion to  deliver insightful commentary during all 82 regular-season games. 

Following an 18-year NBA playing career, Mahorn served as head coach of the Rockford Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the 1999-00 season. He led the Lightning to a 15-7 overall record and the American Conference title, which earned them a No. 2 seed in the 2000 CBA Playoffs. Mahorn’s coaching excellence was recognized in two CBA Coach-of-the-Month Awards. He then joined the coaching staff of the Atlanta Hawks under Lon Kruger during the 2001-02 season. 

In 2005, Mahorn joined the Detroit Shock coaching staff, helping take the team to a seventh straight playoff appearance and third WNBA Championship. In 2009, three games into the WNBA season, Mahorn took over the head coaching position after Bill Laimbeer resigned and led the Shock to the Eastern Conference Finals in its last season in Detroit before relocating to Tulsa, OK. 

Mahorn was drafted by the Washington Bullets (now Wizards) in the second round of the 1980 NBA Draft. He came to Detroit prior to the 1985-86 season and helped the franchise win its first championship as a member of the original “Bad Boys” team in 1988-89. He also earned All-NBA second team defensive honors that season. He later had a second stint with the Pistons from 1996-98. 

A Hartford, CT, native, Mahorn was a four-year letter winner at Hampton Institute (VA). He was a three-time NCAA Division II and NAIA All-American and owned 18 school records. Mahorn returned to Hampton after his playing career and completed his degree in May 2015.