{"id":80906,"date":"2025-11-18T05:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/richie-adubato-passes-away-nba-and-wnba-basketball-legend-at-87-years-old-4\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T05:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:12:10","slug":"richie-adubato-passes-away-nba-and-wnba-basketball-legend-at-87-years-old-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/richie-adubato-passes-away-nba-and-wnba-basketball-legend-at-87-years-old-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Adubato Passes Away: NBA and WNBA Basketball Legend at 87 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richie Adubato, Legendary Basketball Coach, Passes Away<\/h2>\n\n\nThe basketball community mourns the loss of Richie Adubato, a coach with a decades-long career in the NBA and WNBA. His family announced his passing on Thursday, at the age of 87.\n\nAdubato left a significant mark on the sport, coaching teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic, New York Liberty, and Washington Mystics.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Let&#8217;s remember him as the fun, intelligent, energetic, and genuinely warm human being he always was.<\/p><cite>Beth Adubato, Richie Adubato&#8217;s daughter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn his six seasons at the helm of the Liberty (1999-2004), Adubato led the team to the WNBA Finals on three occasions, where he coached future Hall of Famers Teresa Weatherspoon and Becky Hammon. He still holds the franchise record with 178 games coached and is second in wins (100).\n\nThe coach also led the Washington Mystics of the WNBA for more than two seasons, between 2005 and 2007.\n\nAdubato was the Magic&#8217;s interim coach in 1997, after having been an assistant for several years. He was also the team&#8217;s radio analyst from 2005 to 2020.\n\nBefore his time in the NBA, Adubato spent 18 years coaching basketball in high schools and universities in New Jersey. He graduated from William Paterson, where he captained the basketball and baseball teams.\n\nRichie Adubato&#8217;s legacy will endure in the memory of the fans and players who had the privilege of knowing him and being coached by him.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With deep gratitude we remember the legacy of Richie Adubato, who guided the Liberty to 3 WNBA Finals appearances and set a standard of excellence that still inspires our organization today.\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<br><br>Our heartfelt condolences go out to Richie\u2019s loved ones during this time.\ud83e\udd0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmPDM4hsTh\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nmPDM4hsTh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New York Liberty (@nyliberty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyliberty\/status\/1987194137083310300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nDescription of the publication:\n\nWith deep gratitude, we remember the legacy of Richie Adubato, who guided the Liberty to 3 WNBA Finals appearances and established a standard of excellence that still inspires our organization today.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today my dear friend RICHIE ADUBATO passed away.Richie was one of our \u201cJERSEY BOYS \u201c along with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeFratello?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MikeFratello<\/a> Hubie Brown &amp; yours truly who all chased dreams in coaching .Richie coached on every level &#8211; HS -College- <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NBA<\/a> .He\u2019ll be missed but never forgotten .May Richie RIP! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jXMiyAjGBL\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jXMiyAjGBL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dick Vitale (@DickieV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DickieV\/status\/1986898421089767508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nDescription of the publication:\n\nThe DeVos family and the Orlando Magic deeply mourn the passing of Richie Adubato.\n\nRichie&#8217;s legacy endures in every story and lesson he shared, a coach who turned the gym into a place of connection and joy, impacting countless lives with warmth, humor, and an unforgettable spirit. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Carol, and the entire Adubato family.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NBA and WNBA mourn the passing of Richie Adubato. Richie\u2019s coaching career spanned four decades, including serving as head coach for the Dallas Mavericks, New York Liberty and Washington Mystics, as well as interim head coach for the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic. He was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MOiaxWZ9jO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/MOiaxWZ9jO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA History (@NBAHistory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAHistory\/status\/1986940318143676613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nDescription of the publication:\n\nThe NBA and WNBA mourn the passing of Richie Adubato. Richie&#8217;s coaching career spanned four decades, including his tenure as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, New York Liberty, and Washington Mystics, as well as interim head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richie Adubato, Legendary Basketball Coach, Passes Away The basketball community mourns the loss of Richie Adubato, a coach with a decades-long career in the NBA and WNBA. His family announced his passing on Thursday, at the age of 87. Adubato left a significant mark on the sport, coaching teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[718,103,10146,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-80906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-coach","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-richie-adubato","11":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}