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What each NBA coach would be doing if he wasn’t an NBA coach

By John Buhler

Apr 25, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan coaches against the Houston Rockets in game five of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 25, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan coaches against the Houston Rockets in game five of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 1, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg yells to his team in action against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the third quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg yells to his team in action against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the third quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

Fred Hoiberg: The Mayor of Ames, Iowa

After making so many shots from distance in the Big Eight with the Iowa State Cyclones, shooting guard Fred Hoiberg became so popular locally that he started to gain votes for an upcoming mayoral race. Hoiberg never took up Iowan politics, but what if he did?

Rather than coming off the bench for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, what if Hoiberg recognized at an early age that his life was about connecting with the fine folks of Ames rather than the frustrating teammates he had in the NBA?

Hoiberg would run for office as The Mayor of Ames, Iowa at the ripe young age of 26. He ran as a member of the Populist Party on the slogan “Pace-and-Space”. Hoiberg semi-hated having to walk to Hilton Coliseum from his house as a kid, so he was definitely pro-transportation. Ames now has the best public transit system of any college town in the Power 5.

Though he does like corn in some capacity, Hoiberg believes that Ames needed more parks for kids to play sports in. As a result, Iowa State basketball has beaten the snot out of the Kansas Jayhawks in the Big 12 Tournament each of the last eight years. Iowa State football routinely throttles the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners on the gridiron. The Big 12 now has 14 teams because of the Cyclones’ success athletically.

Hoiberg has been in office since 2000. He eventually became Representative Hoiberg for Iowa in 2008. After four terms in Congress, he has successfully pivoted into being Iowa’s junior senator. His pace-and-space program has transformed cities like Ames, Davenport, Iowa City and the state capital of Des Moines into gold standard transportation hubs.

President Obama believed that Hoiberg has done more for public transportation than President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hoiberg has been picked by President Walton to rebuild all the roads and rail infrastructure in America. Hard to believes this all stems from Hoiberg hate-walking in the snow to lace ’em up at Hilton as a youth in Ames. Iowans still say that the Mayor rarely misses his jumper from atop the key.

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