Byron Scott Biography

Byron Scott was born March 28, 1961 and is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he was an important component of the Lakers championship teams of the mid-to-late 1980s.

He was the Lakers' starting shooting guard from 1984 until 1993. He was a player who contributed by his shooting. In 1996-97, the last year of Scott's playing career in the NBA, he went back to the Lakers and proved to be a valuable mentor for a team featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel and 18-year old rookie Kobe Bryant.

Scott spent the 2013–14 season as a Lakers television analyst on Time Warner Cable SportsNet. After the season, he was the frontrunner to become the new Lakers head coach. Scott interviewed three times for the position, which had become vacant after Mike D'Antoni's resignation. On July 28, 2014, he signed a multi-year contract to coach the Lakers.

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