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[SIZE=+2]Van Gundy quits as Heat coach; Riley takes over[/SIZE]
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Miami Heat Coach Stan Van Gundy announces his resignation <small id="rail-credit">(News partner NBC 6)</small>
<small id="rail-date">Dec 12, 2005</small>
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PHOTO GALLERY: Pat Riley through the years
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Pat Riley resumes as head coach of the Heat <small id="rail-credit">(News partner NBC 6)</small>
<small id="rail-date">Dec 12, 2005</small>
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<input name="_refreshform_url" value="http://www.newsday.com:/sports/basketball/sfl-1212heatriley,0,5337408.story?coll=ny-basketball-headlines" type="hidden"> <table id="rail-item" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <form method="post" action="/sports/basketball/sfl-heatpoll121205,0,3738166,post.poll?coll=ny-basketball-headlines"></form> <tbody><tr><td> Pat Riley taking over as Heat coach for Stan Van Gundy:
<input name="q95698" value="194898" type="radio"> Was the right move at the right time for the Heat
<input name="q95698" value="194899" type="radio"> Was an injustice if Van Gundy was willing to stay
<input name="q95698" value="194900" type="radio"> Was inevitable
<input name="q95698" value="194901" type="radio"> Was driven more by ego than basketball concerns
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Stan Van Gundy
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Shaquille O'Neal back for OT win
<small id="rail-date">Dec 12, 2005</small>
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HYDE: Big man back; bigger returns?
<small id="rail-date"><nobr>Dec 12, 2005</nobr></small>
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PHOTO GALLERY: Heat 104, Wizards 101
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BOX SCORE: Heat 104, Wizards 101
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Post your comments on the Miami Heat! (Posting of comments may be delayed to ensure acceptable language.)<hr> yea, well Simien has shown he can help us win, and Wright has shown flashes, and he sure can't play any worse than Walker has..
<small> Submitted by: travcane
12:22 PM EST, Dec 12, 2005<hr> </small> miami is not about playing rookies..it is all about winning. if simien do delivers then he should play..rookies should show they deserve it and not whine about it.
<small> Submitted by: aldrinb
12:20 PM EST, Dec 12, 2005<hr> </small>
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December 12, 2005, 8:24 AM EST
MIAMI -- Two years after stepping down as Heat coach, team president Pat Riley is resuming the position.
Riley takes over for Stan Van Gundy, who said he resigned for personal reasons.
"I love coaching, but I love my family more," Van Gundy said at an 11 a.m. news conference. "I need some time to be with them. I'm not willing to sacrifice that anymore. Priorities change over time. It grew to the point of being absolutely painful."
Van Gundy and his wife, Kim, have four children - Shannon (14), Michael (11), Alsion (9) and Kelly (6).
"I felt I was running out of time with them," he said. "I want to be sitting with my son at games. I've only got four more years with my older daughter before she's off to college. I'm going out to look at Christmas lights with my daughters tonight."
Van Gundy shot down speculation that he was being forced out.
"If I'm getting forced out I would have gotten every dollar on my contract," said Van Gundy. "That's not the case."
Riley said returning to the Heat bench was an easy decision for him to make.
"I have an obligation to this franchise and to [owner] Micky [Arison] and to this team and the players I traded for and I think I'm the best person to do that," Riley said. "But I'm proud of what Stan has done. This was not my intention."
Riley ranks third on the NBA's all-time victory list among coaches at 1,110, behind only retired coaches Lenny Wilkens (1,332) and Don Nelson (1,190). His career coaching winning percentage of .661 places him third among active coaches, behind only Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich.
The Heat is 11-10 and in first place in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team on Sunday regained the services of Shaquille O'Neal, after the All-Star center missed the previous 18 games with a sprained right ankle.
Riley previously had vehemently denied that would include a return as coach in place of Van Gundy.
But Riley also has made it clear, with his offseason overhaul of his roster, that he would have a more active involvement with the team this season.
In the offseason, Riley traded swingman Eddie Jones and forward Rasual Butler and added guards Jason Williams and Gary Payton and forwards James Posey and Antoine Walker.
On the eve of the season, Riley said of having a more active involvement, "I built something here for 10 years. I sure as hell don't want to just walk away from it."
During that same period, Van Gundy said he believed Riley would remain solely in his front-office position.
Even with Riley only in the front office, Heat players had continued to refer to him as "coach."
Van Gundy went 101-63 in his first two seasons as coach, guiding the Heat to the Eastern Conference semifinals in 2004 and within two minutes of last season's NBA Finals, before losing in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to the Detroit Pistons.
Riley, though, had steadfastly denied the possibility.
Riley often has been regular at practice at AmericanAirlines Arena, watching from a folding chair well away from the action, retreating to his office before reporters can approach.
