Mike Woodson

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NBA player basketball coach college basketball coach former basketball player human

Mike Woodson is an American basketball coach and former NBA player best known for leading the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball program and previously coaching multiple NBA teams.

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Mike Woodson canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6003007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mike Woodson
Context triple: [Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, headCoach, Mike Woodson]

A. Chris Finch
Chris Finch is an American professional basketball coach best known for leading the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
B. Bryce Drew
Bryce Drew is an American former NBA player and college basketball coach best known for his memorable game-winning shot for Valparaiso in the 1998 NCAA Tournament and subsequent coaching career.
C. Terry Stotts
Terry Stotts is an American basketball coach best known for his long tenure as head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, where he led the team to multiple playoff appearances.
D. Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to multiple deep playoff runs in the early 1990s and later guiding several other franchises with his innovative offensive systems.
E. George Karl
George Karl is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading multiple franchises, including the Seattle SuperSonics, to sustained regular-season success and deep playoff runs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mike Woodson
Target entity description: Mike Woodson is an American basketball coach and former NBA player best known for leading the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball program and previously coaching multiple NBA teams.

A. Chris Finch
Chris Finch is an American professional basketball coach best known for leading the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
B. Bryce Drew
Bryce Drew is an American former NBA player and college basketball coach best known for his memorable game-winning shot for Valparaiso in the 1998 NCAA Tournament and subsequent coaching career.
C. Terry Stotts
Terry Stotts is an American basketball coach best known for his long tenure as head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, where he led the team to multiple playoff appearances.
D. Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to multiple deep playoff runs in the early 1990s and later guiding several other franchises with his innovative offensive systems.
E. George Karl
George Karl is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading multiple franchises, including the Seattle SuperSonics, to sustained regular-season success and deep playoff runs.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NBA player ⓘ basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ former basketball player ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	Indiana University Bloomington ⓘ linked to: Indiana University
coachedTeam	Atlanta Hawks ⓘ Detroit Pistons (assistant coach) ⓘ linked to: Detroit Pistons Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team ⓘ linked to: Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball Indiana Pacers (assistant coach) ⓘ Los Angeles Clippers (assistant coach) ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles Clippers New York Knicks ⓘ New York Knicks (assistant coach) ⓘ Philadelphia 76ers (assistant coach) ⓘ linked to: Philadelphia 76ers
collegeAttended	Indiana University Bloomington ⓘ linked to: Indiana University
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1958-03-24 ⓘ
draftedBy	New York Knicks ⓘ
draftLeague	NBA ⓘ linked to: National Basketball Association
draftPickNumber	12 ⓘ
draftRound	1 ⓘ
draftYear	1980 ⓘ
familyName	Woodson ⓘ
fullName	Michael Dean Woodson ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
headCoachEnd	Atlanta Hawks, 2010 ⓘ New York Knicks, 2014 ⓘ linked to: New York Knicks
headCoachStart	Atlanta Hawks, 2004 ⓘ linked to: Atlanta Hawks Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, 2021 ⓘ New York Knicks, 2012 ⓘ linked to: New York Knicks
leaguePlayedIn	National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team ⓘ linked to: Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
notableAchievement	led Atlanta Hawks to multiple consecutive playoff appearances ⓘ led New York Knicks to 2012–13 Atlantic Division title ⓘ returned to Indiana University as head coach of men's basketball program ⓘ
occupation	basketball coach ⓘ basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ linked to: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
playedFor	Houston Rockets ⓘ Kansas City Kings ⓘ linked to: Sacramento Kings Los Angeles Clippers ⓘ New Jersey Nets ⓘ linked to: Brooklyn Nets New York Knicks ⓘ Sacramento Kings ⓘ
positionPlayed	shooting guard ⓘ small forward ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
wearsJerseyNumber	44 ⓘ

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