Del Harris is in his seventh full season as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks after joining the franchise during the last two months of the 1999-2000 season. During his time with the Mavericks, the team has posted an impressive 355-157 (.693) record. In three of the last four seasons, he has been voted as the top assistant coach in the league in the annual General Manager's poll.

He has won championships at virtually every level in 47 years of coaching, including the NBA, collegiate, overseas and high school ranks. As the head coach for Earlham College (Indiana), he led the team to a school-record 176 victories and the first three conference championships in the school's history during his nine-year stint there. Harris also gained international experience as he coached seven seasons in Puerto Rico's Superior League (1969-75), posting a 176-61 record and winning three national championships. He also was an advisor to the Canada National Team in 1993-94 for the 1994 World Games in Toronto and was an assistant to Rudy Tomjanovich for the USA in the 1998 World Games in Athens. He's still the only coach in Milwaukee Bucks history to guide them to four consecutive playoff appearances in his first four seasons at the helm compiling a 191-154 overall record (.554). Before assuming Milwaukee's head coaching position in June of 1987, Harris served as the Bucks scout and assistant coach under then-Head Coach Don Nelson (1983-1987). Del landed his initial NBA job with the Houston Rockets in 1976, spending three years as an assistant coach under Tom Nissalke. He began coaching the L.A. Lakers in 1994-95 and instantly turned them from being a lottery team the season before to a 48-win team that beat the Supersonics in the first round of the playoffs. That season Harris was named the NBA's Coach of the Year.

Harris is one of the most experienced coaches in the NBA, becoming the 20th coach to record over 500 wins. With 13-plus years as a head coach, he has compiled a 556-457 overall record with three different teams. He is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Indiana Basketball, Earlham College and Milligan College halls of fame. He is also a member of the Screen Actor's Guild having appeared in such features as "Space Jam" and "Diagnosis Murder." He is also bi-lingual and did color commentary for the 1996 NBA Finals for ESPN Spanish Radio.

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