Pat Williams Pat Williams is a basketball Hall-of-Famer, currently serving as cofounder and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic. Pat has been the general manager with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Orlando, including the 1983 World hampion 76ers. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history. In 2012, Pat received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. With more than fifty years of professional sports experience, he has written more than 100 books, including the popular Coach Wooden, How to Be Like Mike, How to Be Like Coach Wooden, and How to Be Like Women of Influence. Also one of America's top motivational and inspirational corporate speakers, Pat has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies. Read More Read Less