Gar Forman is an American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 executive for the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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's Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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. Forman was named GM in 2009 after being in the organization for 11 years as a scout, director of player personnel, and special assistant to executive vice-president of basketball operations. On May 10, 2011 Gar Forman won the NBA Executive of the Year Award

NBA Executive of the Year Award

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, along with Miami Heat

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 President Pat Riley

Pat Riley

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Chicago Bulls

Gar Forman was named General Manager of the Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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 on May 21, 2009. As General Manager, Forman supervises player personnel, coaching, scouting, training, and administration. During the summer of 2010 Forman lead the charge to reload a Bulls squad after two consecutive .500 seasons and early playoff exits. Forman and the Bulls signed free agents Carlos Boozer

Carlos Boozer

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 (Utah), Kyle Korver

Kyle Korver

Kyle Elliot Korver is an American basketball player, who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...

 (Utah), Ronnie Brewer

Ronnie Brewer

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 (Utah), Omer Asik (Turkey), and Kurt Thomas

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 (Milwaukee), while trading for C.J. Watson (Golden State). These free agents were added to the Bulls current young core of players including Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose

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, Joakim Noah

Joakim Noah

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, Luol Deng

Luol Deng

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, and Taj Gibson

Taj Gibson

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. On June 23rd 2010 Forman also named Tom Thibodeau the 18th head coach of the Chicago Bulls During his tenure with the Bulls (as General Manager, and previously as Director of Player Personnel) Forman oversaw drafting Taj Gibson (First Team All-Rookie 2010), Derrick Rose (NBA Rookie of the Year 2009), Kirk Hinrich (NBA All-Defense Team 2007 ), and Ben Gordon (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 2005).

College career and scandal

He was an assistant coach under Tim Floyd

Tim Floyd

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 at Iowa State. Before then, he had a "scandalized" tenure as an assistant coach at New Mexico State in the early 1990s. Forman was accused of directing staff to guide "potential transfers through sham correspondence courses at the notorious Southeastern College of the Assemblies of God (SCAG)" Forman received a three-year "show cause" penalty for violating institutional control principles.

Private life and education

Gar Forman received a BS in Marketing Education with a minor in Business Administration in 1984 from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

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 at Utah State University

Utah State University

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