Red Holzman

William "Red" Holzman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1977, and again from 1978 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.

10 August 1920

Born on the same birth day (10 August): Alfred Döblin • Arne Tiselius • Bernardo Silva • C. B. Dollaway • David Sommeil • Emily Symons • Enrico Cortese • Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg • Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby • Oliver Rowland • Phoolan Devi • Vicente Guerrero

Born in the same month (August 1920): Alex Colville • Arnold Green (politician) • Bob Kennedy • Charles Bukowski • Charles Gibson (historian) • Charlie Parker • Enzo Biagi • Godfrey Evans • Helen Thomas • James Mourilyan Tanner • John Graves (author) • Maureen O'Hara • Norman Dewis • P. D. James • Ray Bradbury