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Maurice "Mo" Edward Cheeks (born September 8 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is the current head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, having been hired on May 23, 2005. He was head coach of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers from the start of the 2001-2002 season until March 2, 2005, when he was fired from the position.

Cheeks attended West Texas State University from 1975 to 1978. After college, he was selected as the 36th pick in the second round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the 76ers. Cheeks played 15 years as a point guard in the NBA (11 with the Philadelphia 76ers), earning four trips to the All-Star Game. He helped the 76ers earn three trips to the NBA Finals in a four-year span in the early 1980s (1980, 1982,1983), including one NBA championship in 1983.

In NBA history he ranks third all-time in steals and eighth all-time in assists.

On April 25, 2003, during a playoff game between the Trail Blazers and the Dallas Mavericks, Cheeks aided Natalie Gilbert in singing the National Anthem. After Gilbert forgot the words at "At the starlight's last gleaming", Cheeks rushed over to help her. Cheeks received a standing ovation after the song was over.

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Athletes - Maurice Cheeks

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