Cotton Fitzsimmons, who died in 2004, was 248-244 as coach of the NBA’s Kansas City Kings and was the only Kings coach to produce a winning record in KC. KC Star file photo The Kansas City Kings ...

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that former Suns coach Cotton Fitzsimmons is among the members of the Class of 2021 to be enshrined in Springfield, Mass. this Saturday, ...

An hour before tipoff of a playoff elimination game in Portland years ago, you might have expected Suns coach Cotton Fitzsimmons to be pacing the hallways of Memorial Coliseum, trying to figure out if ...

PHOENIX -- Former Phoenix Suns coach Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons was remembered Sunday as a straight-shooting, feisty fixture of the franchise for more than 30 years. Fitzsimmons, 72, the three-time ...

An hour before tipoff of a playoff elimination game in Portland years ago, you might have expected Suns coach Cotton Fitzsimmons to be pacing the hallways of Memorial Coliseum, trying to figure out if ...

It was only natural that Cotton Fitzsimmons would be the smallest guy on the court that evening. At 5-7, he was the acknowledged floor leader of Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) Junior College, and the ...

He was bold. He was a winner. And on Saturday, he becomes a Hall of Famer. Cotton Fitzsimmons, the most popular coach in Phoenix Suns history and one of the most successful, will be enshrined in the ...

Cotton Fitzsimmons is now part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame family. Recognized posthumously, Fitzsimmons has been elected to the 2021 class as a contributor. The two-time NBA coach ...

Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons was a guy who possessed a massive amount of spirit and enthusiasm. I really loved the passion he displayed on the sidelines for so many years as an NBA coach and later as a ...

The Phoenix Suns franchise is relatively young in comparison to some of the NBA's most successful ones like the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. Dating back to 1968, the Suns have had 14 ...