James Forbes (basketball)

James Ricardo Forbes (born July 18, 1952)[1] is a former American basketball player. His college career at the University of Texas at El Paso was crowned by his membership of the U.S. national team in the 1972 Olympics and was part of the controversial 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Final.

The game ended, and we won. Then it ended again, and we won again.

— Tom Henderson

They were going to keep going until they got the outcome they wanted: the Russians winning.

— Jim Forbes[2]

James Forbes

Personal information
Born	July 18, 1952 (1952-07-18) (age 69) Fort Rucker, Alabama
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Bel Air (El Paso, Texas)
College	UTEP (1971–1974)
NBA draft	1974 / Round: 4 / Pick: 70th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Position	Power forward
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team

Forbes and the rest of the team have never accepted the silver medal.

Forbes was born in Fort Rucker, Alabama.[1] He attended Bel Air High School[1] in El Paso, Texas. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the fourth round of the 1974 NBA draft, but he never played professionally. Forbes was later an assistant coach for the UTEP Miners before going to coach high school basketball in El Paso. As a high school coach, he guided the Riverside Rangers to the Texas 5A Final Four in 1995 and the Andress Eagles to the Texas 5A Sweet Sixteen in 2009. Forbes has more than 600 career high school coaching victories.