Bill Bertka

William M. Bertka

Born: August 8, 1927 in Santa Barbara, California

High School: Buchtel in Akron, Ohio

College: Kent State University

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Franchises

Utah Jazz: May 8, 1974 to October 5, 1976

Team Records

Team Records Table
			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Finish	G	W	L	W/L%	Notes
1974-75	NOJ	NBA	82	23	59	.280	-18.0	5	0	0	0
1975-76	NOJ	NBA	82	38	44	.463	-3.0	4	0	0	0
Career			164	61	103	.372	-21		0	0	0

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Utah Jazz Franchise (May 8, 1974 - October 5, 1976)

May 20, 1974: Traded Bob Kauffman, Dean Meminger, a 1974 1st round draft pick (Mike Sojourner was later selected), a 1975 1st round draft pick (David Thompson was later selected), a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Bill Willoughby was later selected), a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Alex English was later selected) and a 1980 3rd round draft pick (Jonathan Moore was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for Pete Maravich.

May 28, 1974: Selected Aaron James (2nd round, 28th pick), Bruce King (3rd round, 46th pick), Ray Price (4th round, 64th pick), Ed Searcy (5th round, 82nd pick), Lawrence McCray (6th round, 100th pick), Joel Copeland (7th round, 118th pick), Jay Piccola (8th round, 136th pick), Ken Boyd (9th round, 154th pick) and Walt McGary (10th round, 171st pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.

June 12, 1974: Traded future considerations to the Los Angeles Lakers for Mel Counts.

September 16, 1974: Traded Dennis Awtrey, Nate Hawthorne, Curtis Perry and a 1976 1st round draft pick (Adrian Dantley was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Neal Walk and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Mayes was later selected).

September 16, 1974: Traded Barry Clemens and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Major Jones was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Rick Roberson.

October 8, 1974: Traded Steve Kuberski and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Mayes was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Russ Lee and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Rich Kelley was later selected).

November 11, 1974: Traded John Block to the Chicago Bulls for Rick Adelman.

November 17, 1974: Fired Scotty Robertson as Head Coach.

November 17, 1974: Appointed Elgin Baylor as Interim Head Coach.

November 18, 1974: Hired Butch Van Breda Kolff as Head Coach.

December 6, 1974: Traded Stu Lantz to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Jim McElroy was later selected).

January 21, 1975: Signed Otto Moore as a free agent.

February 1, 1975: Signed Bernie Fryer as a free agent.

February 1, 1975: Traded Rick Adelman and Ollie Johnson to the Kansas City-Omaha Kings for Nate Williams.

February 1, 1975: Traded Jim Barnett and Neal Walk to the New York Knicks for Henry Bibby and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Bill Robinzine was later selected).

May 28, 1975: Traded a 1975 1st round draft pick (Bill Robinzine was later selected) to the Kansas City-Omaha Kings for Ron Behagen and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Major Jones was later selected).

May 29, 1975: Selected Rich Kelley (1st round, 7th pick), Rudy Hackett (3rd round, 37th pick), Jim McElroy (3rd round, 38th pick), Mack Coleman (4th round, 55th pick), Andre Hampton (5th round, 73rd pick), Rick Schmidt (6th round, 91st pick), Bill Higgins (7th round, 109th pick), Harvey Carmichael (8th round, 127th pick), Fred Stokes (9th round, 145th pick) and Aleksander Belov (10th round, 161st pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.

June 3, 1976: Traded a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Kim Anderson was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Jacky Dorsey was later selected).

June 8, 1976: Selected Jacky Dorsey (2nd round, 26th pick), Steve Copp (3rd round, 42nd pick), John Service (4th round, 58th pick), Paul Griffin (5th round, 74th pick), Bernard Tomlin (6th round, 94th pick), Andy Walker (7th round, 111th pick), Richard Bryant (8th round, 128th pick), Calvin Robinson (9th round, 148th pick) and Art Johnson (10th round, 164th pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.

July 19, 1976: Signed Gail Goodrich as a veteran free agent.

August 5, 1976: Traded a 1977 1st round draft pick (Kenny Carr was later selected), a 1978 1st round draft pick (Freeman Williams was later selected), a 1979 1st round draft pick (Magic Johnson was later selected) and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Sam Worthen was later selected) to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Essie Hollis was later selected) and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Jack Givens was later selected). This exchange was arranged as compensation for Utah signing veteran free agent Gail Goodrich on July 19, 1976.

September 17, 1976: Sold player rights to Henry Bibby to the Philadelphia 76ers.