Editing Albany County, New York (section)

===Sports===
Many athletes and coaches in major sports have begun their careers in Albany County. [[Phil Jackson]], former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] head coach of the [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[Los Angeles Lakers]] won his first championship ring as a coach when he guided the [[Albany Patroons]] to the 1984 CBA championship. Three years later, the Patroons completed a 50–6 regular season, including winning all 28 of their home games; at that time, [[Sacramento Kings]] head coach [[George Karl]] was the Patroons' head coach. Future NBA stars [[Mario Elie]] and [[Vincent Askew]] were part of that season's squad. [[Mike Tyson]] received his early training in the Capital District and his first professional fight was in Albany in 1985 and Tyson's first televised fight was in Troy in 1986. He fought professionally four times in Albany and twice each in Troy and Glens Falls between 1985 and 1986.

Since 1988, the [[Siena College]] men's basketball team (the [[Siena Saints men's basketball|Siena Saints]]) have appeared in six [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournaments]] ([[1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1989]], [[1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1999]], [[2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2002]], [[2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2008]], [[2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2009]], and [[2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2010]]).