Dallas Mavericks

Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle is a licensed pilot

Published Sep. 4, 2015 4:30 p.m. ET

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Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle has an impressive list of skills to his name.

The first, of course, is his basketball coaching prowess. But Carlisle is also a pretty impressive pianist, and now, he's also a licensed pilot.

Here's more form Tim MacMahon's profile of Carlisle for ESPN:

"And Carlisle is now a licensed pilot on the brink of achieving his instrument rating. Carlisle understands the pressure in aviation literally can come with life-and-death consequences. Asked what he thought about his coach being a part-time pilot, Mavs owner Mark Cuban replied, "I hope he's a good one."

(h/t ESPN)