Bill Laimbeer (born May 19, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the head coach of the Detroit Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Initially raised in the Chicago suburb of Clarendon Hills, Illinois, Laimbeer attended Palos Verdes High School in Southern California and then the University of Notre Dame; in 1974 he played one of the Sleestak during the first season of the TV series Land of the Lost.