The state Senate has honored Lisbon native Rick Carlisle for leading the Dallas Mavericks to their first National Basketball Association championship—and his second professional basketball title.

The Senate on Wednesday approved a formal resolution recognizing Carlisle for his accomplishments as a championship player and coach.

Carlisle was a regular on the hardwood and blacktop courts of Lisbon in his youth. His parents still live there.

Carlisle, the son of Preston and Joan Carlisle, grew up in Lisbon and attended the University of Maine and the University of Virginia, where he was co-captain of his college team.

He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1984, and played alongside Larry Bird and other NBA legends in winning the 1986 NBA championship.

He has been head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, and took the helm of the Dallas club in 2008.

By winning the 2011 NBA Championship, Carlisle became one of fewer than a dozen people who have won rings both as a player and a coach, joining the likes of other NBA greats like Phil Jackson, KC Jones and Bill Russell.

“I’ve had the privilege to watch Rick Carlisle from his earliest years as a scrappy ball handler on the courts of St. Lawrence County to his career as champion player and coach,” said Senator Patty Ritchie, a Republican whose 48th District includes Lisbon. “St. Lawrence County and all of northern New York is very proud of the achievements of our native son, and I am especially proud to recognize his accomplishments on the floor of the New York State Senate,” Ritchie said.