Question: What American basketball coach, born February 11, 1944 worked as head coach during the 1996–97 Denver Nuggets season?

<P0-S0> The 1996–97 NBA season was the Nuggets' 21st season in the National Basketball Association, and 30th season as a franchise. <P0-S1>  In the offseason, the Nuggets acquired Mark Jackson and Ricky Pierce from the Indiana Pacers, and signed free agent Ervin Johnson. <P0-S2>  However, after a 4–9 start to the season, Bernie Bickerstaff was forced out as head coach and replaced with Dick Motta, where the Nuggets then lost ten straight games along the way. <P0-S3>  Midway through the season, Jackson was traded back to the Indiana Pacers, while Pierce was dealt to the Charlotte Hornets. <P0-S4>  Meanwhile, the Nuggets signed free agent Kenny Smith, who won championships with the Houston Rockets. <P0-S5>  As the season drew, the Nuggets still struggled losing 26 of their final 30 games, finishing fifth in the Midwest Division with a 21–61 record. <P0-S6>  Despite playing just 55 games due to a knee injury and a ruptured achilles tendon, LaPhonso Ellis led the team in scoring with a career high of 21.9 points per game. <SEP> <P1-S0> Houston Fancher (born February 17, 1966) is an American basketball coach and the current associate head coach of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team under head coach Mark Price. <P1-S1>  Prior to that, he worked for four years at Tennessee, and the last two as the Director of Basketball Operations. <P1-S2>  From 2000-2009, he was the men's head basketball coach of the Mountaineers at Appalachian State University. <P1-S3>  His first two seasons saw his team go 11–20, and 10–18 respectively. <P1-S4>  The following season, 2002–2003, his team went 19–10, and Fancher was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year. <P1-S5>  In the 2006–2007 season, his squad won a school record 25 games, but failed to make the NCAA Tournament, instead garnering Appalachian's first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth instead. <P1-S6>  On March 16, 2009 Fancher resigned as head coach following a disappointing 2008–09 season. <SEP> <P2-S0> Bernard Tyrone Bickerstaff (born February 11, 1944) is an American basketball coach. <P2-S1>  He previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. <P2-S2>  He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. <P2-S3>  He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters. <SEP> <P3-S0> The 2009–10 Denver Nuggets season was the 43rd season of the franchise, its 34th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). <P3-S1>  After their trip the Conference Finals last season, the Nuggets started the season 35-18 before the All-Star break. <P3-S2>  Coach George Karl and Carmelo Anthony were the only Nuggets to represent the Western Conference in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. <P3-S3>  During the break, Anthony sported a new haircut. <P3-S4>  However, not long after the break, dark clouds gathered around the team as coach Karl was diagnosed with neck and throat cancer. <P3-S5>  Adrian Dantley took over and the team struggled in the second half of the season, finishing with a 53-29 record and earned the number 4 seed in the West. <P3-S6>  Denver's season ended in the first round with a defeat to the Jazz in six games.