[4] An odd footnote to Skinner's career is that he is the only player in NBA history to earn a DNP for both teams in the same game.

However, the result was protested by New Jersey due to a total of six technical fouls being called on Bernard King and coach Kevin Loughery by referee Richie Powers, with both men receiving three each.

Per the rules, only two technical fouls could be called against any individual player or coach; as such, the protest was upheld and the game was ordered to be replayed from the point where King and Loughery were ejected.

Before this could happen, the Nets and 76ers made a trade where Skinner and Eric Money were swapped for Harvey Catchings and Ralph Simpson; this mean that, when the teams returned to finish the protested game on March 23, 1979, the four players were noted in the stat sheets for both teams with Skinner not playing for the 76ers in the return contest.

He is also credited for recruiting many of the players of the Rams' 1997–98 team – Cuttino Mobley and Tyson Wheeler – which reached the Elite Eight of the 1998 NCAA tournament.

[6] On April 17, 1997, Skinner was hired to lead Boston College after Jim O'Brien left for Ohio State.

As a result, the Eagles struggled for Skinner's first three seasons in Chestnut Hill, winning only 12 games in Big East play and 32 overall.

[7] Almost a year to the day after his firing, Skinner took part in a phone interview with Boston Globe sportswriter Mark Blaudschun.

Ending a year of self-imposed silence about what transpired at Boston College, Skinner defended his record, stating, "I ran a good program, I graduated my kids.

His remarks, and the fact that his interview ran on the front page of the Sports section of The Boston Globe, demonstrated the ongoing controversy regarding his firing in March 2010.

On April 26, 2015, Skinner was named the sixth head coach in school history at Kennesaw State, replacing Jimmy Lallathin.

Conference tournament champion During the 1978–79 season, Skinner was traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Eric Money for Harvey Catchings and Ralph Simpson.

The trade occurred while a protest filed by the Nets against the referees of an earlier game against the 76ers, which New Jersey had actually won, where head coach Kevin Loughery was called for three technical fouls.