Samuel Lee Worthen (born January 17, 1958) is an American former NBA player who currently is touring as the coach of the Washington Generals, the team that perennially loses to the Harlem Globetrotters.

[1] Sam Worthen was an All-American point guard at Marquette University from 1978 to 1980 under coach Hank Raymonds.

He ran such skits as using a "remote controlled" ball that the Globetrotters couldn't control, putting a piece of hard plastic on top the Globetrotters rim so they couldn't score and simply adding 30 or so points to the Generals' score by manipulating the scoreboard.

At the end of games, he would lose a bet and was forced to wear a pink tutu and a tiara, and carry a shiny magic wand off the court.

[4] He also was the assistant coach of the Fayetteville Patriots of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL).