(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1971 1967 1968 1971 Hiring of Alex Hannum The Rockets’ front office tried bring the franchise back to respectability by hiring venerable Alex Hannum (left) as head coach (and General Manager) for the 1971 – 1972 season. Hannum immediately overhauled the team’s entire image: the team colors (and uniforms) were changed from orange and black …