The Special Operations Warrior Foundation — which has received $200,000 in recent years from Riley and his wife, plus another $100,000 that a Heat donor earmarked to the charity of Riley's choice — honors fallen soldiers and Medal of Honor recipients with grants for education as part of what it calls a "cradle to career” plan that backs the children of those soldiers from preschool through college.
Of particular importance to Riley and his wife, Chris Riley, are groups that help military veterans and their families, including the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in Tampa, Florida.
Riley and the Heat created what the team has called the “HomeStrong” initiative 20 years ago, and the team has routinely welcomed returning soldiers and first responders to Miami games over those two decades, plus further honor them with an on-court pregame ceremony.
Pat Riley's three-peat trademarks could have led to the Miami Heat president getting a sizable payday if the Kansas City Chiefs had won their third consecutive Super Bowl.
Riley has owned multiple “three-peat” trademarks since beginning to file for them in the late 1980s, when the Los Angeles Lakers — who he was coaching at that time — were seeking three consecutive NBA titles.
