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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.
1 of 9 NBA Head Coaches with over 1000 wins. United States 2021: Cotton Fitzsimmons: 2x NBA Coach of the Year United States 2021: Bill Russell: First black head coach in NBA history, and the first to win an NBA title. 2 NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics (1968, 1969). United States 2021: Jay Wright
In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than the assistant coaches. Former Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson has won eleven NBA championships, the most in NBA history.
In the last 12 months, eight coaching jobs have been filled by Black candidates — and for the first time, half the league’s franchises, 15 of the 30, have Black head coaches.
There have been 26 head coaches for the Lakers since joining the NBA. The franchise's first head coach while in the NBA was John Kundla , who coached for 11 seasons with the Lakers. [ 1 ] The Lakers won four additional NBA championships in the next five years under Kundla. [ 1 ]
Loughery served as the head coach for six NBA teams during his 18-year coaching career, including a year as a player-coach. [23] Wilkens and Holzman were named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. [24]
Former Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles is shown during the first half of Game 2 of basketball’s NBA Finals between the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oakland, Calif., Sunday ...
Nelson is also the only Bucks coach to win an NBA Coach of the Year Award while also being one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [3] [4] Larry Krystkowiak and Joe Prunty are the only people to have spent their entire head coaching career with the Bucks. [5] Mike Dunleavy, Krystkowiak, and Scott Skiles have played and coached for the Bucks.