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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]
The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.
In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs 11 times. [4] According to Forbes magazine, the Lakers are the second most valuable basketball franchise in the NBA, valued at approximately US$ 4.4 billion, surpassed only by the New York Knicks . [ 5 ]
Ramsay and Lenny Wilkens are the only Trail Blazers coaches to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and were both named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [7] Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1986–87 and 1998–99 respectively, with the Trail Blazers. [8]
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.
Ramsay and Fitch were also named as two of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996. [4] Ramsay, Brown and Fitch are the only Clippers coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [5] [6] [7] The current head coach of the Clippers is Tyronn Lue.
Former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson won 11 NBA championships, the most in NBA history. He is the only coach who has won multiple championships with multiple teams. He won six titles with the Bulls and five titles with the Lakers. He also leads the NBA for the most postseason games coached and the most postseason ...
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [6] [19] 12 Chuck Daly † 1992–1994: 164 88 76 .537 9 3 6 .333 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [6] [7] 13 Butch Beard * 1994–1996: 164 60 104 .366 — — — — [12] 14 John Calipari *† 1996–1999: 184 72 112 .391 3 0 3 .000 [13] 15 Don Casey: 1999–2000: 112 44 68 .393 ...