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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.
[186] [187] His stint as coach of the Celtics was also of historical significance, [188] [189] as he became the first black head coach in the NBA, [14] when he succeeded Red Auerbach. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] In his first NBA full season (1957–58), Russell became the first player in NBA history to average more than 20 rebounds per game for an entire ...
11× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1957–1967) NBA anniversary team (25th, 35th) Top 10 Coaches in NBA History; Top 15 Coaches in NBA History; No. 2 retired by Boston Celtics; As executive: 7× NBA champion (1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986) NBA Executive of the Year ; Career coaching record; NBA: 938–479 (.662) Record at Basketball ...
Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager and most recently team ambassador, has died.
During his playing career, Thomas won an NCAA championship with Indiana in 1981 and NBA championships with Detroit in 1989 and 1990. He was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the 1981 Final Four and the Most Valuable Player of the 1990 NBA Finals. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1980 and a 12-time NBA All-Star.
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.
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 ...
Larry Brown has coached 9 different teams, the highest number of teams coached among the head coaches. [3] 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.