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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.
Triano was the interim head coach of the Raptors since Mitchell was fired. [7] [8] Triano is the first Canadian head coach in NBA history. [9] Nick Nurse is the only Raptors coach to have won an NBA Championship with the team (2018–19 NBA season) and holds the franchise's highest winning percentage in the regular season (.707) and playoffs ...
The first [NBA organization] to hire a black [head] coach was the Boston Celtics, and they've had at least five [black head-coaches] over the years. And so the guy that owned the Celtics [Walter Brown] was [in addition to Auerbach for whom Russell expressed "respect" and "actual love"] another one of the fine, good, and decent human beings that ...
In addition to 4 seasons as a player-coach, he spent another 28 seasons as a head coach, winning an NBA championship in 1979. [19] San Francisco Warriors player-coach Al Attles retired from playing duty in 1971, but continued to coach the Warriors for another 12 seasons, leading them to an NBA championship in 1975. [20]
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
Bill Russell was a dominant center in the NBA in the 1960s. Russell played 13 championships with the Boston Celtics and won 11 titles. He was the first Black coach of an NBA team and the second ...
The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public ...
1969–70 NBA Coach of the Year 2 championships (1970, 1973) One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [4] [3] 10 Willis Reed: 1977–1978: 96 49 47 .510 6 2 4 .333 [20] — Red Holzman † 1978–1982: 314 147 167 .468 2 0 2 .000 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [4] [3] 11 Hubie Brown: 1982–1986: 344 142 202 .413 18 8 10 .444 [21] 12 ...