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San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Mitch Johnson will remain in interim coaching duties indefinitely, as coach Gregg Popovich continues to recover from a mild stroke.. The Spurs, who had previously ...
FILE - San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich reacts after a call by the official, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick ...
Popovich is in his 29th season with the Spurs, the longest-tenured head coach in the league. He leads the NBA in wins with 1,391 career victories and another 170 postseason wins.
Before coaching for the Austin Spurs, Johnson was a coaching intern for Seattle University in 2011, [6] served as a coach for an AAU team in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League, [7] and became an assistant coach for the Portland Pilots at the University of Portland. [8] Johnson was an assistant coach for the Pilots during the 2015–2016 season.
The NBA, however, decided to admit four ABA teams into the league, including the Spurs, along with the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Nets. [1] There have been 18 head coaches for the San Antonio Spurs. The franchise won their first NBA championship in the 1999 NBA Finals coached by Gregg Popovich. [1]
According to ESPN and the Associated Press, San Antonio's assistant coach Mitch Johnson, who led the Spurs to a 113-103 win on Saturday, will act as interim head coach while Popovich recovers.
Austin Spurs (2022–2023) [ edit ] On September 28, 2022, the Austin Spurs announced that they had acquired the returning right of Brown from South Bay Lakers for a first round pick in the 2023 NBA G League Draft and the returning player rights to Galen Robinson Jr. [ 18 ] On October 24, 2022, Brown joined the Austin Spurs training camp roster.
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