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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.
First coach in NBA history to lead a team to three consecutive championships in three separate stretches (Chicago Bulls, 1991–93, 1996–98; Los Angeles Lakers, 2000–02, and also led Lakers to championships in 2009 and 2010); coached the Chicago Bulls to NBA-record 72–10 season (1995–96); led his teams to NBA-record 25 consecutive ...
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), there have been 40 players who also served as their teams' head coaches at the same time. The NBA was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [2] The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [3]
The Mount Rushmore of NBA coaches is hardly an argument. With all due respect to John Kundla, who absolutely should have been on the league's list of 15 greatest coaches ever for leading the ...
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.
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
Nicknamed "Coach Pop", Popovich has the most wins of any coach in NBA history, [2] [3] and is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. [4] [5] Popovich led the Spurs to a winning record in his first 22 full seasons as head coach, surpassing Phil Jackson for the most consecutive winning seasons in NBA history. During his ...