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Three of those coaches, Popovich, Al Attles and Erik Spoelstra, have spent their entire coaching career with one team. Popovich has coached 2,209 regular season games with the San Antonio Spurs in his 28-year career, Attles has coached 1,075 regular season games with the Warriors franchise in his 14-year career, and Spoelstra has coached 1,230 ...
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.
He was named one of the Top 10 coaches in NBA history. On April 7, 2010, Nelson passed Lenny Wilkens for first place on the all-time NBA wins list with his 1,333rd career win. [2] His all-time record coaching record is 1,335–1,063 (.557). He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. [3]
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.
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.
With a 117-110 win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich tied Don Nelson for the most career regular season victories by a coach in NBA history.
During his NBA career, Kerr won five NBA championships. He retired as the league's all-time leader in single-season three-point shooting percentage (.524 in 1994–95) and career three-point shooting percentage (.454). [44] As of 2024, Kerr is the only NBA player to win four straight NBA titles after 1969. [45]
Of course, only two coaches have ever surpassed the 1,000-win mark in NCAA Division I men’s basketball: Jim Boeheim of Syracuse (1,015 wins) and Mike Krzyzewski of Army and Duke (1,202 wins).