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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 ...
Lloyd was the first African–American assistant coach and was named head coach for the 1971–72 season, making him the third African–American head coach, after John McLendon and Bill Russell. [11] A 2–5 start to the following campaign resulted in Lloyd being relieved of his duties and replaced by assistant coach Ray Scott on October 28 ...
Bill Russell, a Boston Celtics legend who won 11 championships during his career and served as the first Black head coach of any professional U.S. sports team, died Sunday. He was 88. Russell’s ...
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 ...
As coach: NBA All-Star Game head coach ; Career NBA playing statistics; Points: 18,822 (19.2 ppg) Assists: 9,061 (9.3 apg) Steals: 1,861 (1.9 spg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball Reference Career coaching record; NBA: 187–223 (.456) College: 26–65 (.286) Record at Basketball Reference Basketball Hall of Fame: Collegiate Basketball Hall ...
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.
Four as a head coach (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History selection; 2016 NBA Coach of the Year; Two-time NBA All-Star Game head coach; 1997 NBA Three-Point Contest winner; USA Basketball. 1986 FIBA World Championship (as a player) 2020 Olympic Gold Medal winner (as an assistant coach) 2024 Olympic Gold Medal winner (as ...