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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 ...
Loughery served as the head coach for six NBA teams during his 18-year coaching career, including a year as a player-coach. [23] Wilkens and Holzman were named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. [24]
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 ...
No NBA coach can overcome a talent deficit alone, but you would like to think the greatest ever could rise above .500. Phil Jackson Teams: Chicago Bulls (1989-98), Los Angeles Lakers (1999-2004 ...
Former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson won 11 NBA championships, the most in NBA history. He is the only coach who has won multiple championships with multiple teams. He won six titles with the Bulls and five titles with the Lakers. He also leads the NBA for the most postseason games coached and the most postseason ...
Ramsay and Fitch were also named as two of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996. [4] Ramsay, Brown and Fitch are the only Clippers coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [5] [6] [7] The current head coach of the Clippers is Tyronn Lue.
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.