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The San Antonio Spurs announced Wednesday that coach Gregg Popovich suffered a mild stroke on Nov. 2. ... the Austin Spurs; from 2016 through 2019, he was an assistant under coaches Ken McDonald ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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]
Shortly after midnight on February 2, 2025, ESPN's Shams Charania broke the news and revealed most of the pieces in the deal. [37] Following Charania's report, the Salt Lake Tribune's Andy Larsen added that the Jazz paid Dallas and Los Angeles nominal cash considerations because a league rule required the Jazz to send them something. [38] [39]
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.
In 2019, the Spurs played in the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Rio de Janeiro, as the first G League team to play in the tournament. [6] Austin lost in the semi-final to Flamengo. In 2020, the Spurs named Tyler Self, son of Hall of Fame coach Bill Self, as the Austin Spurs' general manager and Matt Nielsen as the head coach. [7]