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Gregg Popovich has served as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs for 28 years. No other current NBA head coach has been head coach of his current team as long as Popovich has been head coach of the Spurs. Popovich has also coached more games (2,209), won more games (1,388), and lost more games (821) than any other active head coach has with his ...
There have been roughly 260 different coaches in the NBA, excluding short-term interim fill-ins, since Russell was hired, and 1 out of 3 of those coaches have been Black.
Bill Russell in 1966 became the first non-white and African American head coach in the NBA. [28] [29] In the late 1980s, teams began hiring black coaches in large numbers. [28] At the start of the 2015–16 season, there were seven black head coaches in the league, down 50 percent from three years earlier, and the fewest in 16 years. [30]
Jim Cleamons. Jesse Clements. Keith Closs. Charlie Coles. Chris Coles (basketball) Jimmy Collins (basketball) Terry Coner. Lester Conner. Darwin Cook.
Teams change head coaches and the roster of candidates who should get those jobs starts getting bandied about, and especially in recent years those lists almost always included Black candidates.
1 of 9 NBA Head Coaches with over 1000 wins. United States 2021: Cotton Fitzsimmons: 2x NBA Coach of the Year United States 2021: Bill Russell: First black head coach in NBA history, and the first to win an NBA title. 2 NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics (1968, 1969). United States 2021: Jay Wright
Coach Since Team Career Regular season Postseason Regular season Postseaon Yrs GC W–L W–L% GC W–L W–L% Yrs GC W–L W–L% GC W–L W–L% Eastern: Atlanta Dream: Tanisha Wright: October 12, 2021: 2 76 33–43 .434 0 0–0 – 2 76 33–43 .434 0 0–0 – Chicago Sky: Teresa Weatherspoon: October 12, 2023: 0 0 0–0 – 0 0–0 – 0 0 ...
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.