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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 ...
Don Nelson, Bill Fitch, Jerry Sloan and Larry Brown are the only other coaches who have coached more than 2,000 regular season games. 33 other head coaches have coached more than 1,000 regular season games. Three of those coaches, Popovich, Al Attles and Erik Spoelstra, have spent their entire coaching career with one team.
Wilkens and Holzman were named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. [ 24] Wilkens, along with Bob Cousy, Dave Cowens, Dave DeBusschere, Bob Pettit, Bill Russell and Dolph Schayes, were named to the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, which was also announced at the league's 50th ...
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.
The list does not include NBL seasons. Larry Brown was the Philadelphia 76ers head coach for 518 games from 1997 – 2003, including one trip to the NBA Finals in 2001. Maurice Cheeks was the head coach for 252 games from 2005 – 2008. Doug Collins was the head coach for 248 games from 2010 – 2013.
Jerry West was head coach of the Lakers for three seasons. Pat Riley coached the team to four championships in the 1980s. Phil Jackson won five championships in two stints coached with the Lakers. Former head coach Luke Walton. Frank Vogel coached the team to an NBA Championship in 2020.
Auerbach is the franchise's all-time leader in the number of regular-season and playoff wins as a coach. [2] Auerbach and Bill Fitch were included in the Top 10 Coaches in NBA history. [3] Fitch was the 1979–80 NBA Coach of the Year and also led the Celtics to a championship in 1981.
The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf and Billy Donovan is the current head coach. They play their home games in the United Center. The Bulls first joined the NBA in the 1966–67 season as an expansion team. Coached by Johnny Kerr, the team finished its first season with a 33–48 record, the best record achieved by an expansion team in its ...