Is Gregg Popovich the largest coach in NBA history? His career according to the numbers

It is the end of an era in San Antonio, as the Spurs announced on Friday that head coach Gregg Popovich changes to the president of basketball operations as head coach after 29 seasons.

In these 29 years, Popovich established himself as one of the best coaches in NBA history, if not as the greatest. And with that, his coaching career through the numbers -with a historical context in his Spurs -Stint.

Pop's career by numbers

1: Popovich is the first among NBA coaches in the victories of the regular season, who have attributed 1,422 career victories.

2: The Spurs had the NBA rookie of the year twice with Popovich as head coach: Tim Duncan in 1998 and Victor Wembanyama in 2024. Both players were number 1 in their respective NBA designs.

3a: Popovich is third at NBA coaches after the season, the 170 career victories attributed and received the honors of the NBA trainer of the year in three seasons. His 29 seasons as head coach of San Antonio also make Popovich as an NBA head coach in the history of the league in the history of the league.

3b: LeBron James and Kevin Durant changed the teams three times a piece compared to the 29 seasons of Popovich, who commanded the Spurs. Popovich and the Spurs went 2-1 in the NBA final against teams with James.

3c: Three NBA teams have changed their hometown in the last 29 seasons, with the Seattle -Superpers becoming the Oklahoma City Thunder. To boot, Oakland lost all three professional sports teams (Warriors, Raiders and athletics) via this period of time.

5: The Spurs won five NBA championships with Popovich as head coach: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014. These five titles also tied him with Pat Riley and John Kundla for third place in NBA history.

6: Popovich trained six future Hall of Famers in the Spurs: Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Dominique Wilkins, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Pau Gasol. The No. 6 also represents the frequency with which the Spurs have won the Western Conference under Popovich, which is connected to Steve Kerr and Erik Spoelstra for the third most frequent conference titles in the history of the league.

10: Popovich played College basketball at Air Force before becoming an assistant coach of the team. He played and trained for 10 seasons for the falcons.

22: From Popovich's 29 seasons as head coach, the Spurs 22 winner season.

33: While he was 29 seasons her head coach, Popovich was part of the Spurser team for a combined season and was a co-coach under Larry Brown for three seasons and Bob Bass for a season; Brown was released in the 1991-92 NBA season. Popovich was an assistant coach of the Warriors in the next two seasons before he was hired by the Spurs as General Manager in 1994. Popovich then commissioned the 1996/97 season as head coach after a 3-15 start.

50: San Antonio scored more than 50 wins in 19 seasons under Popovich.

60: San Antonio achieved more than 60 wins in six seasons under Popovich.

2020: Popovich was the head coach of the USA team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, with the team taking the gold medal home. The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo took place in the summer of 2021 due to the Covid 19 pandemic from 2020. Popovich was also a co -trainer for Team USA at the Olympic Games in Athens in Athens in Athens.

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