Gregg Popovich's legendary career from NBA fans after resigning as Spurs HC

NBA fans celebrate Gregg Popovich after the San Antonio Spurs announced on Friday that the league leader's coaching leader resigned as head coach.

Popovich led the Spurs to 1,422 victories of the regular season and five NBA titles in 29 seasons with the team.

The 76 -year -old Popovich resigned from the coaching after a stroke in November. According to the Spurs, he will now go into a new role as team president.

He becomes his NBA head trainer career with a regular season record of 1422-869 (.

“While my love and passion for the game stayed, I decided to go time as head coach,” said Popovich in an explanation.

Popovich first joined the Spurs as Co -coach from Larry Brown in 1988. He later took on the role of head coach in December 1996.

Popovich led the Spurs to a 17: 47 record in his first head coach and set up the franchise with the top selection of the 1997 design.

After the team campaigns, he led to at least 50 wins in 19 of the 20 years of the team and trained the Big three from Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.

During this time, the Spurs tied an NBA playoff record by making the playoffs for 22 seasons in a row between 1998 and 2019.

In his last full season, Popovich Victor Wembanyama trained as head coach of Spurs when the center led the NBA in Blöcken and received a Rookie of the Year Prize.

Popovich also worked six times in the team of the team in the USA and solved his international career in 2021 during the Olympic Games in Tokyo for gold. He was included in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023.