Gregg Charles Popovich is an American professional basketball coach and executive. He is the head coach and president of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Popovich has the most wins in NBA history, surpassing Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson on April 13, 2019. He has led the Spurs to a winning record in each of his 22 full seasons as head coach.
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Gregg Charles Popovich is an American professional basketball coach and executive. He is the head coach and president of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Popovich has the most wins in NBA history, surpassing Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson on April 13, 2019. He has led the Spurs to a winning record in each of his 22 full seasons as head coach. He served five years of required active duty in the United States Air Force, during which he toured Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union with the U.S. Armed Forces Basketball Team. In 1972, he was selected as captain of the Armed Forces Team, which won the Amateur Athletic Union championship. In 1979, Popovich was named the head basketball coach of Pomona-Pitzer’s men’s team, leading the team to its first outright title in 68 years. In 1994, he returned to San Antonio as the general manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations after Peter Holt purchased the team. In 1997, he drafted Tim Duncan with the first overall pick in the NBA draft, which they used to draft Tim Duncan out of Wake Forest University.
The Spurs have won all five of their NBA titles, and is one of only five coaches in NBA History to win five titles. He was born in East Chicago, Indiana, on January 28, 1949, to a Serbian father and a Croatian mother. He played basketball for four seasons at the Academy, and in his senior year was the team captain and leading scorer. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Soviet Studies and underwent Air Force intelligence training. He later earned a master’s degree in physical education and sports sciences at the University of Denver. At one point, he considered a career with the Central Intelligence Agency. He also served as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors for a brief stint in 1992, serving under future Hall of Famer Don Nelson and bringing with him Avery Johnson, who had been cut by the Spurs. In 1996, he took over as coach of the Spurs and is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all major sports leagues. After the Spurs had a 3–15 start in the 1996–15 season, he fired Bob Hill and named himself head coach after the only coach.
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