As talked about beforehand, an article entitled “Pop’s Unbelievable Longevity” revealed that San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has coached towards 307 completely different NBA coaches throughout his twenty-eight yr tenure on the helm.
Because the firing of Bob Hill in 1996, Pop has constantly coached the Spurs, give or take an ejection or two. Tonight the Spurs face off towards the Sacramento Kings.
Garry St. Jean has been with the Kings since 1992 when Pop got here on the scene. Pop gave the Kings an inaugural 20-point drubbing of their first match-up however misplaced to St. Jean three weeks later. St. Jean was fired and changed by assistant Eddie Jordan.
Jordan’s first sport as an NBA head coach was towards Popovich, and he received. He repeated a couple of weeks later simply earlier than the top of the season.
Rick Adelman, who has already made an look on this record, coached the Kings from 1998-2006. These had been good years for the Kings as they made the submit season annually.
Eric Musselman’s lone season as head coach throughout the 2006-2007 season yielded 4 losses to the Spurs. Musselman will seem on this record once more once we discuss in regards to the Golden State Warriors.
Initially employed by the Maloof brothers on a three-year contract, Reggie Theus’ first season ended with a 38-44 document. He was first the following season after a 6-18 begin, leaving assistant coach Kenny Natt on the helm.
An assistant within the NBA since 1996, Kenny Natt was assigned as interim head coach after Theus firing and knocked out an 11-47 document earlier than leaving the NBA. He was unable to beat Pop of their two head-to-head match-ups.
Paul Westphal, who’s additionally been talked about in a earlier submit, was with the Kings from 2009-2011 when he was unceremoniously fired after a 2-5 begin on the prime of the 2011-2012 season.
Assistant coach Keith Good took over in early January after Westphal was launched. Good completed out the season and had the complete subsequent season the place the Kings went 24-58. He was subsequently fired on the finish of the season.
The league’s reigning champion head coach Michael Malone bought his first main project with the Kings in 2013. He was ousted after an 11-13 begin to the 2014-2015 season.
Tyrone Corbin was made the interim however didn’t keep on lengthy sufficient to teach towards the Spurs.
George Karl, who began his teaching profession as an assistant with the Spurs, confronted Pop quite a few occasions all through his illustrious profession. Karl’s final head teaching place was with the Kings. He completed out the 2-14-15 season and stayed on another yr earlier than being fired only one sport shy of teaching this 2,000th sport.
Dave Joerger and Pop have beforehand met whereas the previous was the top coach of the Memphis Grizzlies. Joerger is presently in Phoenix as an assistant.
Luke Walton additionally met Pop earlier than becoming a member of the Kings as he took over in Sacramento in 2019 after parting methods with the Lakers. Walton has back-to-back 31-41 season in California’s capital. He was fired after a 6-11 begin to the 2021-2022 season.
Alvin Gentry stepped in for the rest of the 2021-2022 season. Pop and Alvin have a protracted profession as opponents going again to 1997. Gentry has been the top coach of the Pistons, Clippers, Suns, and Pelicans earlier than taking up in Sacramento. This was his final teaching job.
Mike Brown, the present coach, misplaced within the 2007 NBA Finals to Pop and the Spurs when he was with the Cleveland Cavaliers (and a younger LeBron James). He has since served as head coach of Lakers in addition to a second stint in Cleveland earlier than becoming a member of Steve Kerr in Golden State as an assistant. That is his second yr with the vastly bettering Kings. Beneath Brown, they made the postseason for the primary time since Rick Adelman’s ultimate season in 2006.
For these counting, that’s fourteen opposing teaching in 28 seasons. Appears to be like just like the Kings want some consistency, and a truckload of no matter consuming water Rick Adelman was serving his gamers on the flip of the century.
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