List of San Antonio Spurs head coaches From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Gregg Popovich led the franchise to four NBA Championships.The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise was founded as the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967.[1] The team suffered from poor attendance and general disinterest by fans in Dallas, and the name "Dallas" was dropped in favor of "Texas" during the 1970–71 season in an attempt to make the team regional. This also proved to be a failure, and the team returned full-time to use "Dallas" for the 1971–72 season.[2] The team was put up for sale after missing the playoffs in the 1972–73 season.[1][2] The team was acquired by a group of 36 San Antonio businessmen, led by Angelo Drossos and Red McCombs, who relocated the team to San Antonio, Texas and renamed it to Spurs.[1][2] In 1976, the ABA folded, threatening the future of San Antonio's sole professional sports franchise.[1] The NBA, however, decided to admit four ABA teams into the league, including the Spurs, along with the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Nets.[1] There have been 18 head coaches for the San Antonio Spurs. The franchise won their first NBA championship in the 1999 NBA Finals coached by Gregg Popovich.[1] The Spurs won three additional NBA championships in 2003 NBA Finals, 2005 NBA Finals, and 2007 NBA Finals under Popovich.[1] Popovich is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.[3] He also won the NBA Coach of the Year award for 2002–03 season.[4] Larry Brown is the only member of the franchise that has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[5] Bob Bass, who has coached with the Spurs for four terms, leads the franchise in most number of terms coached.[6] Cliff Hagan, Max Williams, Bill Blakely, Dave Brown, Morris McHone, Jerry Tarkanian and Popovich spent their entire coaching careers with the Spurs.[3][7][8][9][10][11][12] Contents [hide] 1 Key 2 Coaches 3 Notes 4 References [edit] Key # Number of coaches[note 1] GC Games coached W Wins L Losses Win% Winning percentage * Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Spurs † Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach [edit] Coaches Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007–08 season. # Name Term[note 2] Regular Season Playoffs Achievements GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Dallas Chaparrals 1 Cliff Hagan* 1967–1970 199 109 90 .548 15 7 8 .467 2 Max Williams* 1970 41 23 18 .561 6 2 4 .333 Texas Chaparrals — Max Williams* 1970–1971 19 5 14 .263 — — — — 3 Bill Blakely* 1971 65 25 40 .385 4 0 4 .000 Dallas Chaparrals 4 Tom Nissalke 1971–1972 84 42 42 .500 4 0 4 .000 5 Babe McCarthy 1973 72 24 48 .333 — — — — 6 Dave Brown* 1973 12 4 8 .333 — — — — San Antonio Spurs — Tom Nissalke 1973–1975 112 63 49 .563 7 3 4 .428 7 Bob Bass 1975–1976 140 83 57 .593 13 5 8 .385 8 Doug

Moe 1976–1980 312 177 135 .567 22 9 13 .409 — Bob Bass 1980 16 8 8 .500 3 1 2 .333 9 Stan Albeck 1980–1983 246 153 93 .622 27 13 14 .481 10 Morris McHone* 1984 31 11 20 .355 — — — — — Bob Bass 1984 51 26 25 .510 — — — — 11 Cotton Fitzsimmons 1984–1986 164 76 88 .463 8 2 6 .250 12 Bob Weiss 1986–1988 164 59 105 .360 3 0 3 .000 13 Larry Brown† 1988–1992 284 153 131 .539 14 7 7 .500 — Bob Bass 1992 44 26 18 .591 3 0 3 .000 14 Jerry Tarkanian* 1992 20 9 11 .450 — — — — 15 Rex Hughes 1993 1 1 0 1.000 — — — — 16 John Lucas II 1993–1994 143 94 49 .657 14 6 8 .428 17 Bob Hill 1994–1996 182 124 58 .681 25 14 11 .560 18 Gregg Popovich* 1996–present 934 632 302 .677 160 101 59 .631 2002–03 NBA Coach of the Year[4] [edit] Notes ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Chaparrals/Spurs. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season. [edit] References General "San Antonio Spurs Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sport Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/coaches.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. "San Antonio Spurs history site". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive. http://www.nba.com/spurs/history/spurs_history.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-29. Specific ^ a b c d e f g "San Antonio Spurs History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/spurs/history/spurs_history.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. ^ a b c "Dallas Chaparrals History". RememberTheABA.com. http://www.remembertheaba.com/Dallas-Chaparrals.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. ^ a b "Gregg Popovich's Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/popovgr99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. ^ a b "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. ^ "Larry Brown's Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownla01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. ^ "Bob Bass Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/bassbo99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. ^ "Cliff Hagan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hagancl01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-08. ^ "Max Williams Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/willima99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-08. ^ "Bill Blakely Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/blakebi99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-08. ^ "Dave Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownda99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-08. ^ "Morris McHone Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mchonmo99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. ^ "Jerry Tarkanian's Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/tarkaje99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. [show]v • d • eNBA head coaches by team Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlantic Central Southeast Northwest Pacific Southwest Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks Denver Nuggets Golden State Warriors Dallas Mavericks New Jersey Nets Cleveland Cavaliers Charlotte Bobcats Minnesota Timberwolves Los Angeles Clippers Houston Rockets New York Knicks Detroit Pistons Miami Heat Oklahoma City Thunder Los Angeles Lakers Memphis Grizzlies Philadelphia 76ers Indiana Pacers Orlando Magic Portland Trail Blazers Phoenix Suns New Orleans Hornets Toronto Raptors Milwaukee Bucks Washington Wizards Utah Jazz Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs [show]v • d • eSan Antonio Spurs San Antonio, Texas The Franchise Franchise • Seasons • Current season Arenas State Fair Coliseum • Moody Coliseum • Tarrant County Coliseum • Lubbock Municipal Coliseum • HemisFair

Arena • Alamodome • AT&T Center Coaches Hagan • Williams • Blakely • Nissalke • McCarthy • Brown • Nissalke • Bass • Moe • Bass • Albeck • McHone • Bass • Fitzsimmons • Weiss • Brown • Bass • Tarkanian • Hughes • Lucas • Hill • Popovich D-League Affiliate Austin Toros Administration Owner: Peter Holt • General Manager: R. C. Buford • Head Coach: Gregg Popovich Notable Figures Gene Banks • Brent Barry • Walter Berry • Bruce Bowen • Devin Brown • Speedy Claxton • Terry Cummings • Antonio Daniels • Vinny Del Negro • Coby Dietrick • Tim Duncan • Mario Elie • Sean Elliott • Michael Finley • Mike Gale • George Gervin • Artis Gilmore • Manu Ginóbili • Robert Horry • Stephen Jackson • Avery Johnson • George Karl • Steve Kerr • Moses Malone • Mike Mitchell • Johnny Moore • Mark Olberding • Tony Parker • Will Perdue • Terry Porter • Alvin Robertson • David Robinson • Dennis Rodman • Malik Rose • James Silas • Rod Strickland • Steve Smith • Dominique Wilkins • Kevin Willis Retired Numbers 00 • 6 • 13 • 32 • 44 • 50 NBA Championships (4) 1999 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 Rivals Dallas Mavericks • Houston Rockets • Los Angeles Lakers • Phoenix Suns Media TV: KENS-TV • KMYS • FSN Southwest • Radio: WOAI-AM • KCOR-AM • Announcers: Bill Land • Sean Elliott • Bill Schoening • Paul Castro Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_San_Antonio_Spurs_head_coaches" Categories: National Basketball Association coaches | Dallas Chaparrals coaches | National Basketball Association lists | San Antonio Spurs coaches | National Basketball Association head coaches by team