03-05-2025
Greatest Teams Gregg Popovich Coached During His Coaching Career
Source: The San Antonio Spurs celebrate with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy after the Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 107-84 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the NBA Finals Championship, June 15, 2014 in San Antonio,Texas. Front row from left: MVP Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills. The Spurs won the best of seven series 4-1. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Gregg Popovich spent nearly 29 years as a head coach in the NBA – all with the San Antonio Spurs. No other head coach has coached one franchise longer than Popovich.
The longtime Spurs coach won 1,422 games, an NBA record, leading the Spurs to five NBA Championships during one of the longest periods of sustained success for any pro sports franchise – a true dynasty. He was named the 'NBA Coach of the Year' three times; in 2003, 2012 and 2014. Outside of the NBA, Popovich served as head coach for Team USA's men's basketball team for the 2019 FIBA World Cup and 2020 Olympic Games, where he led the latter team to a gold medal.
Popovich will got down as one of the greatest figures in basketball history, remembered for his ability to cultivate a legendary winning culture in San Antonio, and the legendary teams, typically led by the trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbli, that took the floor night in and night out for 29 years. Here's the greatest teams Popovich coached during his professional coaching career:
