The Best San Antonio Spurs Coaches of All Time
Who are the best San Antonio Spurs coaches of all time? Everything's bigger in Texas, including the personalities on and off the basketball court. Just take the San Antonio Spurs - the team has boasted some incredible leadership over the years. The top Spurs coaches come in many forms. Some great leaders on this best to worst Spurs coaches list prioritized defense, while other former Spurs head coaches developed genius offensive plays. Many of the best San Antonio Spurs coaches were once players themselves. Who is the best San Antonio Spurs coach of all time? Which Spurs head coaches do you love?
The GOAT Spurs coach is definitely 5x NBA Finals champion Gregg Popovich. Larry Brown led the Spurs to the playoffs several times during his tenure as head coach from 1988-1992. Bob Hill is another popular coach of the San Antonio Spurs. Jerry Tarkanian made his mark on the San Antonio Spurs as the head coach in 1992.
Vote up the San Antonio Spurs coaches of all time, and help us decide the best Spurs head coaches ever.
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Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach and general manager. He is the head coach and President of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball ...more1967-1970
Clifford Oldham Hagan (born December 9, 1931) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-4 forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nicknamed "Li'l Abner", played his entire ...more1988-1992
Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is a former American basketball coach and player who was most recently the head coach for Auxilium Torino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and ...more1992-1994
John Harding Lucas II (born October 31, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. He currently works as the player development coach of the Houston Rockets. He played ...more1984-1986
Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 – July 24, 2004) was an American college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Bowling Green, Missouri, he attended and played basketball at ...more1971-1972, 1973-1974
Thomas Edward Nissalke (July 7, 1932 – August 22, 2019) was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association. He coached several ...more1974–1976, 1980, 1983–1984, 1992
Robert Eugene Bass (January 28, 1929 – August 17, 2018) was an American basketball coach and executive who worked in college basketball, the American Basketball Association (ABA), and the National ...more1980-1983
Charles Stanley Albeck (born May 17, 1931) is a former professional basketball coach. Albeck has coached for several teams in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball ...more1976-1980
Douglas Edwin Moe (born September 21, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. As a head coach with the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he ...more1986-1988
Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player and coach.- 11
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Robert W. Hill (born November 24, 1948) is an American basketball coach. Hill grew up in Mount Sterling, Ohio, moving to Worthington, Ohio for high school. Hill attended Bowling Green State ...more 1992
Jerry Tarkanian (August 8, 1930 – February 11, 2015) was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his ...more1992
Rex Hughes (September 24, 1938 – May 9, 2016) was an American college and professional basketball coach. He coached men's basketball at Long Beach City College, Kent State University, and later ...more1983
Morris Daniel "Mo" McHone (born June 17, 1943) is a former coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce, a professional team in the NBA Development League. He is also a former NBA basketball coach and ...more1970-1971
Billy Buie Blakeley (June 13, 1934 – October 27, 2010), also known as William and Billy, was an American basketball coach at the high school, college, and professional levels.1970
Max Williams (born February 28, 1938) was the general manager of the American Basketball Association team Dallas Chaparrals from 1967 to 1971. During his time with the Chaparrals, he became the ...more1972-1973
James Harrison "Babe" McCarthy (October 1, 1923 – March 17, 1975), was an American professional and collegiate basketball coach. McCarthy was originally from Baldwyn, Mississippi. McCarthy may best ...more1973
David Charles "Dave" Brown (February 22, 1933 – June 15, 2009) was a basketball coach who briefly coached the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association in 1973. He was born in Green ...more
