Top Ten Coaches in NBA history

[Galileo]

Top Ten Coaches in NBA history

Galileo's Point system:

win = 1 point
playoff win = 2 points
division le = 25 points
conference championship = 50 points
NBA championship = 100 points
coach of year = 100 points

ABA & BAA stats count 1/2

1. Phil Jackson; 20 years, 3238 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...acksph01c.html

1155 wins
229 playoff wins
13 division les
2 conference champs
11 NBA champs
1 coach of year

2. Pat Riley; 24 years, 2977 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...ileypa01c.html

1210 wins
171 playoff wins
17 division les
4 conference champs
5 NBA champs
3 coach of year

3. Red Auerbach; 20 years, 2435.5 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...uerbre99c.html

995.5 wins
95 playoff wins
10 division les
9 NBA champs
1 coach of year

4. Larry Brown; 30 years, 2029 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...rownla01c.html

1212.5 wins
110 playoff wins
8.5 division les
2 conference champs
1 NBA champ
2.5 coach of year

5. Don Nelson; 31 years, 1960 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...elsodo01c.html

1335 wins
75 playoff wins
7 division les
3 coach of year

6. Greg Popovich; 16 years, 1908 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...opovgr99c.html

847 wins
118 playoffs wins
9 division les
4 NBA champs
2 coach of year

7. Lenny Wilkens; 32 years, 1792 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...ilkele01c.html

1332 wins
80 playoff wins
2 division les
1 conference champ
1 NBA champ
1 coach of year

8. Jerry Sloan; 26 years, 1692 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...loanje01c.html

1221 wins
98 playoff wins
7 division les
2 conference champs

9. Bill Fitch; 25 years, 1529 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...itchbi99c.html

944 wins
55 playoff wins
5 division les
1 conference champ
1 NBA champ
2 coach of year

10. George Karl; 24 years, 1480 points

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...karlge01c.html

1074 wins
78 playoff wins
8 division les
1 conference champ

BONUS STATS ON THE TOP 10:

50-win seasons:

Jackson 17
Riley 17
Popovich 14
Nelson 13
Sloan 13
Karl 11
Brown 9.5 (3 ABA counts as 1.5)
Wilkens 9
Auerbach 8
Fitch 5

Made playoffs:

Riley 21
Karl 21
Jackson 20
Brown 20 (4 ABA counts as 2)
Wilkens 20
Sloan 20
Nelson 18
Auerbach 18 (2 BAA counts as 1)
Popovich 15
Fitch 13

.500+ record:

Sloan 23
Brown 22 (4 ABA counts as 2)
Riley 21
Nelson 21
Wilkens 21
Karl 21
Jackson 20
Auerbach 17.5 (3 BAA counts as 1.5)
Popovich 15
Fitch 11

[racm]

Sounds about right.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

I think you forgot Daddy Rich

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...dalych99c.html

[BRHornet45]

sons LMAO at anyone who thinks Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time. these words sum up his career ...

smoke and mirrors


Jackson never once in his career helped coach and guide a team from scratch. he was handed every team stacked with superstars on a silver platter. now if he would come back for a few years and coach a team like the T-Wolves or Bucks and guide them into the playoffs then maybe he would deserve some of the respect he gets.

[racm]

Jackson wouldn't coach a raw Tony Parker into a superstar, fwiw...

[Galileo]

I think you forgot Daddy Rich

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...dalych99c.html

Daly less points than Karl.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Daly less points than Karl.

True he didn't coach as long he was a much better coach IMO

[tesseractive]

les are undervalued and COYs are overvalued.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

les are undervalued and COYs are overvalued.

It's all about the rings you are correct.

[Galileo]

les are undervalued and COYs are overvalued.

why's that?

[Galileo]

It's all about the rings you are correct.

That's bull , fans pay to go see regular season games. Each NBA game is a promoted event that has value. My point system gives credit to winning a division le, that is an important accomplishment, like a conference le in high school or college sports.

[Clipper Nation]

why's that?

Because the COY is often given to "surprise" coaches over consistently good ones... example: Sam Mitc over Jerry Sloan...

[namlook]

sons LMAO at anyone who thinks Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time. these words sum up his career ...

smoke and mirrors


Jackson never once in his career helped coach and guide a team from scratch. he was handed every team stacked with superstars on a silver platter. now if he would come back for a few years and coach a team like the T-Wolves or Bucks and guide them into the playoffs then maybe he would deserve some of the respect he gets.

Jordan, Shaq and Kobe were all losing in the playoffs every season before Phil came along and they never won before he was their coach. Jordan and Shaq in particular were dominant players before Phil arrived but still kept losing until Phil got there. Enough said.

As for the point system, Championships are undervalued. A le should be 200 pts and a playoff win should be more than 2 points. This would move Pop over Nelson and Red over Riley as it should be.

[Galileo]

Because the COY is often given to "surprise" coaches over consistently good ones... example: Sam Mitc over Jerry Sloan...

Sloan gets lots of points for consistent excellence, he racks up wins, playoff wins, and division les.

[TE]

sons LMAO at anyone who thinks Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time. these words sum up his career ...

smoke and mirrors


Jackson never once in his career helped coach and guide a team from scratch. he was handed every team stacked with superstars on a silver platter. now if he would come back for a few years and coach a team like the T-Wolves or Bucks and guide them into the playoffs then maybe he would deserve some of the respect he gets.

lol truth bombs son

[BUMP]

Don Nelson over Poppovich

[MattBonnerExperience]

sons LMAO at anyone who thinks Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time. these words sum up his career ...

smoke and mirrors


Jackson never once in his career helped coach and guide a team from scratch. he was handed every team stacked with superstars on a silver platter. now if he would come back for a few years and coach a team like the T-Wolves or Bucks and guide them into the playoffs then maybe he would deserve some of the respect he gets.

Do you think a coach like Spo would have gotten Jordan to be a team player? Jackson was able to manange the personalitys of some of the best in the league and get the best out of them.

[baseline bum]

Only Galileo would be re ed enough to put a coach with a career record of 944-1106 at #9 alltime.

[Galileo]

Only Galileo would be re ed enough to put a coach with a career record of 944-1106 at #9 alltime.

Bill Fitch made the official top 10 NBA list of best coaches back in 1996, idiot, and that was before Pop even got started.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Only Galileo would be re ed enough to put a coach with a career record of 944-1106 at #9 alltime.

[baseline bum]

Bill Fitch made the official top 10 NBA list of best coaches back in 1996, idiot, and that was before Pop even got started.

That was ing impressive when he led a team of Prime Bird, Prime Parish, Prime McHale, and Prime Maxwell to getting skunked by Milwaukee.

[Galileo]

Don Nelson over Poppovich

Nelson is the all-time leader in wins. But Pop will be able to catch him in the point system soon. Pop looks to be around at least 3 more years.

[Galileo]

That was ing impressive when he led a team of Prime Bird, Prime Parish, Prime McHale, and Prime Maxwell to getting skunked by Milwaukee.

OK, smarty pants, who do you put ahead of Fitch?

[BRHornet45]

Do you think a coach like Spo would have gotten Jordan to be a team player? Jackson was able to manange the personalitys of some of the best in the league and get the best out of them.

son Spo just basically did the exact same thing with the Heat. I guess we can now put him up there as an all time great according to some folks logic on here.

[Galileo]

Sounds about right.

glad we have some IQ people here who get it.