Pounding The Rock · Nov 8, 2023
Looking back at Pop’s opposing head coaches- Knicks edition
As mentioned previously, an article entitled “Pop’s Incredible Longevity” revealed that San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has coached against 307 different NBA coaches during his twenty-eight year tenure at the helm.
Since the firing of Bob Hill in 1996, Pop has consistently coached the Spurs, give or take an ejection or two. Tonight the Spurs face off against the New York Knicks, the last hurdle in their 1999 NBA Championships.
Speaking of the 1999 Finals, the first head coach Pop faced from the Big Apple was Jeff Van Gundy who served from 1996 to the beginning of the 2001-2002 season when he resigned nineteen games into the season.