After 5 NBA championships, 3 Coach of the Year awards, 25 seasons as the Spurs’ head coach, and the most wins for any coach with just one team, Gregg Popovich is rumored to want to add another achievement to his overcrowded mantle: the all-time wins record for a head coach.
While he may never say it out loud, according to New York Times reporter Marc Stein via his subscription-based Substack, he has heard “whispers” that Pop really hopes to pass his friend and mentor Don Nelson as the winningest coach in NBA history. Pop, who has 1,310 regular-season wins to his name, is a mere 26 victories away from breaking Nelson’s 1,335 win record.