Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional

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executive and former coach who is the president for the

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of the

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(NBA). He was the

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of the Spurs for 29 seasons from 1996 to 2025, during which he won five NBA championships, and was the longest tenured active coach in the NBA as well as all other major sports leagues in the United States. He has been a member of the Spurs organization since 1994, originally as president of basketball operations and general manager, before taking over as coach in 1996. Nicknamed "Coach Pop", Popovich has the most wins of any coach in NBA history, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time. Popovich led the Spurs to a winning record in each of his first 22 full seasons as head coach, surpassing Phil Jackson for the most consecutive winning seasons in NBA history. During his tenure, the Spurs have had a winning record against every other NBA team. Popovich has been a key figure in the sustained success of the Spurs in the 1990s, the 2000s, and most of the 2010s. Popovich has led the Spurs to all five of their NBA titles, and is one of only five coaches in NBA history to have won five titles. He was also the head coach of the U.S. national team at the

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, leading the team to a gold medal. In 2023, Popovich was inducted into the

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. After 29 seasons as head coach of the Spurs, Popovich stepped down in 2025 and transitioned into a front office role as the team's president of basketball operations.

Early life

Popovich was born on January 28, 1949, in

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, to a

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n father and

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n mother. He graduated from Merrillville High School in 1966.

College career

Popovich attended the

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. He played on the academy's Air Force Falcons men's basketball team, and in his senior year was the team's captain and leading scorer. He graduated from the Academy in 1970 with a

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. Popovich underwent Air Force intelligence training and briefly considered a career with the

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. Popovich served five years of required active duty in the

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, during which he toured

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and the

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with the U.S. Armed Forces Basketball Team. In 1972, he was selected as captain of the Armed Forces Team, which won the

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(AAU) championship. This earned the guard an invitation to the 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team trials.

Coaching and executive career

Pomona-Pitzer and early career (1973–1994)

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. During his time as an assistant coach at the Academy, Popovich earned a

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and sports sciences from the

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. In 1979, Popovich was named the head coach of the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, the joint men's basketball team of

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and

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. Popovich coached the Pomona-Pitzer men's basketball team from 1979 to 1988, leading the team to its first outright title in 68 years. During his time as head coach at Pomona-Pitzer, Popovich became a disciple and later a close friend of head coach Larry Brown at the University of Kansas. Popovich took off the 1985–86 season at Pomona-Pitzer to become a volunteer assistant at Kansas, where he could study directly under Brown. Popovich returned to Pomona-Pitzer and resumed his duties as head coach the next season. Following the 1987–88 season, Popovich joined Brown as the lead assistant coach for the Spurs. From 1988 to 1992, Popovich was Brown's top assistant, until the entire staff, including

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, Alvin Gentry and Ed Manning, were fired by owner

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. Popovich moved to the

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for a brief stint in 1992, serving as an assistant under future Hall of Famer Don Nelson and bringing with him Avery Johnson, who had been cut by the Spurs.

San Antonio Spurs (1994–2025)

In 1994, Popovich returned to San Antonio as the general manager and vice president of basketball operations after Peter Holt purchased the team. Popovich's first move was to sign Avery Johnson as the team's starting

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. Another one of Popovich's early moves in San Antonio was to trade

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to the

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for Will Perdue. After the Spurs had a 3–15 start in the 1996–97 season, with David Robinson sidelined with a preseason back injury, Popovich fired coach Bob Hill on December 10, 1996, and named himself head coach. Robinson then broke his foot after only six games and was lost for the season.

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was also limited to 39 games due to injury, and Chuck Person missed the entire season. With a reduced roster that included an aging Dominique Wilkins, the Spurs struggled and won only 17 games for the remainder of the season for an overall record of 20–62. The Spurs' disastrous season allowed them the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft, which they used to draft

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out of

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. The Spurs blossomed as the 6'11" Duncan teamed up with the 7'1" Robinson in a "Twin Tower" offense and defense for several years. After recovering to win 56 games in 1997–1998 (Popovich's first full year as coach), the Spurs won their first NBA title in

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. In 2002, Popovich relinquished his position as general manager to

, who had served as the team's head scout. Popovich and Buford were both given their starts in the NBA in 1988 as assistants on Brown's coaching staff with the Spurs. Popovich has won five championships with the Spurs—

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

and

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. He was named

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in 2003, 2012, and 2014. On April 4, 2008, Popovich returned to the U.S. Air Force Academy to receive the academy's award of Distinguished Graduate. Despite his four NBA titles at the time, Popovich said it was the most meaningful award he had ever received. On May 2, 2012, Popovich won his second Coach of the Year Award for the

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Greg Popovich interviewed by David Aldridge Spurs-Magic

On November 29, 2012, Popovich sat out starters Tim Duncan,

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, Manu Ginóbili, and Danny Green for a nationally televised game against the

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. Popovich frequently sat out his starters on road trips over the years to ensure they have enough rest for the playoffs; the Spurs' roster was among the oldest in the league. NBA commissioner

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was outraged by this and said on the night of the game that it was "unacceptable", and "substantial sanctions ouldbe forthcoming". On November 30, Stern fined the Spurs $250,000 for what he called "a disservice to the league and the fans". According to Stern, Popovich had not informed the Heat, the league or the media in a suitable time frame that the four players were not making the trip to Miami. Stern's decision was criticized by commentator Adrian Wojnarowski of

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. Popovich led the Spurs to the

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to face the

. The series lasted seven games, but the Spurs had their first-ever Finals loss. Popovich cross armed

On April 22, 2014, Popovich was awarded the Red Auerbach Trophy as he won the NBA Coach of the Year for the third time. He also won his fifth NBA championship with San Antonio that season, beating the Heat 4–1 in the Finals. On February 9, 2015, Popovich became the ninth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games when the Spurs defeated the

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95–93. He and Jerry Sloan are the only two coaches in NBA history to win 1,000 games with one franchise. On August 1, 2015, Popovich served as Team Africa's head coach at the 2015 NBA Africa exhibition game. In the 2015–16 season, Popovich led the Spurs to a franchise-high 67 wins, but he and the team lost in the conference semifinals against the

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in six games. On February 4, 2017, Popovich recorded his 1,128th regular season win with one franchise, surpassing Sloan. On April 13, 2019, Popovich surpassed Lenny Wilkens and became the all-time winningest coach in NBA history with his 1,413th win (regular season and playoffs combined). On January 26, 2020, the Spurs hosted the

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just hours after a California helicopter crash claimed the lives of nine people, including NBA legend

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and his 13–year-old daughter Gianna, and Popovich proposed that both teams take an intentional 24-second shot clock violation on each of their first possessions to pay homage to Bryant's jersey number 24, which he donned from 2006 to 2016. This violation tribute would subsequently be repeated at the beginning of nearly every game around the league over the rest of that day and the following days. On March 27, 2021, after leading his team to a 120–104 victory against the Chicago Bulls, Popovich won his 1,300th regular season game and became the third NBA coach to reach the milestone. On March 11, 2022, Popovich surpassed Don Nelson for most regular season wins of all time, notching his 1,336th regular season victory with the Spurs. Popovich needed 370 fewer games than Nelson to achieve this record. On July 8, 2023, Popovich signed a five-year contract extension, keeping him with the franchise through the 2027–28 season. On November 2, 2024, Popovich suffered a stroke. Two days later, it was announced that he would take an indefinite leave of absence from the team, with assistant Mitch Johnson stepping in as interim head coach. In a meeting with Spurs players on February 27, 2025, Popovich confirmed that he would not coach the team for the remainder of the season. On May 2, 2025, the Spurs announced that Popovich would step down as coach of the Spurs after 29 seasons and would transition to a new role as president of basketball operations. Johnson was promoted to succeed Popovich as the Spurs head coach.

National team career

Popovich served on the coaching staff for the U.S. men's national team during the 2002 FIBA World Championship (assisting

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), during the 2003

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America Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (assisting Larry Brown), where the U.S. team won the bronze medal. On October 23, 2015, Popovich was named the head coach of the U.S. men's national team, taking over from

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after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the U.S. national team finished in seventh place, its worst finish ever in international competition. With Popovich serving as the head coach for the U.S. men's national team, he led the team to a gold medal at the

in Tokyo, going 5–1 and defeating

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87–82 in the final.

Personal life

Popovich was married to Erin Popovich for 42 years until her death on April 18, 2018; the couple has two children. Popovich is a serious wine collector and an investor in Oregon's A to Z Wineworks. On November 2, 2024, Popovich had a stroke. He later took an indefinite leave from the Spurs to recover. On April 15, 2025, Popovich reportedly fainted at a restaurant before being taken to a hospital by ambulance. Within days, he had returned home.

Political views

On multiple occasions, Popovich has spoken out on behalf of

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issues. He expressed support for the 2017 Women's March. He also repeatedly criticized the behavior of U.S. President

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during his first term in office. Popovich endorsed

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in the 2020 presidential election.

Humanitarian work

Popovich has spent considerable time and money working with several charities and nonprofits such as the San Antonio Food Bank and the Innocence Project. He also took part in Shoes That Fit, an organization that aims to deliver shoes to more than 200 students at Gates Elementary School affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Popovich is helping raise funds for J/P HRO, a disaster relief program that operates in

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, and various disaster relief organizations in the U.S. and

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Career playing statistics

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National team

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References

External links

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NBA.com profile

– college basketball player profile at

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Early life

College career

Coaching and executive career

Pomona-Pitzer and early career (1973–1994)

San Antonio Spurs (1994–2025)

National team career

Personal life

Political views

Humanitarian work

Career playing statistics

College

Head coaching record

College

NBA

National team

See also

References

External links