San Antonio Spurs Extend Gregg Popovich’s Coaching Contract for Five Seasons, Mentoring Rookie Victor Wembanyama

Rookie Victor Wembanyama will be mentored by one of the greatest minds in basketball history for the next five NBA seasons after the San Antonio Spurs announced that 74-year-old coach Gregg Popovich signed an extension for continue as the team’s coach for five more seasons.

The Texan team did not disclose salary amounts, but according to a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojanrowski, the extension will represent $80 million for the winningest coach in NBA history.

This extension is the largest in terms of money committed to a coach since the deal between Popovich and the Spurs surpassed that of Monty Williams with the Detroit Pistons for six years in exchange for $78.5 million.

Popovich has been the Spurs’ head coach since the 1996-97 season and since then has a 1,366-761 record in the regular season and has accumulated five NBA championships. Also, his postseason record is 170-114.

The native of East Chicago, Indiana, has been named Coach of the Year three times (2002-03, 2011-12 and 2013-14) and in 2021-22 he was named one of the 15 greatest coaches in league history. nba. Also, last year he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame thanks to his contribution as a coach.

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Gregg Popovich before the Spurs

Before becoming the head coach of the Spurs, Popovich was an assistant for the same franchise in San Antonio, between 1988 and 1992, and for the Golden State Warriors, from 1992 to 1994. While in Texas, he was an assistant to Larry Brown and while was in California learned from Don Nelson.

2023-07-08 23:55:51
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