Gregg Popovich (born January 28, 1949 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a Serbian and Croatian-American basketball player and coach. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, he is currently the head coach of the NBA San Antonio Spurs.
老帅波波维奇1996年开始执教马刺到现如今常规赛总胜场数达到1300场，成为NBA历史上第3位执教总胜场迈过1300大关的教练。 Popovich is lined up by two legendary coaches, Wilkens and Don Nelson, who have won 1,332 and 1,335 games respectively.
Popovich, 72, has been in charge of the NBA for 25 years and has helped 42 players win championship rings. Popovich is the ninth thousand-win coach in NBA history, and of these nine, only Popovich and Sloan have always been from the beginning, and the thousand-win team has come from the same team. Popovich and GDP led the Spurs to glory, created the team's simple culture, and more importantly, he became an indelible youth memory in the hearts of a generation of fans. Right now
As soon as people mention spurs. People still think: parker in good times, Duncan in adversity, Manu in desperate circumstances, Bobo in rotation, Kawhi in defense, and Tielin's Spurs classic system in three points.
In Popovich's legendary coaching career, Duncan is undoubtedly his most important disciple, and the combination of the proud Popovich and dumb Duncan has achieved the glory of the Spurs' history of the atypical giants.
Popovich graduated from the U.S. Air Force Officer School, the old man has the inherent rigor of the military, he used a strict disciplined coaching policy to build the Spurs into the NBA's most iron-blooded team, and Duncan's cuteness and stable output became the Spurs' harmony agent, making the Holy City like a warm big family.
Under the joint cooperation of Popovich and Duncan's mentors and apprentices, the Spurs won the first championship from the 1998-1999 season to the fifth crown in team history in the 2013-2014 season, spanning 16 years to achieve five championships, in fact, it is more difficult than the three consecutive championship standards, so it is not too much to call it a "non-consecutive dynasty giant".
Sources revealed that the Spurs are preparing for the retirement of the team's meritorious coach Popovich in the 1-2 season.
The 21-22 season will be Popovich's 26th season in charge. The Spurs have reportedly begun extensive coaching efforts.
The 72-year-old man this year may really have to say goodbye to his favorite stage in his life, to the Spurs he has coached for 26 years. But now Bobo can leave with his head held high, because the current league is full of Spurs shadows.