Coaching the Spurs for 29 years, Popovich left behind not only 1,422 wins, but also the highest income of NBA coaches in history

Spurs meritorious coach Greg Popovich has resigned from his position as head coach. The 76-year-old will now serve as the team's basketball operations president after suffering a slight stroke at the end of last year. The team's acting coach Mickey Johnson, who was appointed in danger this season, will replace Popovich as head coach of the Spurs.

During his 29 years of coaching the Spurs, Popovich led the Spurs to the playoffs 26 times and won five championships. He won three coaches in his coaching career, and won 1,422 games to win NBA history.

Popovich's resignation due to illness is a pity, but looking back at his coaching career, in addition to his reputation and reputation, he also gained a wealth of economic income to create alliance history in his coaching position.

According to sports business media Sportico, Popovich's total revenue in coaching career exceeds US$200 million. He signed an existing five-year contract with the Spurs in 2023, with an average annual salary of up to US$17 million. He is the second highest-per-year coach in the NBA's active average annual salary. The first is the $17.5 million of Warriors head coach Steve Cole.

Kor is the most famous Spurs coach in the coaching class of Popovich. He spent the last four seasons of his career with the Spurs and won the championship twice with Popovich. Now he has led the Warriors to win the championship four times and has been selected as the top 15 coaches in NBA history with Popovich.

Popovich's rich coaching genealogy is unmatched in the league history. In his coaching career, countless assistant coaches and players have become head coaches of other teams after leaving. If you look at the current head coaches in the league today, most of them have had close contact with Popovich's coaching career, either playing under his command, or receiving off-court guidance. Rather than discussing how many coaches are from Popovich's coaching genealogy, it is easier to take stock of the head coaches who have a very little relationship with Popovich. For example, Nick Nass, Chris Finch, Jody Fernandez and David Adelman are just a few people.

In addition to Cole, the active Spurs coaches in the league also include many famous coaches - Doug Rivers, who was also selected as the 15th coach in NBA history. When Popovich first took over the Spurs, he happened to end his player career under his command, and then started his own dramatic coaching career; Mike Budenholzer, who accompanied Popovich for 17 years in the Spurs assistant coach, turned to the East after saying goodbye to the Spurs and led the Bucks to the championship; Mike Brown and Amy Uduka are uncrowned coaches in the league, and they both led their respective teams to the finals.

There are all over the world, and the spring sunshine is everywhere. Although Popovich has resigned as the commander, his legend will shine brightly in the flow of history along with the vicissitudes of the tombs of San Antonio.