In his 17th season as the Spurs head coach … the longest tenured
coach with the same team among the 122 NBA, NFL, NHL and
MLB franchises … has led the Spurs to four NBA Championships
(1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007) … the only active coach with multiple
NBA titles … one of five coaches in history with four-or-more NBA
Championships (along with Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson, John
Kundla and Pat Riley) … enters the 2012-13 season with a career
mark of 847-399 … career winning percentage of .680 ranks third
in NBA history (behind Jackson and Billy Cunningham) … ranks 13th in NBA history in career
victories (among active coaches trails only George Karl and Rick Adelman) … his 847 wins with
one team rank second all-time in NBA history behind Jerry Sloan (1,127) … posted his 800th
career win vs. Minnesota on December 31, 2012 … his 118 playoff wins rank third in NBA history
(behind Jackson and Riley) and his playoff career winning percentage of .605 (118-77) is the
third best in league history … named NBA Coach of the Year in both 2003 and 2012 … has
been named the NBA Coach of the Month 14 times (4/99, 3/01, 3/02, 1/03, 3/03, 12/03, 12/05,
3/06, 3/07, 11/07, 11/10, 12/10, 2/12, 3/12), the most in league annals … has led San Antonio
to the NBA’s best regular season record four times (1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03 and 2011-12)
… the Western Conference All-Star coach in 2005 and 2011 … the Spurs all-time leader in both
regular season and playoff wins … a 1970 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy
with a degree in Soviet studies … played four seasons at the Air Force Academy … as a senior
was the team’s captain and leading scorer … following his graduation in 1970 served his fiveyear
military commitment … during that time toured Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union as a
member of the U.S. Armed Forces Team … selected to represent the U.S. on the national AAU
Team touring the Soviet Union … in 1972 was the captain of the Armed Forces team, which
won the AAU Championship … earned an invitation to the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team Training
Camp … in 1973 returned to the Air Force Academy as an assistant coach … spent six years at
Air Force during which time he obtained his master’s degree in physical education and sports
sciences from the University of Denver … in 1979 was named the head coach at Pomona-Pitzer
in Claremont, California … spent the next eight seasons at Pomona … during the 1985–86
season led the team to its first conference championship in 68 years and to a berth in the NCAA
Division III Tournament … while at Pomona was an active member of the school’s academic
community, working as an associate professor, chairing the college’s Student Life committee,
serving on the Women’s Commission and even – for one year – living in a dorm with his family
… moved to the NBA in July of 1988, joining the Spurs as an assistant coach as a member of
Larry Brown’s staff … spent the next four seasons in San Antonio with a Spurs team that won a
pair of Midwest Division titles … in the summer of 1992 was named an assistant coach on Don
Nelson’s staff with Golden State … spent the next two seasons with the Warriors … returned to
San Antonio on May 31, 1994, as the Spurs executive vice president of basketball operations/
general manager (served as GM for eight seasons before turning the job over to R.C. Buford on
July 1, 2002) … named the Spurs head coach in December of 1996 … served as an assistant
coach for USA Basketball’s Men’s Senior Team for three consecutive summers (at the 2002
World Basketball Championship, the 2003 FIBA America Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament
and the 2004 Olympic Games) … a very active member of the San Antonio community … in
1991 teamed with Frank Martin to create the Spurs Youth Basketball League … today the league
plays at 75 locations in San Antonio and through-out South Texas … over 15,000 boys and girls,
ages 7 to 16, played in the league in 2011-12 … prior to every game, each participant takes a
pledge, promising to remain drug and alcohol free while showing good sportsmanship and fair
play … the league was honored with a Daily Point of Light Award by President Bush in February
of 1992… is involved in several charities in the San Antonio area including the San Antonio Food
Bank, Roy Maas’ Youth Alternatives, Boys and Girls Club and The Miracle League … honored by
the Air Force Academy with its Distinguished Graduate Award in 2007 … he and his wife of 37
years, Erin, have been blessed with two children, Micky and Jill.
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