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The deal will make him the highest-paid coach in NBA history. At $17.5 million per season, Kerr will receive a salary higher than all but five of the Warriors' players this season .
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.
The four-time NBA championship-winning coach’s contract was set to expire after the 2023-24 season. Kerr’s new deal aligns with superstar guard Steph Curry’s contract. The two-time NBA MVP ...
There have been 26 head coaches for the Lakers since joining the NBA. The franchise's first head coach while in the NBA was John Kundla, who coached for 11 seasons with the Lakers. [1] The Lakers won four additional NBA championships in the next five years under Kundla. [1]
After the salary cap was instituted in 1984–85 season, [4] the NBA has prohibited teams from employing a player-coach. [5] The ruling was established to avoid the possibility that a team would circumvent the cap by signing a player as a player-coach, as coaches' salaries are not counted under the cap. [6]
In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than the assistant coaches. Lenny Wilkens has coached the most regular season games. He has coached 2,487 games with six teams in 32 seasons. Gregg Popovich has won the most regular season games with 1,388.
Young was reportedly a finalist to take the Suns' head coach job. Next season, he will work under Frank Vogel, who last coached the Los Angeles Lakers from 2019-22.