Who Won the NBA Coach of the Year?
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We take a look at the top candidates for the NBA Coach of the Year award and make our predictions for who will come out on top.
Steve Kerr
Steve Kerr is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a former professional player and television commentator. In 2015, he was named NBA Coach of the Year.
Kerr’s Record
Steve Kerr is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Golden State Warriors. He is also a former professional basketball player. Kerr has been labelled one of the greatest shooters of all time. In 2014–15, he won the NBA Coach of the Year Award after leading the Warriors to a franchise-record 67 wins.
Kerr’s Playoff Performance
Under Kerr, the Warriors have appeared in five consecutive NBA Finals, winning three championships (2015, 2017, and 2018). He has also been named the NBA Coach of the Year twice (2016 and 2018). In 2017-18, he set an NBA record for most regular-season wins by a head coach in their first four seasons.
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich is an excellent basketball coach who has been with the Spurs since 1996. He has won five NBA championships and is the longest tenured coach in the NBA. Popovich is also a two-time NBA Coach of the Year.
Popovich’s Record
Gregg Popovich has been the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs since 1996. He is one of the most successful coaches in NBA history, having led the Spurs to five NBA championships. Popovich has also been named the NBA Coach of the Year three times.
Popovich’s Playoff Performance
Gregg Popovich is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in NBA history, and has led the Spurs to five NBA championships.
In 2012, Popovich was named the NBA Coach of the Year, becoming just the third head coach in NBA history to win the award three times. He has also been named the Coach of the Year by the Sporting News four times.
Popovich has coached in over 1,100 regular season games and 200 playoff games. His 1,176 victories are the most by any head coach in NBA history. Popovich’s teams have also posted winning records in 19 consecutive seasons, a streak that is currently active and is tied with Phil Jackson for second-longest in league history behind only Red Auerbach (21 seasons).
Quin Snyder
Quin Snyder has been named the NBA Coach of the Year. Snyder is the head coach of the Utah Jazz and has been with the team since 2014. He has led the Jazz to the playoffs in each of his six seasons with the team.
Snyder’s Record
In his sixth season as the Jazz head coach, Snyder led the team to a 50-22 record – the fourth-best winning percentage in franchise history – and the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the first time since 2008. The Jazz also set a new franchise record with 29 home wins. Snyder is 358- 248 in his NBA head coaching career, including a 213-169 mark with Utah.
Snyder’s Playoff Performance
Quin Snyder is an American professional basketball head coach who is currently the head coach of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also served as the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks and the Austin Spurs. As a player, Snyder spent one season in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Snyder has been praised for his NBA coaching performance, especially in leading the Jazz to their first Western Conference Finals appearance since 1998. In 2017, he was named NBA Coach of the Year.
Erik Spoelstra
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was named the 2020 NBA Coach of the Year, the league announced on Tuesday. Spoelstra led the Heat to a 44-29 record in the regular season, which was good for fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Miami then went on an incredible run in the playoffs, winning 14 of their first 17 postseason games.
Spoelstra’s Record
In his 12 years as head coach of the Miami Heat, Erik Spoelstra has won two NBA championships and led the team to six Finals appearances. He has also been named NBA Coach of the Year twice, in 2012 and 2020.
Spoelstra is the first Asian-American head coach in NBA history, and he is also the longest-tenured head coach in Heat history. Prior to becoming a head coach, Spoelstra spent time as an assistant coach and video coordinator for the team.
Spoelstra’s Playoff Performance
In the playoffs, Spoelstra has led the Heat to a 176-105 record, good for a .626 winning percentage. That includes four trips to the NBA Finals and two championships. Among head coaches with at least 10 playoff appearances, only Gregg Popovich has a higher winning percentage than Spoelstra.
Doc Rivers
Every year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) selects one head coach who has shown exceptional coaching during the regular season. The award recipient is voted on by a panel of NBA broadcasters and sports writers across the nation. The 2020 NBA Coach of the Year is Doc Rivers.
Rivers’ Record
In his first season as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, Doc Rivers led the team to a franchise-record 57 wins and the Pacific Division title. The Clippers finished the regular season with the third-best record in the Western Conference.
Rivers was named the NBA Coach of the Year for his achievements.
Rivers’ Playoff Performance
In the playoffs, Rivers has a .593 winning percentage, which ranks 11th among active coaches. His 21 playoff wins are the most by a coach in Clippers history. Rivers has led the Clippers to the playoffs in each of his first seven seasons with the team, winning at least one playoff series in five of those seasons. In 2015, he was named NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Clippers to a franchise-record 57 wins.
