Top 5 NBA Coaches of All-Time

[ChadFL]

There have been a lot of best player in NBA history categories lately. Thought I'd make one for coaches. My top 5:

1. Phil Jackson (10 NBA Titles) - You can't argue with 10 world championships in 19 seasons as a head coach. Coached the Bulls to 6 championships and the Lakers to another 4, with a 5th being a strong possibility this year. He is a master like no other coach

2. Red Auerbach (9 NBA Titles) - For the longest time I, and most people considered Red the gold standard for NBA coaches. He coached Boston to 9 titles, but Phil has eclipsed even Red.

3. Pat Riley (5 NBA Titles) - Coached LA to 4 titles and won a 5th in Miami.

4. Gregg Popovich (4 NBA Titles) - He may not be as "exciting" of a pick as Jackson or Red but Popovich quietly turned the Spurs into a dynasty with 4 championships in a 9 year span. He has an impressive .670 win% in 14 seasons with the Spurs. The one constant on his teams has been Tim Duncan, but he's won titles with quite a few interchangable parts.

5. Lenny Wilkins (1 NBA Title) - He only won 1 championship but still improved teams pretty much everywhere coached.

Honorable mention:
John Kundla - Coached the Minneapolis Lakers to 5 NBA titles in the 1940's-50's
Larry Brown - Coached countless teams in his career and improved most of them. Won an NBA title for Detroit
Chuck Daly - Coached "The Bad Boys" to two NBA titles
Red Holzman - Coached NY to 2 NBA titles
Rudy Tomjanovich - Won 2 championships with Houston