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

[Bizdady]

PJ number 1!!
Arbauch #2
Popovich #3
Riley #4
and Slone #5 (I know he hasnt wont it all but damn to be that consistent its just bad luck to run in great players throughout each decade)

[UK_fan_05]

1. The Zen Master

2. Red Auerbach

3. Popovich

4. Riley

5. Jerry Sloan (Would give this spot to Wilkins, but he was barely over .500 for his career and only one championship. Almost went with Bill Russell as well.)

[MaCruz]

1. Phil Jackson
2. Greg Popovich
3. Pat Riley
4. Chuck Daily
5. Larry Brown

[CZAR]

1. Phil Jackson
2. Red Auerbach
3. Pat Riley
4. Chuck Daly
5. Gregg Popovich

Got Em!!

[gcchifi]

1. Jackson
2. Auerbach
3. Riley
4. Popovich
5. Daly