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George Karl

1951 - Today

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George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional basketball coach and player. After spending five years as a player for the San Antonio Spurs, he became an assistant with the team before being appointed as a head coach in 1980 with the Montana Golden Nuggets of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Three years later, Karl became one of the youngest National Basketball Association (NBA) head coaches in history when he was named coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers at age 33. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Karl has received more than 1,770,235 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George Karl is the 253rd most popular basketball player (down from 226th in 2019), the 10,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,205th in 2019) and the 150th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, George Karl ranks 253 out of 1,268. Before him are Dean Smith, Rick Adelman, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Tiit Sokk, Ralph Sampson, and Nicolas Batum. After him are Alex English, Maurice Stokes, Rasheed Wallace, Nando de Colo, Sabit Hadžić, and Art Mollner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, George Karl ranks 510. Before him are Stefan Sofiyanski, Eric Holder, Vilson Ahmeti, Marielle de Sarnez, Alan Merrill, and Charlie Dominici. After him are Terry McDermott, Arsène Auguste, Johanna Wanka, Felipe Muñoz, Jared Taylor, and André Nzapayeké.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Karl ranks 10,385 out of 18,182. Before him are Rick Rosenthal (1949), Michael Moorer (1967), Mona Freeman (1926), Jerry Rice (1962), Cornel West (1953), and Charlie Dominici (1951). After him are Keiko Agena (1973), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Andrew Wood (1966), Charles Dierkop (1936), Ashley Scott (1977), and Pete Wilson (1933).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, George Karl ranks 150. Before him are Joakim Noah (1985), Terry Dischinger (1940), Chris Bosh (1984), Dean Smith (1931), Rick Adelman (1946), and Ralph Sampson (1960). After him are Alex English (1954), Maurice Stokes (1933), Rasheed Wallace (1974), Art Mollner (1912), Vince Boryla (1927), and Tom Thibodeau (1958).

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