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Gregg Popovich

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Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach and executive who is the president and head coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Popovich has been a member of the Spurs organization since 1994, as president of basketball operations and general manager before taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996. Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in the NBA as well as all other major sports leagues in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregg Popovich has received more than 8,223,691 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gregg Popovich is the 78th most popular coach (down from 77th in 2019), the 1,788th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,087th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Coach.

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  • 8.2M

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  • 58.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Gregg Popovich ranks 78 out of 471. Before him are Massimiliano Allegri, Ralf Rangnick, Dušan Ivković, Robert Prosinečki, Leonardo Araújo, and Roberto Donadoni. After him are Unai Emery, Walter Zenga, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, José Villalonga, Gérard Houllier, and Köbi Kuhn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gregg Popovich ranks 102. Before him are Axel Honneth, Alan García, Émerson Leão, Lasse Virén, Elizabeth George, and Valentina Matviyenko. After him are Patrick Tambay, Carlos Bianchi, Hamida Djandoubi, Leopoldo Luque, Andy Kaufman, and Ranil Wickremesinghe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregg Popovich ranks 1,788 out of 20,380. Before him are Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Sterling Hayden (1916), Clark L. Hull (1884), William Walker (1824), Mary McDonnell (1952), and Frank Oppenheimer (1912). After him are James Oliver Curwood (1878), Chadwick Boseman (1977), Robert Smithson (1938), Clara Bow (1905), Ken Mattingly (1936), and Larry Scott (1938).

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Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, Gregg Popovich ranks 2. Before him are Phil Jackson (1945). After him are Richard Williams (1942), John Madden (1936), Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Knight (1940), Bob Bradley (1958), Flip Saunders (1955), Michael Malone (1971), Steve Sampson (1957), Billy Donovan (1965), and Quin Snyder (1966).

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