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Gregg Popovich

1949 - Today

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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 7,963,881 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gregg Popovich is the 77th most popular coach (up from 100th in 2019), the 2,089th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,972nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Coach.

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  • 8.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Gregg Popovich ranks 77 out of 328. Before him are Matthias Sammer, Avram Grant, Alberto Zaccheroni, Rafael Benítez, Köbi Kuhn, and Gérard Houllier. After him are Şenol Güneş, Bill Shankly, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Pierre Littbarski, Karel Brückner, and Ljupko Petrović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gregg Popovich ranks 111. Before him are Mick Taylor, Irina Rodnina, Armand Assante, Leopoldo Luque, Alan Menken, and Ivan Patzaichin. After him are Ken Wilber, Dubravka Ugrešić, Émerson Leão, Ronnie Hellström, Kgalema Motlanthe, and David Strathairn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregg Popovich ranks 2,089 out of 18,182. Before him are Agnes Smedley (1892), Curtis LeMay (1906), Mary McDonnell (1952), Asher Brown Durand (1796), John Young (1930), and John Bates Clark (1847). After him are Abner Doubleday (1819), Ken Wilber (1949), Eugene Nida (1914), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Ellison Onizuka (1946), and Ethel Barrymore (1879).

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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 John Madden (1936), Bob Bradley (1958), Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Knight (1940), Billy Donovan (1965), Flip Saunders (1955), Steve Sampson (1957), and Fred Hoiberg (1972).

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