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Phil Jackson

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Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning NBA championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. Regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time, Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998, leading them to six NBA championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Jackson has received more than 13,225,147 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Phil Jackson is the 47th most popular coach (down from 30th in 2019), the 1,162nd most popular biography from United States (down from 772nd in 2019) and the most popular American Coach.

Phil Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989-1998 and the Los Angeles Lakers from 1999-2004. He is most famous for coaching the Bulls to six NBA championships in eight years and winning five more with the Lakers.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Phil Jackson ranks 47 out of 328. Before him are Maurizio Sarri, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Ralf Rangnick, Tomislav Ivić, Héctor Cúper, and Bert van Marwijk. After him are Matt Busby, Dragan Stojković, Luciano Spalletti, Jorge Sampaoli, Hugo Sánchez, and Leonardo Araújo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Phil Jackson ranks 60. Before him are Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ernie Hudson, Nikita Mikhalkov, Carmen Maura, Bryan Ferry, and Joël Robuchon. After him are Dirk Benedict, Bubba Smith, Pete Townshend, Dennis Rader, Joseph Kosuth, and Laurent Gbagbo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Jackson ranks 1,162 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Taylor (1911), Julian Schwinger (1918), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Hal Holbrook (1925), and Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821). After him are William Boeing (1881), Tori Amos (1963), Don King (1931), Bill Pullman (1953), Val Kilmer (1959), and Lee Iacocca (1924).

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Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, Phil Jackson ranks 1. After him are Gregg Popovich (1949), 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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