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Phil Jackson

1945 - Today

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Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jackson is a 13-time NBA champion, having won two as a player and 11 as a head coach. His 11 championships as a head coach is the most in NBA history. In 2007, Jackson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named one of the 10 greatest coaches in league history in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Jackson has received more than 14,185,996 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Phil Jackson is the 68th most popular coach (down from 47th in 2019), the 1,513th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,162nd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Phil Jackson ranks 68 out of 471Before him are César Rodríguez Álvarez, Eric Gerets, Jorge Sampaoli, Matthias Sammer, Tito Vilanova, and Lars Lagerbäck. After him are Alberto Zaccheroni, Bill Shankly, Roger Lemerre, Massimiliano Allegri, Ralf Rangnick, and Dušan Ivković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Phil Jackson ranks 91Before him are John McAfee, Bob Klose, Piero Ferrari, Bubba Smith, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Massimo Moratti. After him are Debbie Harry, Tammam Salam, Go Nagai, Momčilo Krajišnik, Jeremy Rifkin, and Christoph Schönborn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Jackson ranks 1,513 out of 20,380Before him are James Van Allen (1914), Gary Ridgway (1949), Charles Mingus (1922), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), Elias James Corey (1928), and James Brolin (1940). After him are Henry Norris Russell (1877), Nicholas Ray (1911), Debbie Harry (1945), Phil Knight (1938), Creighton Abrams (1914), and Paul Lauterbur (1929).

Among COACHES In United States

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