Gregg Popovich formalized his separation as coach of the San Antonio Spurs after 29 years. The NBA franchise appointed Mitch Johnson as his successor with the task of taking Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle to a championship.
This change ended the longest streak of a coach in any of the professional sports leagues in the United States. After the separation of “pop” and the spurs, Mike Tomlin, the head coach of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers, became the coach with the greatest permanence. The North AFC franchise strategist joined the black and yellow in January 2007 and Since then it has been 18 seasons.
Tomlin’s employment relationship with the Steelers was good during the first years because they reached two Super Bowls and won one of them. And although He has not had a loss record in any of his campaigns at the head of the teamPittsburgh has not won a playoff game since 2016.
Tomlin has directed 311 games in the NFLbetween regular season and playoffs, it has a record of 191 wins, 118 losses and two draws. His only triumph was in the Super Bowl XLIII over the Arizona Cardinals and the defeat took place in the XLV edition against the Green Bay Packers.
The coach more senior in the NBA
At the time of specifying which coach is the greatest coach in the NBA after the separation of Popovich, that place of honor belongs to Erik Spoelstra, the Miami Heat coach, who has been acting since 2008.
‘Spo’ started his career as a video manager With the Miami franchise and in 1997 he was promoted to team assistant coach. For the 2008-09 season he was converted into the main coach and three seasons later He was champion with Big Three formed by LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh.
In 17 campaigns at the head of the team, Spoelstra has a record of 787-572 in regular season and 110-83 in playoffs. Despite his two championships, he has never been appointed coach of the year in the NBA.
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