For decades, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has witnessed the outstanding performance of players on the court.

However, without the coordination experience of the bench tactician-coach, the top basketball star will not appear with extraordinary performance.

5. Larry Brown

Brown may be the coach who can get the most from a bad team in history. In his 25-year NBA coaching career, he has a record of 1240-910, with a winning percentage of 0.577. He is the only coach to lead a college team to a championship and an NBA team to a championship.

In 1988, he led the Kansas Jayhawks to the championship, and in 2004 he led the Detroit Pistons to the championship. He is also the only coach to lead seven different teams to the playoffs. In the end, he won the Coach of the Year award with the 76ers in the 2000-01 season and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002.

4. Pat Riley

Riley was the head coach of the “Showtime” Lakers in the 1980s. In his 24 years of coaching the Lakers, Knicks and Heat, he has won 5 championships (4 in the Lakers and 1 in the Heat). He also set a record of 1210-694, winning the game with an impressive 0.636 clip.

He also won the NBA Coach of the Year award three times in 1990, 1993 and 1997. Every season of his career led the team to the playoffs, except for one season, which was his last season with the Heat. He ranked second with 171 playoff wins.

3. Gregg Popovich

In the past 10 seasons, Popovich is one of the best coaches even if he is not the best coach. In his 13-year career, he led the San Antonio Spurs to 4 championships and 633 wins, losing only 305 games. He won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in the 2002-03 season and has a winning percentage of 0.646 or higher for 11 consecutive seasons. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame in the future.

2. Red Auerbach

Auerbach is the “Godfather of the NBA.” He has been the coach and executive of the Boston Celtics for more than 30 years. During his coaching career, he led the Celtics to an amazing nine championships, including an incredible eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966.

His record is 823-426, with a winning percentage of 0.659. He also has a 91-60 professional playoff record with a winning percentage of 0.603. He also won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in 1965. Finally, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1969.

1. Phil Jackson

Jackson is the greatest coach of all time. As a coach, he has nine championships to prove this. Of course, he has Jordan, Pippen, O’Neal and Kobe, the four greatest players of all time, but no one can deny his achievements. He created an amazing record of 980-418 in his 18-year career. He also has a historical win rate of 0.703, which is the highest ever.

He has the most playoff wins in 193 games. He won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in the 1995-96 season. He can still win more championships because he is currently the coach of the Lakers, which is one of the best teams in the league. In the end, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2007.