Gregg Popovich stepped down. Mike Tomlin moved up. The decision by Popovich to end his run as coach of the San Antonio Spurs means that the longest active tenure by any coach in any of the four U.S. major pro sports had ended. Popovich lasted nearly 29 years as coach of the Spurs. And now, it’s Tomlin’s turn.
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Tariffs could affect their ambitionsHarassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindnessDel cónclave más largo a los antipapas: 10 datos curiosos sobre votación secreta para elegir al papaAtaque ruso con drones causa 47 heridos en la segunda ciudad de Ucrania, JárkivPrimer ministro de Australia, Anthony Albanese, reelegido para segundo mandato de tres añosThe Afternoon WireThrongs of admirers fill an arena to get Warren Buffett's take on tariffs and Berkshire HathawayTrump brands his opponents as 'communists,' a label loaded with the baggage of American history Tariffs could affect their ambitionsHarassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindnessDel cónclave más largo a los antipapas: 10 datos curiosos sobre votación secreta para elegir al papaAtaque ruso con drones causa 47 heridos en la segunda ciudad de Ucrania, JárkivPrimer ministro de Australia, Anthony Albanese, reelegido para segundo mandato de tres añosSan Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sits with the Red Auerbach trophy during an NBA basketball news conference after he was named the coach of the year, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in San Antonio. Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin looks on as time expires during the fourth quarter of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky talks to against the Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper after Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, left, walks back to the dugout after checking on José Caballero during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra gives direction during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sits with the Red Auerbach trophy during an NBA basketball news conference after he was named the coach of the year, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in San Antonio. San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sits with the Red Auerbach trophy during an NBA basketball news conference after he was named the coach of the year, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in San Antonio. Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin looks on as time expires during the fourth quarter of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin looks on as time expires during the fourth quarter of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky talks to against the Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper after Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky talks to against the Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper after Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, left, walks back to the dugout after checking on José Caballero during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, left, walks back to the dugout after checking on José Caballero during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra gives direction during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra gives direction during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. The decision by Popovich to end his run as coach of the San Antonio Spurs — it was announced by the team on Friday,to the job — meant that the longest active tenure by any coach in any of the four U.S. major pro sports had ended.Tomlin, the coach of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, started in his current role in 2007, so he took over for Popovich as the longevity in-one-place leader among the major pro leagues. Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra — who started in that job in 2008 — now becomes the coach with the longest current tenure with his team in the NBA. In the NHL, Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper assumed the role of Lightning head coach in 2013; no other coach in that league has had his current job longer. And in Major League Baseball, the manager with the longest current tenure in one place is Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash — hired by the Rays for that job in December 2014.Since Popovich took over as coach of the Spurs in December 1996, there were 303 coaching changes in the NBA. A handful of those were interims, in place for just a few games. But on average, other teams changed coaches more than 10 times during Popovich’s run in San Antonio. Brooklyn and Memphis changed coaches 17 times during the Popovich coaching era. Sacramento did it 16 times. Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit, the Los Angeles Lakers, New York and Washington all made 15 changes in that span. And when Phoenix hires Mike Budenholzer’s replacement, it’ll be 15 changes by the Suns as well. The pictures of stability in those Popovich years: Miami and Utah have changed coaches four times and Dallas has five times. As far as individual coaches themselves, during the Popovich era four different coaches — Alvin Gentry, Doc Rivers, Larry Brown and Mike D’Antoni — all coached for five different franchises.The new leader among active coaches becomes Milwaukee’s Rivers . Rivers’ path to catching Popovich for the regular-season record would mean he’d have to average 52 regular-season wins in each of the next five years. Indiana’s Rick Carlisle moves up to No. 2 among active coaches with 993 regular-season wins, followed by Miami’s Spoelstra with 787.Nobody had more with one team, obviously, and this record is probably very, very safe. All 1,422 of Popovich’s regular-season wins came with the Spurs and only one other person — Utah’s Jerry Sloan, with 1,127 — has won more than 800 with one team. Spoelstra is 13 wins away from 800 with the Heat , so he’ll almost certainly join that club next season. But he’d still be at least a decade away from even getting into the neighborhood of Popovich’s win number with the Spurs.There are 24 coaches who went against Popovich at least 30 times, including playoff games.Phil Jackson went 41-30 in their meetings, Steve Kerr went 28-17, Billy Donovan went 19-16 and Spoelstra went 23-22. They aren’t exactly slouches, of course. Jackson is in the Hall of Fame. Donovan is being enshrined this year. It’s reasonable to think Kerr and Spoelstra — coaches who both have multiple NBA championships — will find their way there as well.A list of the players who had the most points, rebounds, assists, steals and wins against San Antonio during the Popovich era : Points — Kobe Bryant 2,278; Dirk Nowitzki 2,252; Kevin Durant 1,876; LeBron James 1,653; Chris Paul 1,516. Rebounds — Dirk Nowitzki 941; Shaquille O’Neal 769; Shawn Marion 675; Zach Randolph 633; Kevin Garnett 610.Steals — Chris Paul 159; Jason Kidd 136; Russell Westbrook 132; Kobe Bryant 124; Shawn Marion 122.How many players? The Spurs used 222 players during Popovich’s tenure with the Spurs, not counting the 77 games he missed at the end of this season. The most: As would be expected, it was the Big Three of Tim Duncan , Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili .Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
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