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NBA Adjusts Gregg Popovich's Career Record, Crediting Mitch Johnson with 77 Spurs Games From '24-25
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, JUL 2 – The NBA credited interim coach Mitch Johnson with a 32-45 record for 77 games missed by Gregg Popovich due to a stroke, adjusting Popovich's wins to 1,390, still the most in league history.
- Gregg Popovich retired as San Antonio Spurs head coach earlier this year with Mitch Johnson named the new head coach and credited for 77 games Popovich missed last season.
- Popovich stepped away due to a stroke suffered on November 2 at the Spurs' arena, after which Johnson, one of his assistants, took over coaching duties.
- The NBA and Spurs agreed to remove the 77 games from Popovich's record and assign those wins and losses to Johnson, reflecting the coaching change.
- Popovich closed his coaching tenure with a 1,390-824 record, increasing his winning percentage from.621 to.628, which ranks seventh all-time among coaches with 400 games.
- Popovich remains Spurs president and the NBA's all-time wins leader, with his retirement marking the transition of a legendary coach into an executive role.
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hive.newsWhy Gregg Popovich just had 32 wins removed from his NBA record
Legendary NBA coach Gregg Popovich's career win total has shrunken. The longtime Spurs head coach has had 77 games removed from his record, including 32 wins, because he did not coach those contests after suffering a stroke on Nov. 2 that held him from coaching for the rest of last season.
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NBA adjusts record of all-time wins leader Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich's all-time record for coaching victories is now 32 smaller.
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