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The 20 Greatest NBA Coaches Poll
1. Red Auerbach
2. Phil Jackson
3. Pat Riley
4. Greg Popovich
5. Larry Brown
6. Chuck Daly
7. Red Holzman
8. John Kundla
9. Alex Hannum
10. Bill Sharman
11. Jerry Sloan
12. Don Nelson
13. Rick Adelman
14. Slick Leonard
15. K.C. Jones
16. Lenny Wilkens


Bill Fitch 25 years (9 with Cleveland) / 2x Coach of the Year / 1 championship (Boston)
Career NBA 2050 944 1106 .460

George Karl 21 years (7 with Seatlle) / no championshipos
Career NBA 1575 933 642 .592

Jack Ramsay 21 Years (10 with Portland) / 1 championship (Portland)
Career NBA 1647 864 783 .525

Mike Fratello 16 years (7 with Atlanta) / No championships
Career NBA 1215 667 548 .549

Doug Moe 15 years (10 with Denver) / 1x Coach of the Year
Career NBA 1157 628 529 .543

Hubie Brown 15 years (5 with ATL/NYK) / 1 championship (Kentucky ABA)
Career TOT 1087 528 559 .486

Rudy Tomjanovich 13 years (12 with Houston)/ 2 championships (Houston)
Career NBA 943 527 416 .559

Billy Cunningham 8 years (all in Philly) / 1 championship
Career NBA 650 454 196 .698

Bill Russell 8 years (5 in Seattle) / 2 championships (as player/coach in Boston)
Career NBA 631 341 290 .540

Anyone else that people feel strongly enough about to vote for as their choice for one of the greatest coaches of all time?

Billy Cunningham has the numbers but a really short run. George Karl to me was better than Fitch or Ramsey for the 20 year coaches. But to me it is Doug Moe, who seemed to make silk purses out of more cow ears (Lever, Adams, Dunn, Hanslick, Vincent, Schayes, etc.) as well as getting the best out of his talent like English, Issel, Vandeweghe, Natt, etc.

I can't choose between Moe or Cunningham.

I'll go with Moe for now, but will change my vote if I'm persuaded enough.

Rudy Tomjanovich, although many thinks he is overrated because of two championships, but coach job is far more than "x and o", its also about firing up players, and Rudy did amazing job in this regard. Players are humans, and if coach motivates them, he is doing his part. For "x and o" he can hire quality assistants, as many are doing.

it won mike brown COY honors AND is about to get him fired in the same season no less.

Penbeast made a compelling argument for Moe and I am inclined to vote for him if I didn't already have such strong preconceived feelings for George Karl. He's gotten a worse rap than he deserves probably because he can't seem to make noise in the post-season. However, he's managed 3 vastly different cores of talent and milked multiple 50-win seasons out of each of them.

coinflip between Moe and Karl with me ultimately picking Karl based off of longevity.

Moe

either Tomjanovich or Dr Jack Ramsay IMO