Bill Russell won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957, 1959-1966, and 1968-1969 with the Boston Celtics. He was player/coach of the Boston Celtics in 1968 and 1969. Red Holzman won the NBA Championship as a player in 1951 with the Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings) and as a coach in 1970 and 1973 with the New York Knicks. Tommy Heinsohn won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957 and 1959-1965 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1974 and 1976 with the Boston Celtics. KC Jones won the NBA Championship as a player in 1959-1966 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1984 and 1986 with the Boston Celtics. Bill Sharman won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957 and 1959-1961 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1972 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Billy Cunningham won the NBA Championship as a player in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers and as a coach in 1983 with the Philadelphia 76ers. Pat Riley won the NBA Championship as a player in 1972 wth the Los Angeles Lakers and as a coach in 1982, 1985, and 1987-1988 with the Los Angeles Lakers and in 2006 with the Miami Heat. Phil Jackson won the NBA Championship as a player in 1970 and 1973 with the New York Knicks and as a coach in 1991-1993 and 1996-1998 with the Chicago Bulls and in 2000-2002 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Buddy Jeannette won the NBA Championship in 1948 as the player/coach of the now defunct Baltimore Bullets.
As of the 2008 playoffs: 1) Phil Jackson - 6 with the Chicago Bulls and 3 with the Los Angeles Lakers.
2) Pat Riley - 4 with the Los Angeles Lakers and 1 with the Miami Heat.
In 1997 Nebraska and Michigan shared the title.
John Thompson won an NBA title as a player with the Celtics in 1965-66 and then coached the NCAA champs Georgetown in 1984. Larry Brown won an ABA title in 1969 as a player with the Oakland Oaks and was the coach of the NCAA champs Kansas in 1988.
They Joined in 1995 when the good teams were around. Can't get to the championship's playing with Jordan, Kobe, Malone, Pierce, D-Wade... You know?
different amounts by the year
Yes, they also receive money.
No coach has the championship title as there is no championship for coaches. The championship is for teams.
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Denny Crum was the coach of the Louisville Cardinals when they defeated UCLA 59-54 to win the 1980 national title.
The first coach to win a title depends on the sport in question. The first NBA championship was played in 1950, with the Minnesota Lakers defeating the Syracuse Nationals. John Kundla coached the Lakers.
Through 2013, Rick Pitino is the only person to have earned this distinction. In 2013, he guided the Louisville Cardinals to their third NCAA men's basketball championship, having previously coached the Kentucky Wildcats to their 1996 title (the school's 6th of 8 Final Four championships).
In 1997 Nebraska and Michigan shared the title.
The NCAA Championship tournament features 65 teams in 4 regions playing within brackets to win the title.
syracuse cheated, the coach cosign car loans for players and blamed it on his wife
The Los Angeles Clippers coach, who was an All-Star point guard for the Atlanta Hawks in 1988 and member of three other teams, never won an NBA championship as a player. His first and only title and championship ring were won as the head coach of the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics. That team won 66 games in the regular season and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, four games to two.
John Thompson won an NBA title as a player with the Celtics in 1965-66 and then coached the NCAA champs Georgetown in 1984. Larry Brown won an ABA title in 1969 as a player with the Oakland Oaks and was the coach of the NCAA champs Kansas in 1988.
1989 was the last Valley Championship. It was won under Coach Leo Robinson- Had 5 other valley chmpionships under same coach.
Larry Brown