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phil jackson=9 titles
enuf said
i am da bull

I wonder who Kobe would have voted for if he had been traded to the Bulls.

Mike D'Antoni

Isiah Thomas not on the list? WTF!

Oh definitely Phil Jackson, his records and accomplishments speaks for itself. I would rate him up there with Auraback of the celtics, lombardi of the Packers, and the Great Wizard of Westwood John Wooden.

This is crazy, "Auraback",. Are you kidding me. First you compare a sub-par, triangle toting, wannabe monk to the greatest figures in their respective sports then you miss spell Auerbach. Step it up. P.S. Byron Scott is beast.

Sloan is not the only member of the top five not to win "Coach of the Year." Phil has never won the award! There's something wrong with that. I guess that's the casualty of winning.

Phil was Coach of the year in 1996

Phil never won it because his success comes from his ability to effectively coach uber-talented teams. The coaches who win it (in theory) get the most out of a lesser talented roster, and/or who greatly exceed the expectations of the team.

Again guys, Phil won it with the Bulls in 1996

PEACE

hey wait just a sec wheres Lawrence Frank uh.

im serious

I'm surprised that the Current Coach of the Year 2007, Toronto's Sam Mitchell, did not make the list! -Most amusing...

Larry Brown, Jeff Van Gundy were both absent too. I'm surprised Doc Rivers made it there. Sure, he is with the re-born Celtics, but don't forget he has coached two teams with 14 game losing skids while under his watch! (Orlando Magic, and last years Celtics). I don't think Doc Rivers has what it takes to get championship ring. He has excellent players, but playoff basketball is a different beast altogether.

The last 15 seasons has seen veteran coaches with .500+ coaching averages... Doc Rivers does not have that...
(Phil Jackson, G. Poppovich, Tomjanovic, Riley, Brown... That's the last 15 years right there!!!

Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are clearly the head of the class as far as winning Titles, but there are many new masterminds coming into their own with fresh talent...Nate McMillan - with all that young talent putting it all together so fast and adding Greg Oden next year will only make them more dangerous, Sam Mitchell - 2007 Coach of the Year, and Eddie Jordan - getting the most out of his players on O and D w/o AllStar Arenas and a utility man Etan Thomas, the Wiz Kidz love playing for him.

Phil Jackson. 11 rings in all. end of discussion

This will be in an issue of Sports illustrated.

I think some of you are confusing good coaching with I am so lucky that I have two fantastic players on my team. Maybe I'll meditate a while and let them win another title for me. Phil's greatest coaching skill...not getting in the way of the talent that is the real reason he has those rings.

same could be said for pop, jpd....Duncan, Robinson, Ginobli, Parker...need I say more.

only three guys on the list with coaching titles. interesting. guess these are the "young guns" in the up and comming coaching ranks.

People who criticize Phil by saying that he did it with supreme talent in deference to Auerbach seem to ignore the fact that Auerbach had the most dominant player of his day, Bill Russell. Digest this: at USF, Bill Russell's teams won 55 straight games and won 2 NCAA championships. After Russell I don't believe USF has won another tourney game, let alone a title.

Oh, there were also guys by the names of Bob Cousey, John Havlecek and some other guys I haven't heard of, but are HOFers on those teams. Also, Russell got injured in game 3 of the '59 finals which the Celtics went on to lose in 6 after splitting the first two to the Hawks.