Coaching In Sports

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akers. Since he had joined Lakers he has three champion chips in five years.

For only being a head coach for thirteen years Coach Jackson has set some records that will be hard to touch. In his thirteen years he is sharing the lead with the most NBA titles with nine. Although Jackson is tied with the most titles he has the most wins and the best winning pct out of any coach ever in the NBA.
The bulls’ great run from 89’ to 98’ was all sparked by Phil Jackson being hired as head coach. Jackson did something with the Bulls in one year that usually takes other coaches years to do if ever. What Jackson did was built a consistent winning team around a megastar. After he was named head coach he changed the whole teams style, which was give to Michael and let him score. This bad coaching style was given to the team by the ex coach Collins. Coach Collins once said his philosophy was to “Give the ball to Michael and get out the way.”- (Collins) This all changed once Jackson was named the head coach. Jackson designed complex offensive and defensive game plan that actually enhanced Jordan's greatness by making his teammates better players. Jackson brought his work ethics and beliefs as child to court with him every day. He taught the bulls what he had learned while playing for the Knicks, wh...