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Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 years before he was surpassed by Gregg Popovich in 2022).
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Don Nelson. Donald Arvid Nelson (Nellie) Born: May 15, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan. High School: Rock Island in Rock Island, Illinois. College: Iowa. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Coach in 2012 ( Full List) As Player: 1053 G, 10.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.4 APG ( Full Record) As Executive: MIL / GSW / DAL franchises, 1977-2005 ( Full Record)
May 11, 2024 · Don Nelson is an American professional basketball player and coach who amassed a record 1,335 National Basketball Association (NBA) coaching victories and was named the NBA Coach of the Year three times (1983, 1985, and 1992).
Don Nelson is an American former basketball player who played for the ‘National Basketball Association’ (NBA). He is best known for his career as a basketball coach. Nelson attained fame due to his unconventional style of coaching.
Mar 11, 2022 · The Spurs coaching icon passes Don Nelson for No. 1 on the league's all-time list.
Sep 5, 2012 · Known for his unorthodox and innovative style former Bucks head coach Don Nelson (1976-1987) will forever be remembered as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame's 2012 Induction...
Don Nelson is a veteran of the NBA. Player, coach, general manger, you name it, he has done it. With over forty years of experience, Nelson is the only coach to with more than 1,000 wins as a coach and holds multiple championships as a player.
Sep 7, 2012 · Don Nelson was in the NBA long enough to be considered in about a hundred ways over the span of his most-winning career. Longevity comes with peaks and valleys, and Nelson had tons. From his prolific Bucks teams to the start of the Mavericks’ surge with Nowitzki, Finley, and Nash, to the 2007 We Believe Warriors, Nelson had more ...
Oct 25, 2022 · NBA. How Don Nelson helped usher in the positional revolution. An excerpt from Mike Prada’s new book “Spaced Out: How the NBA’s Three-Point Revolution Changed Everything You Thought You Knew...
