Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovichis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all US major sports leagues. He is often referred to as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 January 1949
CityEast Chicago, IN
angry came coach fuel great last looks loss night played tough
We responded well from a real tough loss last night. That's what a coach always looks for. It was great to come out angry enough to try to put last night out of their heads. We played well most of the night, but a lot of the fuel for that came from last night.
people
It always has been that people didn't think we were for real,
composure kept team
The team kept their composure well when we were down.
emotional maybe tough
He's just had a tough time. Maybe it's emotional in some sense for him. I'm not sure.
everybody tried
We tried everybody on him -- and he was great.
practice
We would probably never put him and Timmy in the same room, ... because they never would find out when practice is.