Don Nelson served as an NBA coach for 31 seasons, becoming 1 of the most influential coaches in basketball history along the way. Official release Don Nelson is the only coach in NBA history with ...

Don Nelson speaks before receiving the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award before Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers at Paycom Center in Oklahoma ...

FILE - Former Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson smiles while being interviewed at the Warriors NBA training facility in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) ...

Don Nelson apparently wanted to select Paul Pierce in that draft, but the team had made a commitment to Dirk Nowitzki to draft him at No. 9, and the Mavericks kept their word, as per Marc J ...

After a combined 45 years as a player and coach in the NBA, Don Nelson will finally accept his degree from the University of Iowa at the age of 71 on Saturday, The Des Moines Register reported.

Nelson played for Iowa from 1960-1962. He later played for three NBA from 1962-1976 and is the NBA's all-time winningest coach. Photo 1961. (The Gazette) ...

Nelson's first head coaching job in the NBA was with the Bucks in 1976. He coached there for 11 seasons (nine winning seasons, 43 playoff victories) before joining Golden State for the 1988-89 season.

“And surely, one or two days later, Don Nelson, who was the coach at the time, showed up in my hometown of Wurzburg. And he’s like, ‘Hey, we want you, we need you.’ And so, (he) flew me ...

He's done a great job." Nelson has 13 50-win seasons, third most behind Pat Riley and Phil Jackson. But he has also presided over 10 teams that failed to reach .500 in a year.

Gregg Popovich tied Don Nelson's record for the most wins as an NBA head coach with the San Antonio Spurs' win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.

Gregg Popovich tied Don Nelson’s NBA record with his 1,335th career victory as a coach in the San Antonio Spurs’ 117-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Don Nelson, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach and one of only two coaches in NBA history to lead three teams to at least 250 wins, is the recipient of the 2025 ...