By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-03 00:47:23
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在格雷格·波波维奇卸任后不久，马刺队就找到了他的继任者。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的主教练搜寻工作并没有持续太久。 在ESPN的沙姆斯·查拉尼亚报道格雷格·波波维奇将卸任主教练后不久，他就发推文说马刺队正在聘请米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)作为他的继任者。
重磅消息：消息人士告诉ESPN，圣安东尼奥马刺队正在聘请助理教练米奇·约翰逊作为球队的下一任主教练。 约翰逊在马刺队的项目中担任了十年的助理教练，在11月接任临时教练——现在赢得了作为格雷格·波波维奇的继任者的职位。 pic.twitter.com/43tpK5gEA9
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) 2025年5月2日
在波波维奇于11月离开球队后，约翰逊担任了马刺队的主教练。 他以31胜45负的战绩结束了本赛季，期间球队的球星维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)和达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)遭遇了伤病。 查拉尼亚表示，马刺队在聘请约翰逊时优先考虑了连续性。 这一思路是由波波维奇、总经理布莱恩·莱特(Brian Wright)和首席执行官RC·布福德(RC Buford)共同制定的。
约翰逊在2016年休赛期加入了马刺队，并在2016-2019赛季的三年时间里担任奥斯汀马刺队的助理教练。 在蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)辞去助理教练一职后，他于2020年晋升到圣安东尼奥的教练席。 约翰逊在2005-2009年期间在斯坦福大学打了四个赛季，并在塔尔萨66人队G联赛球队打了一个赛季。
他将取代波波维奇，后者在11月2日中风后，缺席了2024-25赛季的大部分时间。 查拉尼亚报道说，这位教练最近一直出现在马刺队的设施中，但最终认为他无法“继续承受NBA主教练繁重的工作”。 他报道说，波波维奇自11月份中风和4月份另一次健康问题以来，一直在稳步康复。 波波维奇将转任球队的全职篮球运营总裁。
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Spurs hire Mitch Johnson as head coach
Shortly after Gregg Popovich stepped down, the Spurs found his replacement.
The San Antonio Spurs’ head coaching search didn’t last long. Shortly after ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Gregg Popovich would step down as head coach, he tweeted that the Spurs are hiring his replacement, Mitch Johnson.
Breaking: The San Antonio Spurs are hiring assistant Mitch Johnson as the franchise’s next head coach, sources tell ESPN. Johnson has been an assistant in Spurs program for a decade, took over as interim coach in November – and now earns job as Gregg Popovich’s successor. pic.twitter.com/43tpK5gEA9
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) May 2, 2025
Johnson acted as the Spurs’ head coach after Popovich left the team in November. He finished the year with a 31-45 record, dealing with injuries to his star players Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox. According to Charania, the Spurs prioritized continuity with the Johnson hiring. The through-line was laid out by Popovich, general manager Brian Wright, and CEO RC Buford.
Johnson joined the Spurs in the 2016 offseason, where he spent 3 seasons as an assistant for the Austin Spurs from 2016-2019. He was promoted to join the San Antonio bench in 2020, replacing Tim Duncan after he stepped down as assistant coach. Johnson played four seasons at Stanford University from 2005-2009, and played one season with the Tulsa 66ers G League team.
He’ll replace Popovich, who was away from the team for the majority of the 2024-25 season after suffering a mild stroke on November 2. Charania reports that the coach had been present at the Spurs’ facility recently, but concluded that he could not “move forward with the taxing grind of being an NBA head coach.” He reports that Popovich had been making steady progress from his stroke in November and another health scare in April. Popovich will transition to a new role as the team’s full-time president of basketball operations.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock