What is Phil Jackson?
[[File:Phil Jackson 3 cropped.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Phil Jackson in 2009]] '''Phil Jackson''' (born September 17, 1945) is a coach in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. He has won eleven championships as coach in the NBA, six with the [[Chicago Bulls]] and five with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. With his 10th championship, Phil Jackson surpassed [[Red Auerbach]], who won 9 championships before 1966. Jackson was named one of the 10 greatest coaches in league history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html|title=Top 10 Coaches in NBA History|work=NBA.com|access-date=August 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaljewelry.com/blog/most-championship-rings-in-nba-history/|title=Red Auerbach-Phil Jackson: Who's the Best NBA Coach of All Time?|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> As of March 4, 2010, Phil Jackson has the highest winning [[percentage]] in regular season games of any coach in NBA history who coached at least 500 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/records/victories_coaches.html|title=NBA.com: All-Time Regular Season Victories-Coaches|website=www.nba.com}}</ref> Before he was a coach, Jackson was a player for the [[New York Knicks]] and the [[New Jersey Nets]]. Jackson is from [[Montana]]. Jackson retired from coaching in 2011 and joined the Knicks as an executive in March 2014. He was dismissed as the Knicks' team president on June 28, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Cacciola|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/sports/phil-jackson-new-york-knicks.html|title=Phil Jackson Is Out as Knicks President|work=[[The New York Times]]|date= June 28, 2017|accessdate=July 31, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{New York Knicks|state=collapsed}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Phil}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chicago Bulls head coaches]] [[Category:New Jersey Nets players]] [[Category:New York Knicks players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Montana]] [[Category:Naismith Memorial Basket