Lakers Coach Phil Jackson Retired

He guided the lakers to another title during the 200809 nba season to earn his 10th championship surpassing red auerbach for the most titles as a head coach in league history.

Lakers coach phil jackson retired. He was dismissed in 2017. Was vetoed by commissioner david stern and left the players the lakers were trading. Lakers head coach 1999 04 2005 11 after a one year sabbatical jackson returned to the sideline in 1999 as head coach of the los angeles lakers. Furthermore before jackson joined the new york knicks he was offered to be the lakers head coach in 2012 despite being retired earlier.

Kobe bryant larry bird los angeles lakers phil jackson. He has since acted as a coach for the chicago bulls and then the lakers. Jackson was seeking to double his salary from 6 million to 12 million on his expiring contract. Buss also wrote that bryant reached out to jackson for book recommendations even after.

He has not taken nor has he been offered so far as we know another job in the nba since leaving the new york knicks after a failed tenure as. Thomas retired from basketball in the mid 90s. Like the early bulls he inherited the purple and. He retired after the 201011 nba season.

Jackson stepped away from the game again for a year in 2004 but returned as the lakers coach in 2005. Isiah thomas details thoughts on phil jackson kobe bryant shaquille oneal. Phil jackson is retired from professional basketball. Phil jackson would retire after the 2010 2011 season and a trade that would have brought chris paul to la.

He helped take the new york knicks to the nba championships in 1970 and 1973. In 200910 jackson won his fifth championship with the lakers and 11th overall. Jackson led bryant and the lakers to five nba championships including three consecutive titles in 2000 2002. After his retirement from coaching in 2011 jackson joined the knicks as team president in 2014.