US Famous MCQs

American Famous Basketball Coaches MCQs with Answer

Which coach led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships during the 1990s?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Pat Riley
c) Gregg Popovich
d) Red Auerbach
Answer: a) Phil Jackson

Who is the winningest coach in NBA history, with over 1,300 regular-season victories?
a) Pat Riley
b) Lenny Wilkens
c) Red Auerbach
d) Gregg Popovich
Answer: b) Lenny Wilkens

Which coach guided the San Antonio Spurs to five NBA championships?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Phil Jackson
c) Larry Brown
d) Chuck Daly
Answer: a) Gregg Popovich

Who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships during the 1980s?
a) Chuck Daly
b) Phil Jackson
c) Pat Riley
d) Red Auerbach
Answer: c) Pat Riley

Which coach is known as the “Zen Master” and won 11 NBA championships as a head coach?
a) Pat Riley
b) Red Auerbach
c) Phil Jackson
d) Gregg Popovich
Answer: c) Phil Jackson

Who was the first female head coach in NBA history, serving as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs?
a) Becky Hammon
b) Nancy Lieberman
c) Cheryl Miller
d) Lisa Leslie
Answer: a) Becky Hammon

Which coach led the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990?
a) Chuck Daly
b) Larry Brown
c) Gregg Popovich
d) Pat Riley
Answer: a) Chuck Daly

Who is the only coach to win NBA Coach of the Year honors in both the NBA and ABA?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Larry Brown
c) Phil Jackson
d) Pat Riley
Answer: b) Larry Brown

Which coach led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships as a head coach?
a) Pat Riley
b) Red Auerbach
c) Phil Jackson
d) Chuck Daly
Answer: b) Red Auerbach

Who is the only coach in NBA history to win both an NBA championship and an Olympic gold medal?
a) Pat Riley
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Chuck Daly
d) Larry Brown
Answer: c) Chuck Daly

Which coach is known as the “Dean of NBA Coaches” and coached the Milwaukee Bucks to their only NBA championship in 1971?
a) Red Auerbach
b) Larry Brown
c) Phil Jackson
d) Don Nelson
Answer: d) Don Nelson

Who is the only coach to win three consecutive NBA Coach of the Year awards?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Pat Riley
c) Red Auerbach
d) Larry Brown
Answer: a) Gregg Popovich

Which coach guided the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship in 1983?
a) Pat Riley
b) Chuck Daly
c) Larry Brown
d) Billy Cunningham
Answer: d) Billy Cunningham

Who was the first African-American head coach to win an NBA championship?
a) Red Auerbach
b) Bill Russell
c) Lenny Wilkens
d) Bill Sharman
Answer: b) Bill Russell

Which coach is known as the “Bad Boys” coach and led the Detroit Pistons to two NBA championships in 1989 and 1990?
a) Don Nelson
b) Chuck Daly
c) Phil Jackson
d) Pat Riley
Answer: b) Chuck Daly

Who coached the Golden State Warriors to an NBA championship in 2015?
a) Steve Kerr
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Phil Jackson
d) Pat Riley
Answer: a) Steve Kerr

Which coach is the all-time leader in playoff victories in NBA history?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Red Auerbach
d) Pat Riley
Answer: b) Gregg Popovich

Who coached the Houston Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995?
a) Chuck Daly
b) Larry Brown
c) Phil Jackson
d) Rudy Tomjanovich
Answer: d) Rudy Tomjanovich

Which coach led the Los Angeles Lakers to four NBA championships in the 1980s?
a) Chuck Daly
b) Larry Brown
c) Phil Jackson
d) Pat Riley
Answer: d) Pat Riley

Who coached the Miami Heat to their first NBA championship in 2006?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Larry Brown
c) Pat Riley
d) Gregg Popovich
Answer: c) Pat Riley

Which coach led the New York Knicks to their only two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973?
a) Chuck Daly
b) Pat Riley
c) Red Holzman
d) Larry Brown
Answer: c) Red Holzman

Who coached the Orlando Magic to their only NBA Finals appearance in 1995?
a) Larry Brown
b) Chuck Daly
c) Pat Riley
d) Brian Hill
Answer: d) Brian Hill

Which coach is known as the “Godfather of the Fast Break” and led the Phoenix Suns to their only NBA Finals appearance in 1976?
a) Red Auerbach
b) Chuck Daly
c) Larry Brown
d) Paul Westphal
Answer: d) Paul Westphal

Who is the youngest coach to win an NBA championship?
a) Pat Riley
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Red Auerbach
d) Erik Spoelstra
Answer: d) Erik Spoelstra

Which coach led the Portland Trail Blazers to their only NBA championship in 1977?
a) Lenny Wilkens
b) Larry Brown
c) Jack Ramsay
d) Chuck Daly
Answer: c) Jack Ramsay

Who coached the Sacramento Kings to their only Western Conference championship in 2002?
a) Larry Brown
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Rick Adelman
d) Phil Jackson
Answer: c) Rick Adelman

Which coach led the San Antonio Spurs to five NBA championships?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Phil Jackson
c) Larry Brown
d) Pat Riley
Answer: a) Gregg Popovich

Who coached the Seattle SuperSonics to their only NBA championship in 1979?
a) Pat Riley
b) Lenny Wilkens
c) Larry Brown
d) Chuck Daly
Answer: b) Lenny Wilkens

Which coach is known as the “Father of the Slam Dunk” and led the Utah Jazz to back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Chuck Daly
c) Red Auerbach
d) Jerry Sloan
Answer: d) Jerry Sloan

Who coached the Washington Bullets to their only NBA championship in 1978?
a) Red Auerbach
b) Larry Brown
c) Phil Jackson
d) Dick Motta
Answer: d) Dick Motta

Which coach is the all-time leader in coaching victories in the NBA?
a) Pat Riley
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Red Auerbach
d) Lenny Wilkens
Answer: d) Lenny Wilkens

Who coached the Atlanta Hawks to their only NBA championship in 1958?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Red Auerbach
c) Chuck Daly
d) Alex Hannum
Answer: d) Alex Hannum

Which coach led the Boston Celtics to an NBA championship in 2008, their first in over 20 years?
a) Doc Rivers
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Pat Riley
d) Larry Brown
Answer: a) Doc Rivers

Who coached the Charlotte Hornets to their only appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2001?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Pat Riley
c) Larry Brown
d) Paul Silas
Answer: d) Paul Silas

Which coach led the Chicago Bulls to three NBA championships in the early 1990s?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Chuck Daly
c) Larry Brown
d) Red Auerbach
Answer: a) Phil Jackson

Who coached the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA championship in 2016?
a) Tyronn Lue
b) Erik Spoelstra
c) Gregg Popovich
d) Phil Jackson
Answer: a) Tyronn Lue

Which coach is known as “Mr. Clutch” and won nine NBA championships as a head coach?
a) Pat Riley
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Red Auerbach
d) Phil Jackson
Answer: c) Red Auerbach

Who coached the Dallas Mavericks to their only NBA championship in 2011?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Pat Riley
d) Rick Carlisle
Answer: d) Rick Carlisle

Which coach led the Denver Nuggets to their only appearance in the Western Conference Finals in 2009?
a) George Karl
b) Larry Brown
c) Chuck Daly
d) Phil Jackson
Answer: a) George Karl

Who is the only coach to win NBA Coach of the Year honors with three different teams?
a) Pat Riley
b) Larry Brown
c) Gregg Popovich
d) Mike D’Antoni
Answer: b) Larry Brown

Which coach led the Indiana Pacers to their only appearance in the NBA Finals in 2000?
a) Chuck Daly
b) Larry Brown
c) Phil Jackson
d) Larry Bird
Answer: b) Larry Brown

Who coached the Los Angeles Clippers to their first Western Conference Finals appearance in 2020?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Doc Rivers
c) Larry Brown
d) Pat Riley
Answer: b) Doc Rivers

Which coach is known as the “Maverick” and led the Memphis Grizzlies to their first Western Conference Finals appearance in 2013?
a) Phil Jackson
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Chuck Daly
d) Lionel Hollins
Answer: d) Lionel Hollins

Who coached the Miami Heat to their first NBA championship in 2006?
a) Larry Brown
b) Pat Riley
c) Phil Jackson
d) Erik Spoelstra
Answer: d) Erik Spoelstra

Which coach led the Milwaukee Bucks to their only NBA championship in 1971?
a) Pat Riley
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Red Auerbach
d) Larry Costello
Answer: d) Larry Costello

Who is the only coach to win NBA Coach of the Year honors four times?
a) Pat Riley
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Red Auerbach
d) Don Nelson
Answer: d) Don Nelson

Which coach led the Minnesota Timberwolves to their first Western Conference Finals appearance in 2004?
a) Pat Riley
b) Phil Jackson
c) Flip Saunders
d) Gregg Popovich
Answer: c) Flip Saunders

Who coached the New Orleans Hornets to their only appearance in the Western Conference Finals in 2008?
a) Larry Brown
b) Phil Jackson
c) Byron Scott
d) Gregg Popovich
Answer: c) Byron Scott

Which coach is known as the “Pop” and has been the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs since 1996?
a) Gregg Popovich
b) Phil Jackson
c) Pat Riley
d) Red Auerbach
Answer: a) Gregg Popovich

Who coached the Oklahoma City Thunder to their first appearance in the NBA Finals in 2012?
a) Larry Brown
b) Gregg Popovich
c) Phil Jackson
d) Scott Brooks
Answer: d) Scott Brooks

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