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Phil Jackson
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American basketball player, coach and executive
Film & TV
Williston, North Dakota, USA
Philip Douglas Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998, leading them to six NBA championships. He then coached the Los…
Known for
- Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom — Self - LA Lakers Coach / 13x NBA Champion2026
- Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience2024
- Stand — Self (archive footage)2023
- Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul — Self (archive footage)2022
- The Book of Kobe Bryant — Self2022
- Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers — Self- Head Coach2022
- Shaq — Self2022
- Luc Longley: One Giant Leap — Self2021
- From the Concrete — Self2021
- Pau Gasol: It’s About the Journey — Self2021
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Key facts
- 1984
- Piratas de Quebradillas
- 1987
- Piratas de Quebradillas
- Born
- ( 1945-09-17 ) September 17, 1945 (age 80) , Deer Lodge, Montana , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 220 lb (100 kg)
- High school
- Williston ( Williston, North Dakota )
- College
- North Dakota (1964–1967)
- Nba draft
- 1967 : 2nd round, 17th overall pick
- Drafted by
- New York Knicks
- Playing career
- 1967–1980
- Position
- Power forward
- Number
- 18, 17
- Coaching career
- 1978–2011
- 1967 1978
- New York Knicks
- 1978 1980
- New Jersey Nets
- 1978 1981
- New Jersey Nets (assistant)
- 1983 1987
- Albany Patroons
- 1984 1986
- Gallitos de Isabela
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jackson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Deer Lodge
- Occupation
- coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Field of work
- basketball
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Chicago Bulls
- Position played
- power forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 99
- Image
- Phil Jackson 3 cropped.jpg
- Height
- 203
- Residence
- Deer Lodge
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- Phil Jackson
- date of birth
- 1945-09-17
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- Phil Jackson
- drafted by
- New York Knicks
- different from
- Mark Jackson
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Jeanie Buss
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Encyclopedic overview
Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jackson is a 13-time NBA champion, having won two as a player and eleven as a head coach. His eleven championships as a head coach are the most in NBA history. In 2007, Jackson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named one of the ten greatest coaches in league history in 1996. He holds numerous other records as a coach, including the most postseason wins (229), and most conference titles (13).
Jackson played college basketball for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux (now known as the Fighting Hawks) for three years. He was selected in the 1967 NBA draft by the New York Knicks, with whom he won two NBA titles as a player. After playing thirteen seasons in the league, he began coaching in minor basketball leagues for five years before he was hired as the assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls in 1987.
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