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Phil Jackson Wiki Biography

Phillip Douglas Jackson, commonly known as Phil Jackson, is a famous American professional basketball coach, as well as former professional basketball player. Jackson spent most of his professional basketball career playing for various high school and college teams. When he entered a 1967 NBA Draft, Phil Jackson was chosen as a 17^th overall pick by New York “Knicks”. Jackson’s career came to a halt in 1969, when he suffered a spinal injury and underwent a difficult surgery. Jackson officially retired from playing basketball almost a decade later in 1980. Soon after he retired from playing, Phil Jackson decided to venture into coaching.

As a coach, Phil Jackson became widely recognized for coaching the Los Angeles “Lakers” basketball team, with which he worked for 10 years, since 2000 until 2010. Together with “Lakers” Phil Jackson has won five championships and secured himself a title of one of the best coaches in the history of National Basketball Association. An inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Phil Jackson had an opportunity to work with other popular teams in NBA, such as Albany “Patroons” and Chicago “Bulls”. Phil Jackson’s contributions to basketball have been acknowledged with “NBA Coach of the Year” award, 11 NBA Championship titles, as well as being included in the list of the “Top 10 Coaches in NBA History”. A famous professional basketball coach, how rich is Phil Jackson? According to sources, Jackson’s annual salary as a coach in 2007 amounted to $10 million, while in 2014 his contract with New York “Knicks” amounted to an impressive $60 million. In regards to his wealth, Phil Jackson’s net worth is estimated to be $45 million.

Phil Jackson was born in 1945, in Montana, US, to parents who were both ministers at the Assemblies of God USA Christian denomination. As a teenager, Phil Jackson studied at the high school in North Dakota, where he started playing both football and basketball. However, Jackson was more successful on the basketball court, and therefore he started to attract the attention of various basketball scouts, including Bill Fitch, who helped Jackson enroll in the University of North Dakota. In university, Jackson established himself as a talented player, and even had an opportunity to showcase his talents in the NBA league. Yet after suffering from an injury, Jackson was forced to step back from the basketball court and chose a career in coaching instead. Jackson started his coaching career with Albany “Patroons”, and eventually moved on to train such clubs as Chicago “Bulls” and Los Angeles “Lakers”. It was with “Lakers” that Jackson finally made a name for himself. Not only did he manage to win five championships, but he also created the legendary duo consisting of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, which was supported by such talented players as Derek Fisher, Brian Shaw, Glen Rice and Robert Horry. When Jackson left the Los Angeles “Lakers”, he went on to become a president of the New York “Knicks” team. A famous former basketball player and a coach, Phil Jackson has an estimated net worth of $45 million.

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Phil Jackson Trademarks

1. Uses eastern philosophy (notably his beliefs in Zen Buddhism) in his coaching basketball teams.
2. Natty dress attire

Phil Jackson Quotes

• If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
• Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
• Approach the game with no preset agendas and you’ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
• I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.

Phil Jackson Important Facts

• After being away from the NBA for a year, has re-signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as head coach. [June 2005]
• Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers [September 1999]
• Release of his book, “The Last Season: A Team in Search of its Soul”. [2004]
• Engaged to Jeanie Buss [January 3, 2013].
• Considered among the all-time greatest NBA head-coaches with his 11 Championships, his first six were as a coach of Chicago Bulls, in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998, with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen his two top players. His five as head-coaching the Los Angales Lakers were in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010. And his first two were as an athlete of the New York Knicks (original team name, Knickerbockers), were in 1970 and 1973. During one series, he was unable to play while recovering from an injury to his spine and spinal surgery.
• Played for the New York Knicks 1967-1978, and the New Jersey Nets 1978-1980. His 2 NBA Championship rings as an athlete were in 1970 and 1973. Was a player/assistant coach combo for the Nets.
• Divorced his second wife June when she refused to moved to Los Angeles, California after he was named head coach of the L.A. Lakers on June 16, 1999.
• Won a CBA (Continental Basketball Association) Championship as coach of the Albany (NY) Patroons in 1984.
• An All-American at the University of North Dakota.
• His parents were Pentecostal missionaries.

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