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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 399 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Congratulating Gregg Popovich, former Head Coach of the San Antonio |
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| 6 | 6 | | Spurs and the winningest head coach in National Basketball Association |
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| 7 | 7 | | history, on his retirement. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY8, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONYGONZALESof Texas submitted the following resolution; which was |
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| 12 | 12 | | referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Congratulating Gregg Popovich, former Head Coach of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | San Antonio Spurs and the winningest head coach in |
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| 16 | 16 | | National Basketball Association history, on his retire- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ment. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas, on May 2, 2025, Coach Popovich retired from his |
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| 19 | 19 | | legendary career with the San Antonio Spurs, a franchise |
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| 20 | 20 | | he helped lead and transform since joining in 1988; |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas, following a prior stint as an assistant coach with |
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| 22 | 22 | | the Spurs, Coach Popovich returned to the organization |
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| 23 | 23 | | as General Manager and Vice President of Basketball |
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| 24 | 24 | | Operations in 1994, and in 1996, assumed the role of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Head Coach—a position he held for 29 seasons; |
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| 29 | 29 | | Whereas Coach Popovich holds the record for the most wins |
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| 30 | 30 | | of any head coach in National Basketball Association |
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| 31 | 31 | | (NBA) history; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas, during Coach Popovich’s tenure, he led the Spurs |
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| 33 | 33 | | to five NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, |
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| 34 | 34 | | and 2014, and six Western Conference championships in |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, and 2014; |
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| 36 | 36 | | Whereas Coach Popovich was named NBA Coach of the Year |
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| 37 | 37 | | three times, in 2003, 2012, and 2014, and served as the |
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| 38 | 38 | | NBA All-Star Game Head Coach four times, in 2005, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2011, 2013, and 2016; |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas Coach Popovich led the United States Men’s Olym- |
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| 41 | 41 | | pic Basketball Team to a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo |
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| 42 | 42 | | Olympics; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas, in 2023, Coach Popovich was inducted into the |
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| 44 | 44 | | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in recogni- |
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| 45 | 45 | | tion of his unparalleled contributions to the game; |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas prior to Coach Popovich’s coaching career, he grad- |
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| 47 | 47 | | uated from the United States Air Force Academy and |
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| 48 | 48 | | served five years of active duty in the United States Air |
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| 49 | 49 | | Force, including a tour through Eastern Europe and the |
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| 50 | 50 | | Soviet Union with the United States Armed Forces Bas- |
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| 51 | 51 | | ketball Team; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | Whereas Coach Popovich stated, ‘‘I’m forever grateful to the |
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| 53 | 53 | | wonderful players, coaches, staff and fans who allowed |
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| 54 | 54 | | me to serve them as the Spurs head coach and am ex- |
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| 55 | 55 | | cited for the opportunity to continue to support the orga- |
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| 56 | 56 | | nization, community and city that are so meaningful to |
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| 57 | 57 | | me’’: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 58 | 58 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) commends Gregg Popovich for his historic 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and record-setting career in the National Basketball 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Association, including five NBA championships and 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the most coaching wins in league history; 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (2) recognizes his lasting contributions not only 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | to the San Antonio Spurs organization but also to 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the broader San Antonio community and the sport 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | of basketball; 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (3) congratulates Coach Popovich on his retire-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ment and extends best wishes for continued success; 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | atives to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | to Gregg Popovich, President of Basketball Oper-14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ations, San Antonio Spurs. 15 |
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