Stan Albeck​

Stan Albeck spent 25 years as a head and assistant coach in the ABA and NBA. In the middle of his coaching career, from 1980 to 1983, Stan Albeck led the Spurs to three straight divisional championships. In that time, he was 153-93, and 13-14 in the playoffs. In 1981, he won the Sporting News Coach of the Year. ​

Albeck was the lead assistant to Lenny Wilkens for his last four seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, following one year as an assistant with the New Jersey Nets in 1995-96. Previously, he spent seven years as a head coach in the NBA, beginning with Cleveland (1979-80), then moving to San Antonio (1980-83), New Jersey (1983-85) and Chicago (1985-86), compiling a 307-265 (.535) record during that time. His greatest success came with the Spurs, leading them to three division titles in those three years, posting a 153-93 (.622) record.​

After leaving the head coaching ranks, Albeck scouted pro and college games for several teams (San Antonio, Philadelphia, LA Lakers, Milwaukee) before returning to the Nets bench. Before his head coaching duties, he also served an assistant coach for nine seasons in the NBA and ABA under such notables as Jerry West, Hubie Brown, Wilt Chamberlain, K.C. Jones and Alex Hannum. Additionally, Albeck was head coach of the Denver Rockets (ABA) in 1970-71.​