| 100% | GREGG | 5 | ___ Popovich, longtime coach for the Spurs |
| 60% | GREGG | 5 | ___ Popovich, president and coach for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs who is nicknamed "Coach Pop" |
| 60% | GREGGPOPOVICH | 13 | NBA coach for the Spurs who won the championship five times, including 2014: 2 wds. |
| 52% | YOUTHPASTOR | 11 | Coach for the minors? |
| 52% | SCHOOLBUS | 9 | Coach for the minors? |
| 52% | PIANOTEACHER | 12 | Coach for the bench players? |
| 50% | GREGGPOPOVICH | 13 | Coach tied for the third-most NBA championships (5), with the Spurs: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TRILLIN | 7 | Longtime columnist for The Nation |
| 48% | JOEWALSH | 8 | Longtime guitarist for the Eagles |
| 47% | HOOPS | 5 | Sport for the Spurs and the Sparks, casually |
| 47% | NBA | 3 | Org. for the Sixers and Spurs |
| 47% | EBWHITE | 7 | Longtime essayist for The New Yorker |
| 47% | TIM | 3 | Duncan who played for the Spurs for 19 seasons |
| 47% | CHERYL | 6 | ___ Reeve, WNBA coach for the Minnesota Lynx from 2010 |
| 47% | MIKE | 4 | ___ Thibault, WNBA coach for the Washington Mystics since 2013 |
| 46% | GREGG | 5 | Spurs coach Popovich |
| 46% | BILL | 4 | ___ Laimbeer, WNBA coach for the Las Vegas Aces since 2018 |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | League for the San Antonio Spurs (Abbr.) |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Organization for the Sixers and Spurs: Abbr. |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | League for the Sixers and Spurs (Abbr.) |
| 44% | CHANCELLOR | 10 | Van ___, former WNBA coach for the Houston Comets from 1997 to 2006 |
| 43% | TYRONNLUE | 9 | NBA coach for the Cavaliers who won the championship in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 43% | STAGG | 5 | Coach for whom the NCAA Division III Football Championship is named |
| 43% | NETS | 4 | Losers to the Spurs for the 2003 NBA championship |
| 43% | GREGG | 5 | San Antonio Spurs coach Popovich |
| 43% | KERR | 4 | Steve ___, coach for the Golden State Warriors who is a nine-time NBA champion |
| 42% | PHIL | 4 | ___ Jackson, former coach for the Chicago Bulls who holds 11 NBA titles as a coach |
| 42% | STEVEKERR | 9 | NBA coach for the Warriors who won the championship in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 41% | GREGG | 5 | Popovich who is the winningest coach in NBA history |
| 41% | ZAK | 3 | __ Starkey, longtime drummer for The Who |