which coach has the most nba finals appearances of all-time

Phil Jackson has the most appearances by a coach in the NBA Finals, with 13 appearances.

	COACH	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Phil Jackson	NBA Finals	73	243.8	96.6	40.5	21.5	7.8	5.2	36.2	79.1	45.8	5.4	15.7	34.5	18.7	26.3	71.1	53.3	11.9	28.6	12.7	17,795	7,049	2,954	1,569	569	378	927	1,747
2	Red Auerbach	NBA Finals	65	242.3	111.5	65.1				42.1						27.3	37.0	73.8					15,750	7,249	3,841					1,846
3	Pat Riley	NBA Finals	53	241.4	104.7	42.1	25.4	8.1	5.2	40.5	84.6	47.9	2.4	7.5	31.3	21.4	30.0	71.3	53.5	13.2	28.9	14.7	12,795	5,549	2,231	1,346	429	274	778	1,338
4	Steve Kerr	NBA Finals	34	242.2	107.0	41.9	25.4	7.7	5.3	38.5	84.8	45.4	13.3	35.6	37.2	16.8	21.6	77.6	56.7	9.9	32.1	13.2	8,235	3,639	1,425	864	261	180	448	771
5	Erik Spoelstra	NBA Finals	34	240.7	97.4	37.8	20.4	7.1	3.9	35.6	78.7	45.2	9.5	25.0	38.1	16.7	21.3	78.6	55.3	8.7	29.0	11.8	8,185	3,310	1,284	692	243	133	400	704
6	Gregg Popovich	NBA Finals	34	241.5	91.3	42.0	19.1	6.6	5.6	33.2	73.4	45.3	7.1	18.0	39.4	17.8	24.6	72.1	54.2	10.5	31.4	14.4	8,210	3,103	1,427	648	224	189	491	654
7	John Kundla	NBA Finals	35	241.4	83.9					30.6						22.7	31.8	71.5					8,450	2,938						988
8	K.C. Jones	NBA Finals	29	241.7	109.7	44.1	26.2	8.7	5.3	42.0	89.1	47.1	1.9	5.4	35.8	24.1	31.0	77.7	53.4	14.1	30.0	16.1	7,010	3,182	1,279	759	251	154	466	680
9	Fred Schaus	NBA Finals	25	242.0	113.2	56.0	19.5			41.5	96.2	43.1				30.2	39.2	77.1	49.9				6,050	2,830	1,400	487				648
10	Alex Hannum	NBA Finals	24	245.2	110.8	62.9				39.5	98.2	40.3				31.8	46.9	67.7	46.6				5,885	2,660	1,509					691
11	Tyronn Lue	NBA Finals	16	241.6	105.1	44.4	19.9	7.9	4.5	38.9	87.3	44.6	9.9	29.1	34.0	17.4	23.8	73.4	53.8	12.9	31.5	12.8	3,865	1,681	711	318	126	72	204	332
12	Larry Brown	NBA Finals	17	244.4	90.0	42.9	18.3	8.3	5.7	34.2	79.6	43.0	3.3	11.8	28.0	18.2	25.5	71.4	49.5	13.8	29.1	10.9	4,155	1,530	729	311	141	97	186	377
13	Chuck Daly	NBA Finals	16	241.6	105.0	42.6	22.1	5.8	5.0	39.6	82.4	48.1	2.4	6.7	36.4	23.3	30.6	76.1	54.8	13.3	29.4	12.6	3,865	1,680	682	354	92	80	202	441
14	Billy Cunningham	NBA Finals	16	240.0	108.9	41.6	28.9	9.6	8.9	44.2	89.9	49.1	0.3	2.1	15.2	20.2	28.1	71.9	53.2	13.7	27.9	16.1	3,840	1,742	665	462	153	143	258	383
15	Red Holzman	NBA Finals	17	244.4	106.0	47.6	25.7			44.9	97.1	46.2				16.2	21.9	74.0	49.7			16.2	4,155	1,802	810	437			162	435
16	Bill Sharman	NBA Finals	16	243.1	107.9	61.1	20.4			42.4	103.9	40.8				23.1	32.8	70.6	45.6			18.2	3,890	1,726	978	327			182	403
17	Joe Lapchick	NBA Finals	19	242.6	78.8					26.8	73.9	36.3				25.1	34.9	71.8	44.1				4,610	1,497						515
18	Al Cervi	NBA Finals	20	240.0	80.6					27.0						26.7	38.5	69.4					4,800	1,612						519
19	Rick Carlisle	NBA Finals	13	240.0	101.1	40.5	20.6	8.3	4.9	35.1	77.6	45.2	10.8	28.2	38.3	20.2	26.2	76.8	56.7	10.0	30.5	15.3	3,120	1,314	527	268	108	64	199	282
20	Doc Rivers	NBA Finals	13	240.0	94.1	39.8	21.2	7.8	4.2	33.6	76.7	43.8	6.5	17.5	37.3	20.3	26.2	77.6	53.3	10.5	29.4	13.0	3,120	1,223	518	276	101	54	169	322
21	Byron Scott	NBA Finals	10	240.0	87.9	41.1	18.6	8.5	5.6	33.7	84.7	39.8	4.1	14.2	28.9	16.4	22.2	73.9	46.5	14.6	26.5	12.7	2,400	879	411	186	85	56	127	250
22	Jerry Sloan	NBA Finals	12	242.1	83.7	39.4	20.8	6.8	3.0	31.3	71.8	43.7	4.0	12.1	33.1	17.0	22.8	74.7	51.2	10.1	29.3	14.6	2,905	1,004	473	249	82	36	175	287
23	Rudy Tomjanovich	NBA Finals	11	242.3	96.3	41.2	22.8	8.2	5.1	35.0	78.7	44.5	6.7	19.4	34.7	19.5	25.6	76.2	53.5	10.7	30.5	13.4	2,665	1,059	453	251	90	56	147	232
24	Rick Adelman	NBA Finals	11	244.5	99.1	41.2	20.7	7.5	3.6	36.3	80.8	44.9	1.9	9.0	21.2	24.6	32.2	76.6	52.2	12.6	28.5	16.7	2,690	1,090	453	228	83	40	184	304
25	Bill Fitch	NBA Finals	12	240.0	99.3	46.4	25.0	7.8	6.0	41.0	89.1	46.0	0.7	2.8	23.5	16.6	23.1	71.8	50.0	17.6	28.8	15.6	2,880	1,191	557	300	94	72	187	272