Gregg Popovich wasted no time in warming to his new job with the San Antonio Spurs. The team held a press conference Monday to introduce Mitch Johnson as the new permanent head coach. Johnson earned the promotion after Popovich stepped down and assumed the full-time role as president of basketball operations.

The team president had a smile on his face after officially announcing he stepped down as head coach to hand over the reins to Mitch Johnson. The media room was filled, and Popovich, surrounded by his former players and Hall of Famers, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, delivered one of his best speeches in a while.

Gregg Popovich spoke publicly Monday for the first time since suffering a stroke six months ago, saying at the news conference where the San Antonio Spurs formally introduced Mitch Johnson as his repl