Phil Jackson is a man well known in the world of basketball, as a coach and leader of the league. He was considered great not only for his knowledge of basketball, but also for his use of alternative spiritual methods to assist his coach. Through his naturalist and pantheistic worldview he left a legacy of a model to follow. Phil Jackson's money and career, views on the nature of God and family are ultimately shaped by his worldview of naturalism and pantheism. By comparing my worldview of Christianity to Phil Jackson's family, career, and the nature of God, we will determine whether role model status is relevant to how I perceived a role model. Phil Jackson found a career in basketball, through his professional playing and then coaching. Jackson started out playing basketball in college, then the NBA, which increased his love for the sport and then made it a career. In 1998, Jackson had the highest winning percentage in the regular season and then coached and won 11 championship games in his entire career. In his career, Phil Jackson was known not only as a basketball coach, but as the team's head pastor. He used his worldview to shape how he experienced his career. This meant that when he coached, he used his spirituality of Naturalism, especially Humanism, and Pantheism, especially Buddhism, to guide his team. According to Unsworth (1997), Phil Jackson states in his book: “Being aware is more important than being intelligent.” Jackson used his worldview of humanism to guide his players to be aware of the human nature in which they live. Furthermore, Jackson explains that no human being can do it alone, thus incorporating the idea that humans must be connected to achieve success (Unsworth, 1997). Through his coaching, Jackson uses...... middle of paper ...... is an inspiring coach who has led basketball teams to victory, which may consider him a role model is admired for his success . Others would choose him as a role model for his knowledge, his religion, or his inspirational teachings that led others. Although he has been successful in many aspects of life, I do not consider him to be a role model personally. He has such conflicting worldviews that I'm still not sure about. Jackson's life is based on the successes of the world and the life of human beings, which I don't find so important to my faith in Christianity, I believe in serving God through my life, like Jesus as an example. I strive to be selfless, generous and not focus on anything else like Jesus. So much so that I believe in another worldview like Phil Jackson, I don't see him as a role model.