Los Angeles Lakers fans can relax. Coach Phil Jackson isn't going anywhere.

According to his daughter, Chelsea, this season, which ended with Jackson earning his 11th championship, most likely is his last.

Sorry, I'm not buying it.

To his credit, Jackson is playing it full tilt. He skipped the Lakers' victory parade, saying he had a doctor's appointment and couldn't get out of it.

Jackson has had issues with knee pain and his two replaced hips, so it's been hard for him to get around. But do you really think he's going to walk away?

He has a superstar in Kobe Bryant, who has had a hand in five titles, and players like forwards Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Ron Artest and guard Derek Fisher. With them, the Lakers have a great nucleus.

By picking up some key free agents, the Lakers could set themselves up for a long stretch of championships.

Jackson wouldn't walk away from something like that. It's not his style.

In his time in Chicago, he had Michael Jordan. The previous coach, Doug Collins, who hired him as an assistant, helped put some of the pieces together and Jackson took over and supplied the final touches.

His six titles in nine years with the Bulls was impressive — he won three his first three years before Jordan retired to play baseball for two years. Jordan returned for the playoffs the next season, but the Bulls didn't make the finals.

Jackson three-peated again his final three years before leaving and saying he'd never coach again.

A year later, he took over a talented Lakers team that boasted Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

In his first season (1999-2000) the Lakers went 67-15 and won the first of three consecutive NBA championships.

Shaq left and Bryant was surrounded with some respectable players but nothing spectacular. Now, Jackson has built another team led by Bryant.

If given a star player or strong team, Jackson is interested. He doesn't have the time to build a team from the ground up. He's never even hinted about taking over a lesser team. That would take too much time, too many years to piece together.

No, the Jackson way is to win right away. No need for losing records or missing the playoffs to tarnish the legend.

The New Jersey Nets and the New York Knicks, the teams he played for, and the Bulls all inquired recently about his interest in their recent openings, but Jackson declined.

Why? He can't leave a good thing and he's not about to start now. It's been said Lakers owner Jerry Buss, whose daughter Jackson has been dating for years, was going to cut his salary in half, maybe down to $6 million a year.

That would be enoughto cause most people to walk, but Jackson will stay put.

His other best bet? To quit the Lakers, take the Cleveland Cavaliers job, keep LeBron James in the fold and grab another star free agent like Chris Bosh or Dwyane Wade.

Those guys will want to win, just not as bad as Jackson.