List of NBA championship head coaches

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).[1] The league adopted its current name at the start of the Template:Nbay when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL).[2] The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than the assistant coaches.

Former Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson has won eleven NBA championships, the most in NBA history. He won six titles with the Chicago Bulls and five titles with the Lakers, and is one of three coaches who have won multiple championships with more than one team (Pat Riley and Alex Hannum are the others). Red Auerbach won nine championships with the Boston Celtics and won eight consecutive titles from Template:Nbay to Template:Nbay. John Kundla, Pat Riley, and Gregg Popovich have each won five championships. Kundla won all of his titles with the Lakers, and Popovich has won all of his titles with the Spurs, while Riley won four titles with the Lakers and one with the Miami Heat. Current Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has won four championships, while current Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has won two titles. Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla, and Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault are the only other active coaches who have won a championship. Rivers won while with the Boston Celtics in 2008, Carlisle won while with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011, Lue with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, Nurse with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, Mazzulla with the Boston Celtics in 2024, and Daigneault with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2025.

Other achievements

Key

Yrs Number of years coached
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
^ Denotes coach who is currently coaching an NBA team
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

List

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the Template:Nbay.

Number won Coach Team(s) won with (years)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] Coaching career<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Yrs GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Ref.
Regular season Playoffs
Template:Ntsh 11 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010) 		Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 20 1,640 1,155 485 .704 333 229 104 .688 [7]
Template:Ntsh 9 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 20 1,417 938 479 .662 168 99 69 .589 [8]
Template:Ntsh 5 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Minneapolis Lakers (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 11 725 423 302 .583 95 60 35 .632 [9]
Template:Ntsh 5 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Los Angeles Lakers (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
Miami Heat (2006) 		Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 24 1,904 1,210 694 .636 282 171 111 .606 [10]
Template:Ntsh 5 Script error: No such module "Sort".* San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 29 2,291 1,422 869 .621 284 170 114 .599 [11]
Template:Ntsh 4 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Golden State Warriors (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) Template:Nbay–present 11 875 567 308 .648 152 104 48 .684 [12]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Detroit Pistons (1989, 1990) Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 14 1,075 638 437 .593 126 75 51 .595 [13]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* St. Louis Hawks (1958)
Philadelphia 76ers (1967) 		Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 12 883 471 412 .533 81 47 34 .580 [14]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Boston Celtics (1974, 1976) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 9 690 427 263 .619 80 47 33 .588 [15]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* New York Knicks (1970, 1973) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 18 1,300 696 604 .535 106 58 48 .547 [16]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boston Celtics (1984, 1986) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 10 774 522 252 .674 138 81 57 .587 [17]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Boston Celtics (1968, 1969) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 8 631 341 290 .540 61 34 27 .557 [18]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Houston Rockets (1994, 1995) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 13 943 527 416 .559 90 51 39 .567 [19]
Template:Ntsh 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Miami Heat (2012, 2013) Template:Nbay–present 17 1,359 787 572 .579 189 110 83 .570 [20]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Golden State Warriors (1975) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 14 1,075 557 518 .518 61 31 30 .508 [21]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Detroit Pistons (2004) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 27 2,002 1,098 904 .548 193 100 93 .518 [22]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Milwaukee Bucks (2021) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 11 883 520 363 .589 104 56 48 .538 [23]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Dallas Mavericks (2011) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–present 23 1,853 993 860 .536 173 86 87 .497 [24]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Syracuse Nationals (1955) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 9 567 326 241 .575 60 34 26 .567 [25]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Milwaukee Bucks (1971) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 10 730 430 300 .589 60 37 23 .617 [26]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia 76ers (1983) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 8 650 454 196 .698 105 66 39 .629 [27]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Oklahoma City Thunder (2025) Template:Nbay–present 5 400 211 189 .528 33 22 11 .667 [28]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Boston Celtics (1981) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 25 2,050 944 1,106 .460 109 55 54 .505 [29]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Warriors (1947) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 9 581 263 318 .453 32 15 17 .469 [30]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Rochester Royals (1951) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 7 476 295 181 .620 38 19 19 .500 [31]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Baltimore Bullets (1948) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 7 354 151 203 .427 24 14 10 .583 [32]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Cleveland Cavaliers (2016) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–present 9 611 362 249 .592 98 57 41 .582 [33]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Denver Nuggets (2023) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 12 904 510 394 .564 80 44 36 .550 [34]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Boston Celtics (2024) Template:Nbay–present 3 246 182 64 .740 50 33 17 .660 [35]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Washington Bullets (1978) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 25 1,952 935 1,017 .479 126 56 70 .444 [36]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Toronto Raptors (2019) Template:Nbay–present 7 554 298 256 .538 47 27 20 .574 [37]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Portland Trail Blazers (1977) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 21 1,647 864 783 .525 102 44 58 .431 [38]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Boston Celtics (2008) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–present 26 1,978 1,162 816 .587 226 114 112 .504 [39]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Warriors (1956) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 3 216 119 97 .551 20 10 10 .500 [40]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Los Angeles Lakers (1972) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 7 573 333 240 .581 62 35 27 .565 [41]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Los Angeles Lakers (2020) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay 12 902 480 422 .532 92 49 43 .533 [42]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Los Angeles Lakers (1980) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 6 407 183 224 .450 19 13 6 .684 [43]
Template:Ntsh 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Seattle SuperSonics (1979) Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay–Template:Nbay 32 2,487 1,332 1,155 .536 178 80 98 .449 [44]

See also

Notes

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