List of Women's National Basketball Association head coaches

Last updated October 22, 2023

This is an all-time list of Women's National Basketball Association head coaches.

Coaches

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
W–L %	Win–Loss percentage

Note: Coaching records are correct as of the end of the 2020 season.

Coach	Team(s)	Year(s)	Reg. season GC	Reg. season W	Reg. season L	Reg. season W–L%	Playoff GC	Playoff W	Playoff L	Playoff W–L%	Titles
Michael Adams	Washington	2004	34	17	17	.500	3	1	2	.250
Richie Adubato	New York Washington	1999–2004 2005–2007	250	134	116	.536	29	14	15	.483
Brian Agler	Minnesota Seattle Los Angeles Dallas	1999–2002 2008–2014 2015–2018 2019–2020	545	287	258	.527	43	24	19	.558	2 ('10, '16)
Sonny Allen	Sacramento	1998–2001	76	46	30	.605	3	0	3	–
Henry Bibby	Los Angeles	2005	29	13	16	.448	0	0	0	–
Nikki Blue	Phoenix	2023	28	7	21	.250	0	0	0	–
Muggsy Bogues	Charlotte	2005–2006	44	14	30	.318	0	0	0	–
Jenny Boucek	Sacramento Seattle	2007–2009 2015–2017	175	76	99	.434	7	2	5	.286
Sandy Brondello	San Antonio Phoenix New York	2010 2014–2021 2022–present	368	212	156	.576	48	25	23	.521	1 ('14)
Dee Brown	Orlando San Antonio	2002 2004	56	22	34	.393	0	0	0	–
Joe Bryant	Los Angeles	2005–2006 2011	63	40	23	.635	7	2	5	.286
Van Chancellor	Houston	1997–2006	322	211	111	.655	34	20	14	.588	4 ('97-'00)
Pokey Chatman	Chicago Indiana	2011–2016 2017–2019	306	134	172	.438	20	7	12	.368
Nicki Collen	Atlanta	2018–2020	90	38	52	.422	5	2	3	.400
Cynthia Cooper	Phoenix	2001–2002	42	19	23	.452	0	0	0	–
Michael Cooper	Los Angeles Los Angeles Atlanta	2000–2004 2007–2009 2014–2017	388	230	158	.593	43	27	16	.628	2 ('01-'02)
Dave Cowens	Chicago	2006	34	5	29	.147	0	0	0	–
Pat Coyle	New York	2004–2009	171	81	90	.474	16	6	10	.375
Shell Dailey	San Antonio	2003 2004	22	9	13	.409	0	0	0	–
Nancy Darsch	New York Washington	1997–1998 1999–2000	110	56	54	.509	2	1	1	.500
Anne Donovan	Indiana Charlotte Seattle New York Connecticut	2000 2001–2002 2003–2007 2009–2010 2013–2015	419	205	214	.489	31	14	17	.452	1 ('04)
Lin Dunn	Seattle Indiana	2000–2002 2008–2014	334	168	166	.503	43	23	20	.535	1 ('12)
T. R. Dunn	Charlotte	2000	32	8	24	.250	0	0	0	–
Teresa Edwards	Tulsa	2011	23	2	21	.087	0	0	0	–
Derek Fisher	Los Angeles	2019–2022	100	54	46	.540	5	1	4	.200
Nell Fortner	Indiana	2001–2003	98	42	56	.429	3	1	2	.333
Corey Gaines	Phoenix	2008–2013	191	90	101	.471	20	11	9	.550	1 ('09)
Jennifer Gillom	Minnesota Los Angeles	2009 2010–2011	78	31	47	.397	2	0	2	.000
Carrie Graf	Phoenix	2004–2005	68	33	35	.485	0	0	0	–
Becky Hammon	Las Vegas	2022–present	76	60	16	.789	10	8	2	.800	1 ('22)
Linda Hargrove	Portland	2000–2002	96	37	59	.385	0	0	0	–
Candi Harvey	Utah San Antonio	2001–2002 2003	73	40	33	.548	7	2	5	.286
Linda Hill-MacDonald	Cleveland	1997–1999	90	42	48	.467	3	1	2	.333
Walt Hopkins	New York	2020–2021	22	14	40	.259	1	0	1	.000
Dan Hughes	Charlotte Cleveland San Antonio San Antonio Seattle Seattle	1999 2000–2003 2005–2009 2011–2016 2018–2019 2021	598	286	312	.478	50	22	28	.440	1 ('18)
Carolyn Jenkins	Minnesota	2006	11	2	9	.182	0	0	0	–
Vickie Johnson	San Antonio Dallas	2017 2021–2022	102	40	62	.392	4	1	3	.250
Jessie Kenlaw	Washington	2008	12	2	10	.167	0	0	0	–
Steven Key	Chicago	2008–2010	102	42	60	.412	0	0	0	–
Gary Kloppenburg	Tulsa Seattle Seattle	2012–2013 2017 2020	98	43	55	.439	7	6	1	.857	1 ('20)
Carlos Knox	Indiana	2022	27	3	24	.111	0	0	0	–
Trudi Lacey	Charlotte Washington	2003–2006 2011–2012	160	48	112	.300	2	0	2	.000
Bill Laimbeer	Detroit New York New York Las Vegas	2002–2009 2013–2014 2015–2017 2018–2021	521	306	215	.577	68	37	31	.544	3 ('03, '06, '08)
Frank Layden	Utah	1998–1999	15	4	11	.267	0	0	0	–
Jim Lewis	Washington	1998	18	2	16	.111	0	0	0	–
Nancy Lieberman	Detroit	1998–2000	94	46	48	.489	1	0	1	.000
Tom Maher	Washington	2001	32	10	22	.313	0	0	0	–
Rick Mahorn	Detroit	2009	30	17	13	.567	5	3	2	.600
Suzie McConnell-Serio	Minnesota	2003–2006	125	58	67	.464	5	1	4	.200
Maura McHugh	Sacramento	2001–2003	70	35	35	.500	5	3	2	.600
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	Dallas	2018	3	1	2	.333	1	0	1	.000
Marynell Meadors	Charlotte Atlanta	1997–1999 2008–2012	230	111	119	.483	20	8	12	.400
Cheryl Miller	Phoenix	1997–2000	122	70	52	.574	9	3	6	.333
Curt Miller	Connecticut Los Angeles	2016–2022 2023–present	262	153	109	.584	33	16	17	.485
Mary Murphy	Sacramento	1997	15	5	10	.333	0	0	0	–
Vanessa Nygaard	Phoenix	2022–2023	48	17	31	.354	2	0	2	.000
Bo Overton	Chicago	2007	34	14	20	.412	0	0	0	–
Cathy Parson	Washington	1998	12	1	11	.083	0	0	0	–
Carolyn Peck	Orlando	1999–2001	96	44	52	.458	3	1	2	.333
Russ Pennell	Phoenix	2013	13	9	4	.692	5	2	3	.400
Mike Petersen	Atlanta	2021	19	6	13	.316	0	0	0	–
Julie Plank	Washington	2009–2010	68	38	30	.559	4	0	4	.000
Noelle Quinn	Seattle	2021–present	102	49	53	.480	7	3	4	.429
Cheryl Reeve	Minnesota	2010–present	470	300	170	.638	65	42	23	.646	4 ('11,'13,'15,'17)
Nolan Richardson	Tulsa	2010–2011	45	7	38	.156	0	0	0	–
Tree Rollins	Washington	2007–2008	52	24	28	.462	0	0	0	–
Carol Ross	Los Angeles	2012–2014	90	58	32	.644	7	3	4	.429
Ron Rothstein	Miami	2000–2002	96	48	48	.500	3	1	2	.333
Julie Rousseau	Los Angeles	1997–1998	37	17	20	.459	0	0	0	–
Christie Sides	Indiana	2023–present	40	13	27	.325	0	0	0	–
Linda Sharp	Los Angeles Phoenix	1997 2002	33	9	24	.273	0	0	0	–
John Shumate	Phoenix	2003	34	8	26	.235	0	0	0	–
Katie Smith	New York	2018–2019	68	17	51	.250	0	0	0	–
Marianne Stanley	Washington Indiana	2002–2003 2020–2022	129	40	89	.310	5	3	2	.600
Amber Stocks	Chicago	2017–2018	68	25	43	.368	0	0	0	–
Darius Taylor	Atlanta	2021	13	2	11	.154	0	0	0	–
Denise Taylor	Utah	1997–1998	47	13	34	.277	0	0	0	–
Karleen Thompson	Los Angeles Houston	2004 2007–2008	82	41	41	.500	3	1	2	.333
Eric Thibault	Washington	2023–present	40	19	21	.475	0	0	2	.000
Mike Thibault	Connecticut Washington	2003–2012 2013–2022	668	379	289	.567	72	34	38	.472	1 ('19)
Nate Tibbetts	Phoenix	2023–present	0	0	0	.593	13	0	0	–
Penny Toler	Los Angeles	2014	12	6	6	.500	2	0	2	.000
Latricia Trammell	Dallas	2023–present	40	22	18	.550	0	0	0	–
Heidi VanDerveer	Sacramento Minnesota	1997–1998 2002	56	17	39	.304	0	0	0	–
Emre Vatansever	Chicago	2023	24	11	13	.458	2	0	2	.000
James Wade	Chicago	2019–2023	124	81	59	.579	21	13	8	.619	1 ('21)
Darrell Walker	Washington	2000	12	5	7	.417	2	0	2	.000
Teresa Weatherspoon	Chicago	2023–present	0	0	0	.593	13	0	0	–
Paul Westhead	Phoenix	2006–2007	68	41	27	.603	9	7	2	.778	1 ('07)
John Whisenant	Sacramento Sacramento New York	2003–2006 2009 2011–2012	207	119	88	.575	34	20	14	.588	1 ('05)
Stephanie White	Indiana Connecticut	2015–2016 2023–present	108	64	44	.593	13	9	10	.474
Fred Williams	Utah Atlanta Tulsa Dallas Los Angeles	1999–2001 2012–2013 2014–2015 2016–2018 2022	308	139	169	.451	14	5	9	.357
Greg Williams	Detroit	2001–2002	42	10	32	.238	0	0	0	–
Brian Winters	Indiana	2004–2007	136	78	58	.574	12	5	7	.417
Orlando Woolridge	Los Angeles	1998–1999	42	25	17	.595	4	2	2	.500
Tanisha Wright	Atlanta	2022–present	76	33	43	.434	0	0	0	–
Don Zierden	Minnesota	2007–2009	68	26	42	.382	0	0	0	–

External links

WNBA.com Coaches Page

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