| Major FIBA tournaments winning head coaches |
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| World Tournament |
| Continental Tournaments |
The list of FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the FIBA Basketball World Cup, which is the main international competition for senior men's basketball national teams, and that is governed by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
| † | Elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
| * | Elected into the FIBA Hall of Fame |
| †* | Member of both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. |
| Number | Head Coach | National team | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Alexander Gomelsky | Soviet Union | 1967 | 1982 |
 Mike Krzyzewski | United States | 2010 | 2014 | |
 Togo Renan Soares | Brazil | 1959 | 1963 | |
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