List of Dallas Mavericks head coaches

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The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The team joined the NBA in 1980 as an expansion team, [2] and won their first Western Conference championship in 2006. [3] The Mavericks have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001. [4] The Mavericks are owned by Mark Cuban, and Nico Harrison is their general manager. [5]

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There have been nine  head coaches for the Mavericks franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Dick Motta, who served for two non-consecutive stints, and coached for nine seasons with the Mavericks. Rick Carlisle is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (961), the most regular season wins (513), the most regular-season losses (448), the most playoff games coached (64), and the most playoff wins (27). Avery Johnson is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.735). Don Nelson is named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [6] Johnson led the Mavericks to the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006, only to lose to the Miami Heat in six games. [3] Johnson is also the only Mavericks coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the 2005–06 season. [7] Quinn Buckner and Jim Cleamons have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Mavericks. Only one of the Mavericks coaches, Don Nelson, has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [8] Rick Carlisle, who was the head coach of the Mavericks from 2008 to 2021, led the Mavericks to the franchise's first NBA Championship in its second Finals appearance, and defeated the Miami Heat in six games in the 2011 NBA Finals.

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win% Winning percentage
#Number of coaches [a]
*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Mavericks
†Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2022–23 season.

#NameTerm [b] GCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
Dick Motta 1980–1987 574267307.465281117.393 [9]
John MacLeod 1987–1989 1759679.54917107.588 [10]
Richie Adubato 1989–1992 26494170.356303.000 [11]
Gar Heard 1992–1993 53944.170———— [12]
Quinn Buckner * 1993–1994 821369.159———— [13]
Dick Motta 1994–1996 16462102.378———— [9]
Jim Cleamons * 1996–1997 982870.286———— [14]
Don Nelson † 1997–2005 590339251.575431924.442One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [6] [15]
Avery Johnson 2005–2008 26419470.735472324.489 2005–06 NBA Coach of the Year [7]
2005–06 Western Conference championship [3] 		[16]
Rick Carlisle 2008–2021 1033555478.537713338.4651 NBA Championship (2011) [17]
Jason Kidd 2021–present1649074.5491899.500 [18]

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  2. ↑ "Mavs History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
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  6. 1 2 "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  7. 1 2 "NBA postseason awards - Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinees By Category". Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  9. 1 2 "Dick Motta Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  10. ↑ "John MacLeod Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Richie Adubato Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  12. ↑ "Gar Heard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Quinn Buckner Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Jim Cleamons Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  15. ↑ "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  16. ↑ "Avery Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  17. ↑ "Rick Carlisle Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Jason Kidd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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