List of Milwaukee Bucks head coaches

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The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays their home games at the Fiserv Forum. The Bucks are owned by Wes Edens and Marc Lasry, with Jon Horst as their general manager.

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Since the team was formed in 1968, there have been 15 head coaches for the Bucks franchise. [1] The franchise won its first NBA championship in the 1971 NBA Finals under the leadership of its first coach, Larry Costello, and another in the 2021 NBA Finals under Coach Mike Budenholzer (the only other Bucks' coach other than Don Nelson to have won coach of the year). [2] Don Nelson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (884), most regular season games won (540), most playoff games coached (88), and most playoff games won (42). [3] Nelson is also the only Bucks coach to win an NBA Coach of the Year Award while also being one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [3] [4] Larry Krystkowiak and Joe Prunty are the only people to have spent their entire head coaching career with the Bucks. [5] Mike Dunleavy, Krystkowiak, and Scott Skiles have played and coached for the Bucks. [6] [7] [8] Skiles was the head coach of the Bucks from 2008 until he and the team mutually agreed to part ways in 2013. [9]

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win% Winning percentage
#Number of coaches [a]
*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Bucks
†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
1 Larry Costello 1968–1976 674410264.608603723.6171 Championship (1971) [2]
2 Don Nelson † 1976–1987 884540344.611884246.477 NBA Coach of the Year (1983, 1985)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [4] 		[3]
3 Del Harris 1987–1991 345191154.55421615.286 [10]
4 Frank Hamblen 1991–1992 652342.354———— [11]
5 Mike Dunleavy 1992–1996 328107221.326———— [12]
6 Chris Ford 1996–1998 1646995.421———— [13]
7 George Karl †⁸ 1998–2003 378205173.542321418.438 [14]
8 Terry Porter 2003–2005 1647193.433514.200 [15]
9 Terry Stotts 2005–2007 1466383.432514.200 [16]
10 Larry Krystkowiak * 2007–2008 1003169.310———— [5]
11 Scott Skiles 2008–2013 344162182.471734.429 [9]
12 Jim Boylan 2013 502228.444404.000 [17]
13 Larry Drew 2013–2014 821567.183－－－.--- [18]
14 Jason Kidd 2014–2018 291139152.4781248.333 [19]
15 Joe Prunty 2018 372116.568734.429 [20]
16 Mike Budenholzer 2018–2023 391271120.693653926.600 NBA Coach of the Year (2019) [21]
1 Championship (2021)		 [22]
17 Adrian Griffin * 2023 433013.698———–
— Joe Prunty 2024 321.667———–
18 Doc Rivers 2024–present———–———–

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