List of Sacramento Kings head coaches

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The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded as the Rochester Royals by Lester Harrison and his brother Jack Harrison in Rochester, New York in 1945. [1] The Royals won the National Basketball League (NBL) championship during their inaugural season by defeating the Sheboygan Red Skins 3–0. [1] In 1948, the team joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which merged with the NBL to become the NBA a year later. [2] The franchise won its first NBA championship in the 1951 NBA Finals under the coaching of Lester Harrison. [2] The Harrison brothers moved the team to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957 due to poor attendance. [2] After spending 15 years in Cincinnati, the team was purchased by a group of businessmen from Kansas City, who moved the team to Kansas City and renamed it to the Kings in 1972. The team was briefly named the Kansas City-Omaha Kings from 1972 to 1975 when home games were split between two cities. In 1983, the franchise was bought by a Sacramento-based group, and in 1985, moved to Sacramento, becoming the Sacramento Kings. [2]

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There have been 28  head coaches for the franchise since joining the NBA. Rick Adelman is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (624), regular season games won (395), playoff games coached (69), and playoff games won (34). Phil Johnson and Cotton Fitzsimmons have won NBA Coach of the Year with the Kings, in the 1974–75 and 1978–79 seasons respectively. [3] [4] Harrison, Bobby Wanzer, Ed Jucker, Bob Cousy, Draff Young, Jerry Reynolds, Reggie Theus, and Kenny Natt have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Kings. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Wanzer, Tom Marshall, Jack McMahon, Cousy, Larry Staverman, Adelman and Theus formerly played for the Kings. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] The Kings are currently owned by Vivek Ranadivé, with former Rockets executive Monte McNair as the general manager and Mike Brown is the head coach.

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win% Winning percentage
#Number of coaches [a]
*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Kings

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2022–23 season. The list does not include NBL seasons.

#NameTerm [b] GCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
Les Harrison * 1948–1955 476296181.620381919.5001 Championship (1951) [19]
Bobby Wanzer * 1955–1957 (as player-coach)
1957–1958 		23498126.418202.000 [5]
Tom Marshall 1958–1959 (as player-coach)
1959–1960 		1293594.271———— [20]
Charles Wolf 1960–1963 239118121.4941679.438 [21]
Jack McMahon 1963–1967 321187134.58323815.348 [22]
Ed Jucker * 1967–1969 1648084.488———— [6]
Bob Cousy * 1969–1970 (as player-coach)
1970–1973 		350141209.403———— [7]
Draff Young * 1973 303.000———— [8]
Phil Johnson 1973–1978 340155185.456624.333 1974–75 NBA Coach of the Year [3] [23]
Larry Staverman 1978 451827.400———— [24]
Cotton Fitzsimmons 1978–1984 492248244.50426917.346 1978–79 NBA Coach of the Year [3] [25]
Jack McKinney 1984 918.111———— [26]
Phil Johnson 1984–1987 20181120.403303.000 [23]
Jerry Reynolds * 1987 602238.367———— [9]
Bill Russell 1987–1988 581741.293———— [27]
Jerry Reynolds * 1988–1990 1103476.309———— [9]
Dick Motta 1990–1991 16148113.298———— [28]
Rex Hughes 1991–1992 572235.386———— [29]
Garry St. Jean 1992–1997 395159236.403413.250 [30]
Eddie Jordan 1997–1998 973364.340———— [31]
Rick Adelman † 1998–2006 624395229.633693435.493 [32]
Eric Musselman 2006–2007 823349.402———— [33]
Reggie Theus * 2007–2008 1064462.415———— [10]
Kenny Natt * 2008–2009 581147.190———— [34]
Paul Westphal 2009–2012 17151120.298———— [35]
Keith Smart 2012–2013 1414893.340———— [36]
Michael Malone 2013–2014 1063967.368———— [37]
Tyrone Corbin 2014–2015 28721.250———— [38]
George Karl † 2015–2016 1124468.393———— [39]
Dave Joerger 2016–2019 24698148.398———— [40]
Luke Walton 2019–2021 1616893.422———— [41]
Alvin Gentry 2021–2022 652441.369————
Mike Brown 2022–present824834.585734.429 2022–23 NBA Coach of the Year [42]

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  35. ↑ "Paul Westphal Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  36. ↑ "Keith Smart Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  37. ↑ "Mike Malone Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Tyrone Corbin Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  39. ↑ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  40. ↑ "Dave Joerger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  41. ↑ "Luke Walton Coaching Record". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  42. ↑ "Kings coach Mike Brown named NBCA Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.

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