List of current NBA head coaches

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Gregg Popovich has coached the San Antonio Spurs for 28 years.

This list includes the date of hiring and the performance record of National Basketball Association (NBA) head coaches. The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff.

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Gregg Popovich has served as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs for 28 years. No other current NBA head coach has been head coach of his current team as long as Popovich has been head coach of the Spurs. Popovich has also coached more games (2,209), won more games (1,388), and lost more games (821) than any other active head coach has with his current team. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.

As of April 22, 2024, 15 coaches have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with their current teams: Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio Spurs, Erik Spoelstra with the Miami Heat, Steve Kerr with the Golden State Warriors, Taylor Jenkins with the Memphis Grizzlies, Mark Daigneault with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Chris Finch with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Will Hardy with the Utah Jazz, Chauncey Billups with the Portland Trail Blazers, Jamahl Mosley with the Orlando Magic, Brian Keefe with the Washington Wizards, Willie Green with the New Orleans Pelicans, Darvin Ham with the Los Angeles Lakers, Joe Mazzulla with the Boston Celtics, Darko Rajaković with the Toronto Raptors, and Jordi Fernández with the Brooklyn Nets.

Popovich, Spoelstra, Kerr, and Michael Malone have won NBA championships with their current teams, while Rick Carlisle, Tyronn Lue, Nick Nurse, Frank Vogel, and Doc Rivers have won with their former teams.

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win% Winning percentage
*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the current franchise
†Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.

Head coachTeamDivisionConferenceStart date [lower-alpha 1] GCWLWin%GCWLWin%Ref.
Current [lower-alpha 2] Career [lower-alpha 3]
Quin Snyder Atlanta Hawks Southeast Eastern February 26, 2023 1034657.447739418321.566 [2] [3]
Joe Mazzulla * Boston Celtics Atlantic Eastern February 16, 2023 16412143.73816412143.738 [4] [5] [6]
Jordi Fernández * Brooklyn Nets AtlanticEastern April 22, 2024 000–000– [7]
Vacant Charlotte Hornets SoutheastEastern000–900– [8] [9]
Billy Donovan Chicago Bulls Central Eastern September 22, 2020 318156162.491718399319.556 [10] [11]
J. B. Bickerstaff Cleveland Cavaliers CentralEastern February 19, 2020 328170159.517545255290.460 [12] [13] [14]
Jason Kidd Dallas Mavericks Southwest Western June 28, 2021 286140106.569619323296.522 [15] [16]
Michael Malone Denver Nuggets Northwest Western June 15, 2015 719424295.590825463362.561 [17] [18]
Monty Williams Detroit Pistons CentralEastern June 2, 2023 821468.171785381404.485 [19] [20]
Steve Kerr * Golden State Warriors Pacific Western May 19, 2014 793519274.654793519274.654 [21] [22]
Ime Udoka Houston Rockets SouthwestWestern April 25, 2023 824141.5001649272.558 [23] [24]
Rick Carlisle Indiana Pacers CentralEastern June 24, 2021 246107159.4021,771943828.532 [25] [26]
Tyronn Lue Los Angeles Clippers PacificWestern October 20, 2020 318184134.579529312217.590 [27] [28]
Darvin Ham * Los Angeles Lakers PacificWestern June 3, 2022 1649074.5491649074.549 [29] [30]
Taylor Jenkins * Memphis Grizzlies SouthwestWestern June 11, 2019 391206185.527391206185.527 [31] [32]
Erik Spoelstra * Miami Heat SoutheastEastern April 28, 2008 1,277750527.5871,277750527.587 [33] [34]
Doc Rivers Milwaukee Bucks CentralEastern January 26, 2024 361719.4721,8961,114782.588 [35] [36]
Chris Finch * Minnesota Timberwolves NorthwestWestern February 22, 2021 287160127.557287160127.557 [37] [38]
Willie Green * New Orleans Pelicans SouthwestWestern July 22, 2021 246127119.516246127119.516 [39] [40]
Tom Thibodeau New York Knicks AtlanticEastern July 30, 2020 318175143.550916527389.575 [41] [42]
Mark Daigneault * Oklahoma City Thunder NorthwestWestern November 11, 2020 318143175.450318143175.450 [43] [44]
Jamahl Mosley * Orlando Magic SoutheastEastern July 11, 2021 246103143.419246103143.419 [45] [46]
Nick Nurse Philadelphia 76ers AtlanticEastern June 1, 2023 824735.573390227163.582 [47] [48]
Frank Vogel Phoenix Suns PacificWestern June 6, 2023 824933.598902480422.532 [49] [50]
Chauncey Billups * Portland Trail Blazers NorthwestWestern June 27, 2021 24681165.32924681165.329 [51] [52]
Mike Brown Sacramento Kings PacificWestern May 9, 2022 1649470.573645441286.607 [53] [54]
Gregg Popovich * San Antonio Spurs SouthwestWestern December 10, 1996 2,2091,388821.6282,2091,388821.628 [55] [56]
Darko Rajaković * Toronto Raptors AtlanticEastern June 13, 2023 822557.305822557.305 [57] [58]
Will Hardy * Utah Jazz NorthwestWestern June 29, 2022 1646896.4151646896.415 [59] [60]
Brian Keefe * (interim) Washington Wizards SoutheastEastern January 25, 2024 39831.20539831.205 [61] [62]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Start date of current term at the team; each date is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
  2. ↑ Coaching records from the current term with the team; coaching records from previous term with the team are not included.
  3. ↑ Career coaching records in the NBA; records in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and other leagues are not included.

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