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NBA Coaches


| 2008-09

NBA coaches, listing their team, coaching record and college they attended, updated as of June 28, 2008 with records through the entire 2007-08 season and playoffs. Seasons Coached means full or partial total seasons the NBA coaches have spent as a head NBA coach.

NEED A HEAD COACH: (As of June 28, 2008, these are guys InsideHoops.com notices are either jobless or an assistant and not a head coach) -- Tom Thibodeau, Jeff Van Gundy, Mike Fratello, Dwane Casey, Terry Stotts, Brian Hill, Paul Silas, Eric Musselman, Bob Hill, Lenny Wilkens, Sam Vincent, Avery Johnson, Flip Saunders.

Also (below): InsideHoops.com NBA Coach Rankings.

Team Coach Seasons
Coached
Playoffs
Made
Record
(Reg Season)
Record
(Playoffs)
College
Atlanta Mike Woodson 4 1 106-222 (.323) 3-4 (.429) Indiana '80
Boston Doc Rivers 9 5 339-328 (.508) 24-24 (.500) Marquette '83
Charlotte Larry Brown 22 17 1,010-800 (.558) 100-89 (.529) North Carolina
Chicago Vinny Del Negro 0 0 0-0 0-0 North Carolina St
Cleveland Mike Brown 3 3 145-101 (.589) 26-20 (.565) San Diego '92
Dallas Rick Carlisle ? ? ? ? Virginia
Denver George Karl 20 17 879-614 (.589) 62-83 (.428) North Carolina '73
Detroit Michael Curry 0 0 0 0 Georgia Southern
Golden State Don Nelson 29 18 1,280-954 (.573) 75-91 (.452) Iowa
Houston Rick Adelman 17 15 807-508 (.614) 72-72 (.500) Loyola Marymount
Indiana Jim O'Brien 6 3 218-204 (.517) 14-17 (.452) St. Josephs '74
LA Clippers Mike Dunleavy 15 7 573-625 (.478) 38-33 (.535) South Carolina '76
LA Lakers Phil Jackson 17 17 976-418 (.700) 193-84 (.697) North Dakota '67
Memphis Marc Iavaroni 1 0 22-60 (.268) 0-0 Virginia
Miami Erik Spoelstra 0 0 0-0 0-0 Portland
Milwaukee Scott Skiles ? ? ? ? Michigan St
Minnesota Randy Wittman 4 0 96-192 (.333) 0-0 Indiana
New Jersey Lawrence Frank 5 4 191-177 (.519) 18-20 (.474) Indiana '92
New Orleans Byron Scott 8 3 300-316 (.487) 32-20 (.615) Arizona State '83
New York Mike D'Antoni ? ? ? ? Marshall
Orlando Stan Van Gundy 4 3 164-103 (.614) 22-16 (.579) SUNY Brockport
Philadelphia Maurice Cheeks 7 3 275-272 (.503) 5-11 (.313) West Texas State '78
Phoenix Terry Porter ? ? ? ? Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Portland Nate McMillan 8 2 306-335 (.477) 8-8 (.500) North Carolina State '86
Sacramento Reggie Theus 1 0 38-44 (.463) 0-0 (.000) Nevada-Las Vegas
San Antonio Gregg Popovich 12 11 632-302 (.677) 101-59 (.631) Air Force Academy '70
Seattle P.J. Carlesimo 7 3 203-284 (.417) 3-9 (.250) Fordham
Toronto Sam Mitchell 4 2 148-180 (.451) 3-8 (.273) Mercer '85
Utah Jerry Sloan 23 18 1,089-717 (.603) 93-94 (.497) Evansville '65
Washington Eddie Jordan 7 4 229-278 (.452) 8-18 (.308) Rutgers '77
Team Coach Seasons
Coached
Playoffs
Made
Career
Record
  College



NBA COACH RANKINGS

InsideHoops.com ranks the best NBA coaches in the league who currently have a head coaching job. We're factoring both past and fairly recent history as well as last season's results into the mix. Updated June 28, 2008.

1) Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs: Pop gets the absolute best production from every player on his team, and is a master of developing team chemistry.

2) Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers: The triangle offense and Jackson's coaching gets the most out of his roster almost every season.

3) Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz: Sloan's teams are always a walking textbook on playing basketball the right way.

4) Rick Adelman, Houston Rockets: The Adelman effect took a little while to kick in with the Rockets but once it did he got the most out of that roster.

5) Doc Rivers, Boston Celtics: Didn't do it on his own, though. He has to split this award with Celtics assistant Tom Thibodeau.




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