List of foreign NBA coaches
List of head coaches

List of foreign NBA coaches

Section Title: List of head coaches
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Nationality	Birthplace	Head Coach	Career	Yrs	Notes	Ref.

Canada	—	Jay Triano	2008–2011; 2017–2018	4	—

Israel	United States	David Blatt	2014–2016	2	Born in the United States to Jewish parents, has dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship.

Italy	United States	Mike D'Antoni*	1998–1999; 2003–2014; 2016–present	15	Born in the United States to Italian parents, has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship.

Serbia	SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)	Igor Kokoškov	2018–2019	1	Also holds U.S. citizenship as of 2010.

United States	Lebanon	Steve Kerr*	2014–present	5	Born in Lebanon to Malcolm H. Kerr, a Lebanese-born American citizen.

United States	Russian Empire (now Ukraine)	Eddie Gottlieb	1946–1955	9	Born in the Russian Empire, moved to the United States as a child, became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

United States	West Germany (now Germany)	Kiki VanDeWeghe	2009–2010	1	Born in West Germany to a Canadian father and an American mother. Holds both American and Canadian passports.

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Jay Triano became the first Canadian-born head coach in NBA.

final_sentence: Jay Triano became the first Canadian-born head coach in NBA.