NBA Coach of the Year Award
Winners

NBA Coach of the Year Award

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: None

Season	Coach	Nationality	Team	W–L	Win%

1962–63	Harry Gallatin	United States	St. Louis Hawks	48–32	.600

1963–64	Alex Hannum*	United States	San Francisco Warriors	48–32	.600

1964–65	Red Auerbach*	United States	Boston Celtics	62–18	.775

1965–66	Dolph Schayes	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	55–25	.688

1966–67	Johnny Kerr	United States	Chicago Bulls	33–48	.407

1967–68	Richie Guerin	United States	St. Louis Hawks	56–26	.683

1968–69	Gene Shue	United States	Baltimore Bullets	57–25	.695

1969–70	Red Holzman*	United States	New York Knicks	60–22	.732

1970–71	Dick Motta	United States	Chicago Bulls	51–31	.622

1971–72	Bill Sharman*	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	69–13	.841

1972–73	Tom Heinsohn*	United States	Boston Celtics	68–14	.829

1973–74	Ray Scott	United States	Detroit Pistons	52–30	.634

1974–75	Phil Johnson	United States	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	44–38	.537

1975–76	Bill Fitch*	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	49–33	.598

1976–77	Tom Nissalke	United States	Houston Rockets	49–33	.598

1977–78	Hubie Brown	United States	Atlanta Hawks	41–41	.500

1978–79	Cotton Fitzsimmons	United States	Kansas City Kings	48–34	.585

1979–80	Bill Fitch* (2)	United States	Boston Celtics	61–21	.744

1980–81	Jack McKinney	United States	Indiana Pacers	44–38	.537

1981–82	Gene Shue (2)	United States	Washington Bullets	43–39	.524

1982–83	Don Nelson*	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	51–31	.622

1983–84	Frank Layden	United States	Utah Jazz	45–37	.549

1984–85	Don Nelson* (2)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	59–23	.720

1985–86	Mike Fratello	United States	Atlanta Hawks	50–32	.610

1986–87	Mike Schuler	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	49–33	.598

1987–88	Doug Moe	United States	Denver Nuggets	54–28	.659

1988–89	Cotton Fitzsimmons (2)	United States	Phoenix Suns	55–27	.671

1989–90	Pat Riley*	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	63–19	.768

1990–91	Don Chaney	United States	Houston Rockets	52–30	.634

1991–92	Don Nelson* (3)	United States	Golden State Warriors	55–27	.671

1992–93	Pat Riley* (2)	United States	New York Knicks	60–22	.732

1993–94	Lenny Wilkens*	United States	Atlanta Hawks	57–25	.695

1994–95	Del Harris	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	48–34	.585

1995–96	Phil Jackson*	United States	Chicago Bulls	72–10	.878

1996–97	Pat Riley* (3)	United States	Miami Heat	61–21	.744

1997–98	Larry Bird	United States	Indiana Pacers	58–24	.707

1998–99	Mike Dunleavy	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	35–15	.700

1999–00	Doc Rivers^	United States	Orlando Magic	41–41	.500

2000–01	Larry Brown*	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	56–26	.683

2001–02	Rick Carlisle^	United States	Detroit Pistons	50–32	.610

2002–03	Gregg Popovich^	United States	San Antonio Spurs	60–22	.732

2003–04	Hubie Brown (2)	United States	Memphis Grizzlies	50–32	.610

2004–05	Mike D'Antoni^	United States	Phoenix Suns	62–20	.756

2005–06	Avery Johnson	United States	Dallas Mavericks	60–22	.732

2006–07	Sam Mitchell	United States	Toronto Raptors	47–35	.573

2007–08	Byron Scott	United States	New Orleans Hornets	56–26	.683

2008–09	Mike Brown	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	66–16	.805

2009–10	Scott Brooks^	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder	50–32	.610

2010–11	Tom Thibodeau^	United States	Chicago Bulls	62–20	.756

2011–12	Gregg Popovich^ (2)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	50–16	.758

2012–13	George Karl	United States	Denver Nuggets	57–25	.695

2013–14	Gregg Popovich^ (3)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	62–20	.756

2014–15	Mike Budenholzer^	United States	Atlanta Hawks	60–22	.732

2015–16	Steve Kerr^	United States	Golden State Warriors	73–9	.890

2016–17	Mike D'Antoni^ (2)	United States	Houston Rockets	55–27	.670

2017–18	Dwane Casey^	United States	Toronto Raptors	59–23	.720

Sentence(s)

Johnny Kerr won the award with a losing record (33–48 with the Chicago Bulls in 1966–67).

final_sentence: Johnny Kerr won the award with a losing record (33–48 with the Chicago Bulls in 1966–67).