# List of Toronto Raptors head coaches

The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Raptors are the only Canadian-based NBA team. The team joined the NBA in 1995 as an expansion team with the Vancouver Grizzlies (which relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001). The Raptors first played their home games at the SkyDome (now known as the Rogers Centre), before moving to Scotiabank Arena (formerly the Air Canada Centre) in 1999, where they have played since. The Raptors are owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Bobby Webster is their general manager.
There have been ten head coaches for the Raptors franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Brendan Malone, who coached for one season. Dwane Casey is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (397) and the most regular-season game wins (210). Casey is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (51), as well as the most playoff-game wins (21).
Lenny Wilkens is the only Raptors coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.
Sam Mitchell, Dwane Casey and Nick Nurse are the only Raptors coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the 2006–07 season, 2017–18 season, and 2019–20 season respectively.
Butch Carter, Kevin O'Neill, and Jay Triano have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Raptors. Triano was the interim head coach of the Raptors since Mitchell was fired. Triano is the first Canadian head coach in NBA history.
Nick Nurse is the only Raptors coach to have won an NBA Championship with the team (2018–19 NBA season) and holds the franchise's highest winning percentage in the regular season (.707) and playoffs (.667).

## Key

| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| # | Number of coaches |
| * | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Raptors |
| † | Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |

## Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.
| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements |
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | | Achievements | Reference |
| 1 | Brendan Malone | 1995–1996 | 82 | 21 | 61 | .256 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Darrell Walker | 1996–1997 | 131 | 41 | 90 | .313 | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Butch Carter* | 1997–2000 | 165 | 73 | 92 | .442 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |
| 4 | Lenny Wilkens† | 2000–2003 | 246 | 113 | 133 | .459 | 17 | 8 | 9 | .471 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history |
| 5 | Kevin O'Neill* | 2003–2004 | 82 | 33 | 49 | .402 | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Sam Mitchell | 2004–2008 | 345 | 156 | 189 | .452 | 11 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 2006–07 NBA Coach of the Year |
| 7 | Jay Triano | 2009–2011 | 229 | 87 | 142 | .380 | — | — | — | | |
| 8 | Dwane Casey | 2011–2018 | 558 | 320 | 238 | .573 | 51 | 21 | 30 | .412 | 2017–18 NBA Coach of the Year |
| 9 | Nick Nurse | 2018–2023 | 390 | 227 | 163 | .582 | 41 | 25 | 16 | .610 | NBA champion (2019) 2019–20 NBA Coach of the Year |
| 10 | Darko Rajaković | 2023–present | 82 | 25 | 57 | .305 | | | | | |
* Brendan Malone was the first head coach of the Raptors from 1995 to 1996.
* Sam Mitchell was the head coach for the Raptors from 2004 to 2008.
* Jay Triano was the head coach from 2009 to 2011.
* Dwane Casey was the longest-serving head coach from 2011 to 2018.
* Nick Nurse was the coach of the Raptors from 2018 to 2023.