page_title: List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
section_title: Coaches
hierarchical_section_title: List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame / Coaches
caption_attribution_description: English: Secretary of the Army Pete Geren takes a photo with head coach of the NCAA championship team, the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, Pat Summitt (far right) and members of the team in his office at the Pentagon, June 24.
context_page_description: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Basketball Hall of Fame is named after Dr. James Naismith, who invented the sport in 1891; he was inducted into the Hall as a contributor in 1959. The Coach category has existed since the beginning of the Hall of Fame. For a person to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, they must either be "fully retired for five years" or, if they are still active, "have coached as either a fulltime assistant or head coach on the high school and/or college and/or professional level" for 25 years.
  As part of the inaugural class of 1959, three coaches were inducted; in total, 100 individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame as coaches.
  Six coaching inductees were associated with teams that were inducted to the Hall of Fame as units. Don Haskins, inducted in 1997, was the coach of the 1966 Texas Western basketball team, which was inducted in 2007. Dutch Lonborg, inducted in 1973, was manager of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team that was inducted in 2010.
caption: Pat Summitt, inducted in 2000
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