List of Brooklyn Nets head coaches explained
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays its home games at the Barclays Center. The franchise was founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967, and was one of the eleven original American Basketball Association (ABA) teams. In its second ABA season, Arthur Brown, the team owner, moved the team to Long Island and renamed it the New York Nets. The team won ABA championships in 1974 and 1976. When the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976, the Nets were one of four ABA teams admitted into the NBA. The team was moved to the Rutgers Athletic Center in New Jersey; after the 1976–77 NBA season, the team was renamed the New Jersey Nets. Since they joined the NBA, the Nets have won 4 divisional championships, 2 conference championships and appeared in the playoffs 16 times.[1] [2] The Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012, and now play as the Brooklyn Nets.
There have been 24 head coaches for the Nets franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Max Zaslofsky, who led the team for two seasons. Kevin Loughery is the only Nets coach to have led the team to a championship; the Nets won ABA championships in 1974 and 1976 during his tenure.[3] Loughery is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (615) and wins (297); P. J. Carlesimo is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season winning percentage (.648).[4] Byron Scott is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff games coached (40) and wins (25), as well as playoff-game winning percentage (.625).[5] Chuck Daly and Bill Fitch were selected as two of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.[6] Daly, Brown and Lou Carnesecca are the only Nets coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches.[7] [8] Zaslofsky, York Larese, Lou Carnesecca, Dave Wohl, Butch Beard, John Calipari, Tom Barrise, and Kiki Vandeweghe spent their entire coaching careers with the Nets/Americans.[9] [10] [11] [12]
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
| Number of coaches |
| Spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets |
| Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
| Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets | |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .
| Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference |
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Regular season | Playoffs |
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align=center colspan="16" style="border:2px solid #006BB6; background-color:#ED174C;" | New Jersey Americans |
1 | | 1967–1968 | 78 | 36 | 42 | | — | — | — | — | | [13] |
align=center colspan="16" style="border:2px solid #ED174C; background-color:#006BB6;" | New York Nets |
— | | 1968–1969 | 78 | 17 | 61 | | — | — | — | — | | |
2 | | 1969–1970 | 84 | 39 | 45 | | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | |
3 | | 1970–1973 | 252 | 114 | 138 | | 30 | 13 | 17 | | | |
4 | | 1973– | 334 | 190 | 144 | | 32 | 21 | 11 | | 2 ABA championships (1974, 1976) | |
align=center colspan="16" style=";" | New Jersey Nets |
— | | – | 281 | 107 | 174 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
— | | | 47 | 12 | 35 | | — | — | — | — | | [14] |
5 | | – | 158 | 91 | 67 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | [15] |
6 | | | 6 | 2 | 4 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | [16] |
7 | | – | 164 | 87 | 77 | | 14 | 5 | 9 | | | [17] |
8 | | – | 179 | 65 | 114 | | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | |
9 | | | 39 | 10 | 29 | | — | — | — | — | | |
10 | | – | 110 | 33 | 77 | | — | — | — | — | | [18] |
11 | | – | 246 | 83 | 163 | | 4 | 1 | 3 | | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | [19] |
12 | | – | 164 | 88 | 76 | | 9 | 3 | 6 | | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | |
13 | | – | 164 | 60 | 104 | | — | — | — | — | | |
14 | | – | 184 | 72 | 112 | | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | |
15 | | – | 112 | 44 | 68 | | — | — | — | — | | [20] |
16 | | – | 288 | 149 | 139 | | 40 | 25 | 15 | | 2 straight NBA Finals appearances[21] | |
17 | | – | 466 | 225 | 241 | | 38 | 18 | 20 | | | [22] |
— | | | 2 | 0 | 2 | | — | — | — | — | | [23] |
18 | | | 64 | 12 | 52 | | — | — | — | — | | [24] |
19 | | – | 148 | 46 | 102 | | — | — | — | — | | [25] |
align=center colspan="16" style=";" | Brooklyn Nets |
— | | | 28 | 14 | 14 | | — | — | — | — | | |
— | | | 54 | 35 | 19 | | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | |
20 | | | 82 | 44 | 38 | | 12 | 5 | 7 | | | [26] |
21 | | – | 119 | 48 | 71 | | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | [27] |
— | | | 45 | 11 | 34 | | — | — | — | — | | [28] |
22 | | – | 308 | 118 | 190 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | | | [29] |
— | | | | 10 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | [30] |
23 | | – | 161 | 94 | 67 | | 16 | 7 | 9 | | | [31] |
24 | | – | 129 | 64 | 65 | | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | |
— | | | 28 | 11 | 17 | | — | — | — | — | | [32] |
25 | | –present | — | — | — | | — | — | — | | | [33] | |
References
- General
- Web site: New Jersey Nets Coach Register. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. December 28, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081228084754/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/coaches.html. live.
- Specific
Notes and References
- Web site: New Jersey Nets History. CBS Sports. CBS Interactive. November 22, 2008. August 11, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811014556/http://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/history/NJ. live.
- Web site: New Jersey Nets History . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . November 23, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819090713/http://www.nba.com/nets/history/00400579.html . August 19, 2010 .
- Web site: Kevin Loughery Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. August 5, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805040500/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/loughke01c.html. live.
- Web site: P. J. Carlesimo Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 17, 2014. July 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110704061053/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/carlepj99c.html. live.
- Web site: Byron Scott Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. February 20, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110220230401/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/scottby01c.html. live.
- Web site: Top 10 Coaches in NBA History. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. November 22, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119011709/http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html. January 19, 2010. dead.
- Web site: Chuck Daly Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. January 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117192947/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/dalych99c.html. live.
- Web site: Lou Carnesecca Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. October 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081020230018/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/carnelo99c.html. live.
- Web site: York Larese Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. October 21, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081021235056/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/laresyo01c.html. live.
- Web site: Dave Wohl Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. October 18, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111018180932/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/wohlda01c.html. live.
- Web site: Butch Beard Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. December 24, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224133635/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/beardbu01c.html. live.
- Web site: John Calipari Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. December 24, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224121949/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/calipjo99c.html. live.
- Web site: Max Zaslofsky Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. January 14, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120114183156/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/zasloma01c.html. live.
- Web site: Bob MacKinnon Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. August 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120805131301/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mackibo99c.html. live.
- Web site: Larry Brown Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. April 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100412131750/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownla01c.html. live.
- Web site: Bill Blair Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. July 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170710110454/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/blairbi99c.html. live.
- Web site: Stan Albeck Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. May 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516090229/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/albecst99c.html. live.
- Web site: Willis Reed Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. October 18, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081018205618/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/reedwi01c.html. live.
- Web site: Bill Fitch Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. April 14, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090414154459/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/fitchbi99c.html. live.
- Web site: Don Casey Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. August 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120805131243/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/caseybo99c.html. live.
- Web site: Scott fired by division-leading Nets. 2004-01-27. ESPN. 2015-04-02. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131019/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1718853. live.
- Web site: Lawrence Frank Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 22, 2008. January 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117192927/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/frankla99c.html. live.
- Web site: Tom Barrise Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 13, 2009. April 17, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100417081830/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/barrito99c.html. live.
- Web site: Kiki Vandeweghe Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 13, 2009. March 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100324162229/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/vandeki01c.html. live.
- Web site: Avery Johnson Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 18, 2012. March 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323195800/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/johnsav01c.html. live.
- Web site: Jason Kidd Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 17, 2014. March 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323195636/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/kiddja01c.html. live.
- Web site: Lionel Hollins Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 7, 2015. July 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150709190940/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hollili01c.html. live.
- Web site: Tony Brown Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. March 31, 2016. March 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160329120421/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownto01c.html. live.
- Web site: Kenny Atkinson Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. June 30, 2021. April 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160421154120/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/atkinke01c.html. live.
- Web site: Jacque Vaughn Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 18, 2012. August 23, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200823034407/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/vaughja01c.html. live.
- Web site: Steve Nash Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. June 30, 2021. May 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220512131739/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/nashst01c.html. live.
- Web site: Kevin Ollie Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 15, 2024. April 8, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240408100532/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/ollieke01c.html. live.
- Web site: Brooklyn Nets Name Jordi Fernández Head Coach . NBA.com . April 22, 2024 . April 22, 2024 . April 22, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240422135420/https://www.nba.com/nets/news/brooklyn-nets-name-jordi-fernandez-head-coach . live .