List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches

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Phil Jackson has won five championships in two stints coached with the Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, formerly known as the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948 to 1960.[1] They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA) The Lakers have played their home games at the Staples Center since 1999.[2] The franchise took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. At the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis.[3] In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs five times.[4] According to Forbes magazine, the Lakers are the second most valuable basketball franchise in the United States, valued at approximately US$584 million, surpassed only by the New York Knicks.[5] The Lakers are owned by Jerry Buss, and Mitch Kupchak is their general manager.

There have been 22 head coaches for the Lakers since joining the NBA. The franchise's first head coach while in the NBA was John Kundla, who coached for 11 seasons with the Lakers.[1] The Lakers won four additional NBA championships in the next five years under Kundla.[1] Phil Jackson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (820), most playoff games coached (181), most regular-season game wins (553), and most playoff wins (118). The Lakers have won 16 championships; five with Kundla, five with Phil Jackson, four with Riley, one with Bill Sharman, and one with Paul Westhead.[6] With the Lakers, Sharman, Riley, and Del Harris have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1972, 1990, and 1995 respectively.[7] Kundla, Bill Sharman, Riley and Jackson have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[8][9][10][11] George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Jerry West, Riley, Magic Johnson, and Kurt Rambis have all played and head coached for the Lakers. Mike Brown is going to be the head coach of the Lakers for the 2011–12 season.[12]

Contents

[edit] Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Lakers
dagger Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
*dagger Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and
spent entire coaching career with the Lakers

[edit] Coaches

Jerry West was the head coach of the Lakers for three seasons.
Pat Riley coached the team to four championships in the 1980s.
Mike Brown is the current head coach of the Lakers.

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2010–11 season. The list does not include NBL seasons.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
&100000000000000010000001 Kundla, JohnJohn Kundla*dagger 1948–1958 &10000000000000653000000653 &10000000000000390000000390 &10000000000000263000000263 .597 &1000000000000008200000082 &1000000000000005400000054 &1000000000000002800000028 .659 5 Championships (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)[6]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13]		 [8]
&100000000000000020000002 Mikan, GeorgeGeorge Mikan* 1958 &1000000000000003900000039 &100000000000000090000009 &1000000000000003000000030 .231 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [14]
&10000000000000003000000— Kundla, JohnJohn Kundla*dagger 1958–1959 &1000000000000007200000072 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000003900000039 .458 &1000000000000001300000013 &100000000000000060000006 &100000000000000070000007 .462 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13] [8]
&100000000000000040000003 Castellani, JohnJohn Castellani* 1959–1960 &1000000000000003600000036 &1000000000000001100000011 &1000000000000002500000025 .306 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [15]
&100000000000000050000004 Pollard, JimJim Pollard 1960 &1000000000000003900000039 &1000000000000001400000014 &1000000000000002500000025 .359 &100000000000000090000009 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000040000004 .556 [16]
&100000000000000060000005 Schaus, FredFred Schaus* 1960–1967 &10000000000000560000000560 &10000000000000315000000315 &10000000000000245000000245 .563 &1000000000000007100000071 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000003800000038 .465 [17]
&100000000000000070000006 van Breda Kolff, ButchButch van Breda Kolff 1967–1969 &10000000000000164000000164 &10000000000000107000000107 &1000000000000005700000057 .652 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000002100000021 &1000000000000001200000012 .636 [18]
&100000000000000080000007 Mullaney, JoeJoe Mullaney 1969–1971 &10000000000000164000000164 &1000000000000009400000094 &1000000000000007000000070 .573 &1000000000000003000000030 &1000000000000001600000016 &1000000000000001400000014 .533 [19]
&100000000000000090000008 Sharman, BillBill Sharmandagger 1971–1976 &10000000000000410000000410 &10000000000000246000000246 &10000000000000164000000164 .600 &1000000000000003700000037 &1000000000000002200000022 &1000000000000001500000015 .595 1971–72 NBA Coach of the Year[7]
1 Championship (1972)[6]		 [9]
&100000000000000100000009 West, JerryJerry West* 1976–1979 &10000000000000246000000246 &10000000000000145000000145 &10000000000000101000000101 .589 &1000000000000002200000022 &100000000000000080000008 &1000000000000001400000014 .364 [20]
&1000000000000001100000010 McKinney, JackJack McKinney 1979 &1000000000000001400000014 &1000000000000001000000010 &100000000000000040000004 .714 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [21]
&1000000000000001200000011 Westhead, PaulPaul Westhead 1979–1981 &10000000000000161000000161 &10000000000000111000000111 &1000000000000005000000050 .689 &1000000000000001900000019 &1000000000000001300000013 &100000000000000060000006 .684 1 Championship (1980)[6] [22]
&1000000000000001300000012 Riley, PatPat Rileydagger 1981–1990 &10000000000000727000000727 &10000000000000533000000533 &10000000000000194000000194 .733 &10000000000000149000000149 &10000000000000102000000102 &1000000000000004700000047 .685 1989–90 NBA Coach of the Year[7]
4 Championships (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)[6]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13]		 [10]
&1000000000000001400000013 Dunleavy, MikeMike Dunleavy 1990–1992 &10000000000000164000000164 &10000000000000101000000101 &1000000000000006300000063 .616 &1000000000000002300000023 &1000000000000001300000013 &1000000000000001000000010 .565 [23]
&1000000000000001500000014 Pfund, RandyRandy Pfund* 1992–1994 &10000000000000146000000146 &1000000000000006600000066 &1000000000000008000000080 .452 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000030000003 .400 [24]
&1000000000000001600000015 Bertka, BillBill Bertka* 1994 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 .500 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [25]
&1000000000000001700000016 Johnson, MagicMagic Johnson* 1994 &1000000000000001600000016 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000001100000011 .313 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [26]
&1000000000000001800000017 Harris, DelDel Harris 1994–1999 &10000000000000340000000340 &10000000000000224000000224 &10000000000000116000000116 .659 &1000000000000003600000036 &1000000000000001700000017 &1000000000000001900000019 .472 1994–95 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [27]
&10000000000000019000000— Bertka, BillBill Bertka* 1999 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 1.000 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [25]
&1000000000000002000000018 Rambis, KurtKurt Rambis 1999 &1000000000000003700000037 &1000000000000002400000024 &1000000000000001300000013 .649 &100000000000000080000008 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000050000005 .375 [28]
&1000000000000002100000019 Jackson, PhilPhil Jacksondagger 1999–2004 &10000000000000410000000410 &10000000000000287000000287 &10000000000000123000000123 .700 &1000000000000009200000092 &1000000000000006400000064 &1000000000000002800000028 .696 3 Championships (2000, 2001, 2002)[6]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13]		 [11]
&1000000000000002200000020 Tomjanovich, RudyRudy Tomjanovich 2004–2005 &1000000000000004300000043 &1000000000000002400000024 &1000000000000001900000019 .558 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [29]
&1000000000000002300000021 Hamblen, FrankFrank Hamblen 2005 &1000000000000003900000039 &1000000000000001000000010 &1000000000000002900000029 .256 &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [30]
&10000000000000024000000— Jackson, PhilPhil Jacksondagger 2005–2011 &10000000000000492000000492 &10000000000000323000000323 &10000000000000169000000169 .657 &1000000000000008900000089 &1000000000000005400000054 &1000000000000003500000035 .607 2 Championships (2009, 2010)[6]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13]		 [11]
&1000000000000002500000022 Brown, MikeMike Brown 2011–present &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— &10000000000000001000000— [31]

[edit] Notes

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Lakers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

[edit] References

General
Specific
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  9. ^ a b "Bill Sharman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/sharmbi01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  10. ^ a b "Pat Riley Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/rileypa01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  11. ^ a b c "Phil Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/jacksph01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  12. ^ Beacham, Greg (May 25, 2011). "Lakers reach deal in principle with Mike Brown". Associated Press. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110525/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_lakers_coach. Retrieved May 25, 2011. 
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  14. ^ "George Mikan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mikange01c.html. Retrieved June 21, 2008. 
  15. ^ "John Castellani Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/castejo99c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  16. ^ "Jim Pollard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/pollaji01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  17. ^ "Fred Schaus Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/schaufr01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  18. ^ "Butch Van Breda Kolff Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/vanbrbu01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  19. ^ "Joe Mullaney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mullajo01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  20. ^ "Jerry West Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/westje01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  21. ^ "Jack MckInney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mckinja99c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  22. ^ "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/albecst99c.html. Retrieved June 11, 2008. 
  23. ^ "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/dunlemi01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  24. ^ "Randy Pfund Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/pfundra99c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  25. ^ a b "Bill Bertka Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/bertkbi99c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  26. ^ "Magic Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/johnsma02c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  27. ^ "Del Harris Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/harride99c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  28. ^ "Kurt Rambis Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/rambiku01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  29. ^ "Rudy Tomjanovich Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/tomjaru01c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  30. ^ "Frank Hamblem Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hamblfr99c.html. Retrieved June 22, 2008. 
  31. ^ "Mike Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownmi99c.html. Retrieved May 25, 2011. 
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