List of Golden State Warriors head coaches
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco, California. The franchise had been known as the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors, due to it previously being based in or near those cities. The team is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb. The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949. The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals.[1][2] Franklin Mieuli and the Diners Club put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the 1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area. The team became the Golden State Warriors and moved to Oakland before the 1971–72 NBA season.[3][4][5]
There have been 25 head coaches for the Warriors franchise. The franchise won their first NBA championship as the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1956 NBA Finals, and were coached by George Senesky.[3] Their second title was won as the Golden State Warriors in 1975, under coach Al Attles, who played with and coached the Warriors for 25 seasons.[3][6][7] He is also the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached and wins. Steve Kerr leads the franchise in winning percentage for games coached.[8]
Frank McGuire is one of the members of the franchise that has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches, while being the only one to do so that has spent his whole career with the franchise.[9] Alex Hannum, Don Nelson, and Bill Sharman are the only other members of the franchise that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.[10][11] Hannum, Nelson, and Kerr have both received the NBA Coach of the Year award once.[10][12] Nelson has also been named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.[13] Four former players for the Warriors, Attles, Johnston, George Lee, and Senesky went on to coach for the franchise.[7][14][15][16]
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches[a] |
† | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
* | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Warriors |
*† | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Warriors |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2018–19 season.
# | Name | Term[b] | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | |||
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Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||||||||||
1 | Edward Gottlieb* | 1946–1955 | 581 | 263 | 318 | .453 | 32 | 15 | 17 | .469 | 1 Championship (1947) | [17] | |||
2 | George Senesky* | 1955–1958 | 216 | 119 | 97 | .551 | 20 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 1 Championship (1956) | [18] | |||
3 | Al Cervi | 1958–1959 | 72 | 32 | 40 | .444 | — | — | — | — | [19] | ||||
4 | Neil Johnston* | 1959–1961 | 154 | 95 | 59 | .617 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | [20] | ||||
5 | Frank McGuire*† | 1961–1962 | 80 | 49 | 31 | .613 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | [9] | ||||
San Francisco Warriors | |||||||||||||||
6 | Bob Feerick | 1962–1963 | 80 | 31 | 49 | .388 | — | — | — | — | [21] | ||||
7 | Alex Hannum† | 1963–1966 | 240 | 100 | 140 | .417 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1963–64 NBA Coach of the Year[22] | [10] | |||
8 | Bill Sharman† | 1966–1968 | 163 | 87 | 76 | .534 | 25 | 13 | 12 | .520 | [11] | ||||
9 | George Lee* | 1968–1970 | 134 | 63 | 71 | .470 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [23] | ||||
10 | Al Attles* | 1970–1971 (as player-coach) | 122 | 49 | 63 | .438 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [6] | ||||
Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||
— | Al Attles* | 1971–1980 | 707 | 394 | 323 | .550 | 56 | 29 | 27 | .518 | 1 Championship (1975) | [6] | |||
11 | Johnny Bach* | 1980 | 21 | 6 | 15 | .286 | — | — | — | — | [24] | ||||
— | Al Attles* | 1980–1983 | 246 | 114 | 132 | .463 | — | — | — | — | [6] | ||||
— | Johnny Bach* | 1983–1986 | 246 | 89 | 157 | .362 | — | — | — | — | [24] | ||||
12 | George Karl | 1986–1988 | 146 | 58 | 88 | .397 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | [25] | ||||
13 | Ed Gregory* | 1988 | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | — | — | — | — | [26] | ||||
14 | Don Nelson† | 1988–1995 | 537 | 277 | 260 | .516 | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 | 1991–92 NBA Coach of the Year[22] One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13] |
[12] | |||
15 | Bob Lanier* | 1995 | 37 | 12 | 25 | .324 | — | — | — | — | [27] | ||||
16 | Rick Adelman | 1995–1997 | 164 | 66 | 98 | .402 | — | — | — | — | [28] | ||||
17 | P.J. Carlesimo | 1997–1999 | 159 | 46 | 113 | .289 | — | — | — | — | [29] | ||||
18 | Garry St. Jean | 1999–2000 | 55 | 13 | 42 | .236 | — | — | — | — | [30] | ||||
19 | Dave Cowens | 2000–2001 | 105 | 25 | 80 | .238 | — | — | — | — | [31] | ||||
20 | Brian Winters | 2001–2002 | 59 | 13 | 46 | .220 | — | — | — | — | [32] | ||||
21 | Eric Musselman | 2002–2004 | 164 | 75 | 89 | .457 | — | — | — | — | [33] | ||||
22 | Mike Montgomery* | 2004–2006 | 164 | 68 | 96 | .415 | — | — | — | — | [34] | ||||
— | Don Nelson† | 2006–2010 | 328 | 145 | 183 | .442 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13] | [12] | |||
23 | Keith Smart | 2010–2011 | 82 | 36 | 46 | .439 | — | — | — | — | [35] | ||||
24 | Mark Jackson* | 2011–2014 | 230 | 121 | 109 | .526 | 19 | 9 | 10 | .474 | [36] | ||||
25 | Steve Kerr* | 2014–present | 410 | 322 | 88 | .785 | 83 | 63 | 20 | .759 | 3 Championships (2015, 2017, 2018) 2015–16 NBA Coach of the Year[37] |
[38] |
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Al Attles was the head coach from 1970 to 1983 and guided the Rick Barry-led Warriors to the 1975 NBA championship.
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Steve Kerr is the current head coach of the Warriors since the 2014–15 season.
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Warriors. Thus, any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
References
- General
- "Warriors Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "1949-50 NBA Season Summary". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "2007-08 Warriors Media Guide: Warriors History (pg. 170)" (PDF). NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Golden State Warriors". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ Bush, David (May 4, 2005). "There's still more to Mieuli than meets the eye". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "2007-08 Warriors Media Guide: Warriors History (pg. 148)" (PDF). NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Al Attles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b "Al Attles Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Golden State Warriors Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b "Frank McGuire Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Alex Hannum Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b "Bill Sharman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
- ^ "Neil Johnston Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "George Lee Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "George Senesky Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Edward Gottlieb Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "George Senesky Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Al Cervi Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Neil Johnston Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Feerick Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
- ^ "George Lee Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ a b "Johnny Bach Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Ed Gregory Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Lanier Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Garry St. Jean Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Dave Cowens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Brian Winters Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Eric Musselman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Mike Montgomery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Keith Smart Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Mark Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ^ "Warriors' Kerr named 2015-16 NBA Coach of the Year". NBA.com. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Steve Kerr Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2018.