List of Golden State Warriors head coaches

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, 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 24 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 and most recent 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 is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins. Neil Johnston 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 and Bill Sharman are the only other members of the franchise that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.[10][11] Hannum and Don Nelson have both received the NBA Coach of the Year award once.[12][10] 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]

Contents

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 2010–11 season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
&100000000000000010000001 Gottlieb, EdwardEdward Gottlieb* 19461955 581 263 318 .453 32 15 17 .469 1 Championship (1947) [17]
&100000000000000020000002 Senesky, GeorgeGeorge Senesky* 19551958 216 119 97 .551 20 10 10 .500 1 Championship (1956) [18]
&100000000000000030000003 Cervi, AlAl Cervi 1958–1959 72 32 40 .444 [19]
&100000000000000040000004 Johnston, NeilNeil Johnston* 19591961 154 95 59 .617 12 4 8 .333 [20]
&100000000000000050000005 McGuire, FrankFrank McGuire* 1961–1962 80 49 31 .613 12 6 6 .500 [9]
&100000000000000060000006 Feerick, BobBob Feerick 1962–1963 80 31 39 .388 [21]
&100000000000000070000007 Hannum, AlexAlex Hannum 19631966 240 100 140 .417 12 5 7 .417 1963–64 NBA Coach of the Year[22] [10]
&100000000000000080000008 Sharman, BillBill Sharman 19661968 163 87 76 .534 25 13 12 .520 [11]
&100000000000000090000009 Lee, GeorgeGeorge Lee* 19681970 134 63 71 .470 6 2 4 .333 [23]
&1000000000000001000000010 Attles, AlAl Attles* 19701971 (as player-coach)
19711980
829 443 386 .534 61 30 31 .492 1 Championship (1975) [6]
&1000000000000001100000011 Bach, JohnnyJohnny Bach* 1980 21 6 15 .286 [24]
&10000000000000012000000 Attles, AlAl Attles* 19801983 246 114 132 .463 [6]
&10000000000000013000000 Bach, JohnnyJohnny Bach* 19831986 246 89 157 .362 [24]
&1000000000000001400000012 Karl, GeorgeGeorge Karl 19861988 146 58 88 .397 10 4 6 .400 [25]
&1000000000000001500000013 Gregory, EdEd Gregory* 1988 18 4 14 .222 [26]
&1000000000000001600000014 Nelson, DonDon Nelson 19881995 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]
&1000000000000001700000015 Lanier, BobBob Lanier* 1995 37 12 25 .324 [27]
&1000000000000001800000016 Adelman, RickRick Adelman 19951997 164 66 98 .402 [28]
&1000000000000001900000017 Carlesimo, P.J.P.J. Carlesimo 19971999 159 46 113 .289 [29]
&1000000000000002000000018 St. Jean, GarryGarry St. Jean 1999–2000 55 13 42 .236 [30]
&1000000000000002100000019 Cowens, DaveDave Cowens 20002001 105 25 80 .238 [31]
&1000000000000002200000020 Winters, BrianBrian Winters 2001–2002 59 13 46 .220 [32]
&1000000000000002300000021 Musselman, EricEric Musselman 20022004 164 75 89 .457 [33]
&1000000000000002400000022 Montgomery, MikeMike Montgomery* 20042006 164 68 96 .415 [34]
&10000000000000025000000 Nelson, DonDon Nelson 20062010 328 145 183 .442 11 5 6 .455 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13] [12]
&1000000000000002600000023 Smart, KeithKeith Smart 2010–2011 82 36 46 .439 [35]
&1000000000000002700000024 Jackson, MarkMark Jackson 2011–present

Notes

References

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  10. ^ a b c "Alex Hannum Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hannual01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
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  18. ^ "George Senesky Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/senesge01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
  19. ^ "Al Cervi Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cervial01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
  20. ^ "Neil Johnston Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/johnsne01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
  21. ^ "Bob Feerick Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/feeribo01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
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  26. ^ "Ed Gregory Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/gregoed99c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
  27. ^ "Bob Lanier Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/laniebo01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
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  32. ^ "Brian Winters Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/wintebr01c.html. Retrieved June 7, 2008. 
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