Neil Cohalan

Neil Cohalan (July 31, 1906 – January 22, 1968) was a professional basketball coach. He was the first coach of the New York Knickerbockers, and has the distinction of being the winning coach of the very first game played in the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner to the modern NBA. The game, a November 1, 1946 contest between the Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies played in famed Maple Leaf Gardens, was won 68-66 by the Knickerbockers.

Prior to his pro career, Cohalan was the coach at Manhattan College from 1924 through 1942, where as a student he also played college football.

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Manhattan Jaspers basketball head coaches

John O'Donnell (1904–1909)
Edward Hanrahan (1909–1912)
Fred J. Murphy (1912–1913)
Edward Hanrahan (1913–1920)
E. P. Winters (1920–1922)
Arthur T. Carroll (1922–1924)
Ward Brennan (1924–1925)
Arthur T. Carroll (1925–1926)
Chief Muller (1926–1928)
James Houlihan (1922–1924)
Neil Cohalan (1924–1942)
Joe Daher (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Honey Russell (1945–1946)
Ken Norton (1946–1968)
John Powers (1968–1978)
Brian Mahoney (1978–1981)
Gordon Chiesa (1981–1985)
Tom Sullivan (1985–1986)
Bob Delle Bovi (1986–1988)
Steve Lappas (1988–1992)
Fran Fraschilla (1992–1996)
John Leonard (1996–1999)
Bobby Gonzalez (1999–2006)
Barry Rohrssen (2006–2011)
Steve Masiello (2011– )

New York Knicks head coaches

Neil Cohalan (1946–1947)
Joe Lapchick (1947–1956)
Vince Boryla (1956–1958)
Andrew Levane (1958–1959)
Carl Braun (1959–1961)
Eddie Donovan (1961–1965)
Harry Gallatin (1965)
Dick McGuire (1965–1967)
Red Holzman (1967–1977)
Willis Reed (1977–1978)
Red Holzman (1978–1982)
Hubie Brown (1982–1986)
Bob Hill (1986–1987)
Rick Pitino (1987–1989)
Stu Jackson (1989–1990)
John MacLeod (1990–1991)
Pat Riley (1991–1995)
Don Nelson (1995–1996)
Jeff Van Gundy (1996–2001)
Don Chaney (2001–2004)
Herb Williams # (2004)
Lenny Wilkens (2004–2005)
Herb Williams # (2005)
Larry Brown (2005–2006)
Isiah Thomas (2006–2008)
Mike D'Antoni (2008–2012)
Mike Woodson (2012–2014)
Derek Fisher (2014–2016)
Kurt Rambis # (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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