NBA Coach of the Year

The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships from 1956 to 1966. The winner is selected at the end of the regular season by a panel of sportswriters from the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The person with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 41 different coaches. The most recent award winner is current Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. Gregg Popovich, Don Nelson and Pat Riley have each won the award three times, while Hubie Brown, Mike Brown, Mike Budenholzer, Mike D'Antoni, Bill Fitch, Cotton Fitzsimmons, Gene Shue, and Tom Thibodeau have each won it twice. No coach has won consecutive Coach of the Year awards. Riley is the only coach to be named Coach of the Year with three franchises. Tom Heinsohn, Bill Sharman, and Lenny Wilkens are the only recipients to have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both player and coach. Johnny Kerr is the only person to win the award with a losing record (33–48 with the Chicago Bulls in ). Kerr was honored because he had guided the Bulls to the NBA Playoffs in their first season in the league. Doc Rivers is the only person to win the award despite his team not making the playoffs (41–41 with the Orlando Magic in ). Only five recipients also coached the team that won the championship the same season: Red Auerbach, Red Holzman, Bill Sharman, Phil Jackson, and Gregg Popovich. Popovich is the only NBA Coach of the Year recipient to win the championship in the same season twice, winning the NBA title with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003 and 2014. 2020 winner and former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is the only coach to receive this honor in both the NBA and the NBA G League, having received the G League award in 2011.

2015–16 recipient Steve Kerr only coached 39 of the 82 games in the season due to complications from offseason back surgery, though he received credit for all of the Golden State Warriors' 73 wins that season. Assistant coach Luke Walton served as interim head coach for the other 43 games for the Warriors, receiving one second-place vote and two third-place votes. Steve Kerr and Luke Walton both won NBA Coach of the Month during the 2015–16 season, Kerr in March and Walton in November. Kerr asked the league to award Walton with the wins accumulated during Kerr's medical recovery time, but the NBA refused to do so because under league rules interim head coaches do not have win-loss records at all. Mike Brown became the first unanimous Coach of the Year recipient in NBA history in the 2022–23 season.

Winners

^Denotes head coach who is currently active in the NBA as a head coach*Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach Denotes coach was a unanimous winnerBoldTeam won NBA championship for that seasonCoach (#)Denotes the number of times the coach has been selectedTeam (#)Denotes the number of times a coach from this team has wonW–LWin–loss record for that seasonWin%Winning percentage for that seasonWin% ±Winning percentage change from previous season

Season Coach Nationality Team W–L Win% Win% ± St. Louis Hawks 48–32 .600 +.237 * San Francisco Warriors 48–32 .600 +.212 * Boston Celtics 62–18 .775 +.037 Philadelphia 76ers 55–25 .688 +.188 Chicago Bulls 33–48 .407 St. Louis Hawks (2) 56–26 .683 +.202 Baltimore Bullets 57–25 .695 +.256 * New York Knicks 60–22 .732 +.073 Chicago Bulls (2) 51–31 .622 +.146 * Los Angeles Lakers 69–13 .841 +.256 * Boston Celtics (2) 68–14 .829 +.146 Detroit Pistons 52–30 .634 +.146 Kansas City–Omaha Kings 44–38 .537 +.135 * Cleveland Cavaliers 49–33 .598 +.110 Houston Rockets 49–33 .598 +.110 Atlanta Hawks (3) 41–41 .500 +.122 * Kansas City Kings (2) 48–34 .585 +.207 * (2) Boston Celtics (3) 61–21 .744 +.390 Indiana Pacers 44–38 .537 +.086 (2) Washington Bullets (2) 43–39 .524 +.048 * Milwaukee Bucks 51–31 .622 Utah Jazz 45–37 .549 +.183 * (2) Milwaukee Bucks (2) 59–23 .720 +.110 Atlanta Hawks (4) 50–32 .610 +.195 Portland Trail Blazers 49–33 .598 +.110 Denver Nuggets 54–28 .659 +.208 * (2) Phoenix Suns 55–27 .671 +.330 * Los Angeles Lakers (2) 63–19 .768 +.073 Houston Rockets (2) 52–30 .634 +.134 * (3) Golden State Warriors (2) 55–27 .671 +.134 * (2) New York Knicks (2) 60–22 .732 +.110 * Atlanta Hawks (5) 57–25 .695 +.171 Los Angeles Lakers (3) 48–34 .585 +.183 * Chicago Bulls (3) 72–10 .878 +.305 * (3) Miami Heat 61–21 .744 +.232 Indiana Pacers (2) 58–24 .707 +.231 Portland Trail Blazers (2) 35–15 .700 +.139 * Orlando Magic 41–41 .500 * Philadelphia 76ers (2) 56–26 .683 +.085 ^ Detroit Pistons (2) 50–32 .610 +.220 * San Antonio Spurs 60–22 .732 +.025 (2) Memphis Grizzlies 50–32 .610 +.269 Phoenix Suns (2) 62–20 .756 +.402 Dallas Mavericks 60–22 .732 +.025 Toronto Raptors 47–35 .573 +.244 New Orleans Hornets 56–26 .683 +.207 ^ Cleveland Cavaliers (2) 66–16 .805 +.256 Oklahoma City Thunder 50–32 .610 +.330 Chicago Bulls (4) 62–20 .756 +.256 * (2) San Antonio Spurs (2) 50–16 .758 +.014 * Denver Nuggets (2) 57–25 .695 +.119 * (3) San Antonio Spurs (3) 62–20 .756 +.049 Atlanta Hawks (6) 60–22 .732 +.269 ^ Golden State Warriors (3) 73–9 .890 +.073 (2) Houston Rockets (3) 55–27 .671 +.171 Toronto Raptors (2) 59–23 .720 +.098 (2) Milwaukee Bucks (3) 60–22 .732 +.195 ^ Toronto Raptors (3) 46–18 .719 +.012 (2) New York Knicks (3) 41–31 .569 +.251 Phoenix Suns (3) 64–18 .780 +.072 ^† (2) Sacramento Kings (3) 48–34 .585 +.219 ^ Oklahoma City Thunder (2) 57–25 .695 +.207 ^ Cleveland Cavaliers (3) 64–18 .780 +.195 ^ Boston Celtics (4) 56–26 .683

Multi-time winners AwardsCoachTeam(s)Years3 Don NelsonMilwaukee Bucks (2), Golden State Warriors (1)1983, 1985, 1992 Pat RileyLos Angeles Lakers (1), New York Knicks (1), Miami Heat (1) Gregg PopovichSan Antonio Spurs2003, 2012, 20142 Gene ShueBaltimore Bullets (1), Washington Bullets (1)1969, 1982 Bill FitchCleveland Cavaliers (1), Boston Celtics (1)1976, 1980 Hubie BrownAtlanta Hawks (1), Memphis Grizzlies (1)1978, 2004 Cotton FitzsimmonsKansas City Kings (1), Phoenix Suns (1)1979, 1989 Mike D'AntoniPhoenix Suns (1), Houston Rockets (1)2005, 2017 Mike BudenholzerAtlanta Hawks (1), Milwaukee Bucks (1)2015, 2019 Tom ThibodeauChicago Bulls (1), New York Knicks (1)2011, 2021 Mike BrownCleveland Cavaliers (1), Sacramento Kings (1)2009, 2023

Teams Awards Teams Years6Atlanta Hawks / St. Louis Hawks, , , , , 4Boston Celtics, , , Chicago Bulls, , , 3Cleveland Cavaliers, , Golden State Warriors, , Houston Rockets, , Los Angeles Lakers, , Milwaukee Bucks, , New York Knicks, , Phoenix Suns , , Sacramento Kings / Kansas City–Omaha Kings, , San Antonio Spurs, , Toronto Raptors, , 2Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards / Baltimore Bullets / Washington Bullets, 1Dallas MavericksMemphis GrizzliesMiami HeatNew Orleans Pelicans / New Orleans HornetsOrlando MagicUtah Jazz0Brooklyn NetsNoneLos Angeles ClippersMinnesota Timberwolves

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