List of Brooklyn Nets head coaches

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The

playoffs 16 times.[1][2]
The Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012, and now play as the Brooklyn Nets.

There have been 24

Kiki Vandeweghe spent their entire coaching careers with the Nets/Americans.[10][9][11][12][13]

Key

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

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
New Jersey Americans
1 Max Zaslofsky* 1967–1968 78 36 42 .462 — — — — [14]
New York Nets
— Max Zaslofsky* 1968–1969 78 17 61 .218 — — — — [14]
2 York Larese* 1969–1970 84 39 45 .464 7 3 4 .429 [10]
3 Lou Carnesecca*† 1970–1973 252 114 138 .452 30 13 17 .433 [9]
4 Kevin Loughery 1973–1977 334 190 144 .569 32 21 11 .656 2 ABA championships (1974, 1976) [3]
New Jersey Nets
— Kevin Loughery 1977–1980 281 107 174 .381 2 0 2 .000 [3]
— Bob MacKinnon 1980–1981 47 12 35 .255 — — — — [15]
5 Larry Brown† 1981–1983 158 91 67 .576 2 0 2 .000 [8]
6 Bill Blair 1983 6 2 4 .333 2 0 2 .000 [16]
7 Stan Albeck 1983–1985 164 87 77 .530 14 5 9 .357 [17]
8 Dave Wohl* 1985–1987 179 65 114 .363 3 0 3 .000 [11]
9 Bob MacKinnon 1987–1988 39 10 29 .256 — — — — [15]
10 Willis Reed 1988–1989 110 33 77 .300 — — — — [18]
11 Bill Fitch† 1989–1992 246 83 163 .337 4 1 3 .250 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[6] [19]
12 Chuck Daly† 1992–1994 164 88 76 .537 9 3 6 .333 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[6] [7]
13 Butch Beard* 1994–1996 164 60 104 .366 — — — — [12]
14 John Calipari*† 1996–1999 184 72 112 .391 3 0 3 .000 [13]
15 Don Casey 1999–2000 112 44 68 .393 — — — — [20]
16 Byron Scott 2000–2004 288 149 139 .517 40 25 15 .625 2 straight NBA Finals appearances[21] [5]
17 Lawrence Frank 2004–2009 466 225 241 .483 38 18 20 .474 [22]
— Tom Barrise* 2009 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [23]
18
Kiki Vandeweghe
* 		2009–2010 64 12 52 .188 — — — — [24]
19 Avery Johnson 2010–2012 148 46 102 .311 — — — — [25]
Brooklyn Nets
— Avery Johnson 2012 28 14 14 .500 — — — — [25]
— P. J. Carlesimo 2012–2013 54 35 19 .648 7 3 4 .429 [4]
20 Jason Kidd 2013–2014 82 44 38 .537 12 5 7 .417 [26]
21 Lionel Hollins 2014–2016 119 48 71 .403 6 2 4 .333 [27]
— Tony Brown* 2016 45 11 34 .244 — — — — [28]
22 Kenny Atkinson* 2016–2020 308 118 190 .383 5 1 4 .200 [29]
— Jacque Vaughn 2020 10 7 3 .700 4 0 4 .000 [30]
23 Steve Nash* 2020–2022 161 94 67 .584 16 7 9 .438 [31]
24 Jacque Vaughn 2022–2024 129 64 65 .496 4 0 4 .000 [30]
— Kevin Ollie* 2024–present 28 11 17 .393 — — — – [32]

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Americans/Nets. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season, except for the seasons spent in the ABA.

References

General
  • "New Jersey Nets Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
Specific
  1. ^ "New Jersey Nets History". CBS Sports. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  2. ^ "New Jersey Nets History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "P. J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Byron Scott Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  6. ^ a b c "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Chuck Daly Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Larry Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  9. ^ a b c "Lou Carnesecca Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  10. ^ a b "York Larese Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Dave Wohl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  12. ^ a b "Butch Beard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  13. ^ a b "John Calipari Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  14. ^ a b "Max Zaslofsky Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  15. ^ a b "Bob MacKinnon Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  16. ^ "Bill Blair Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  17. ^ "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  18. ^ "Willis Reed Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  19. ^ "Bill Fitch Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  20. ^ "Don Casey Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  21. ^ "Scott fired by division-leading Nets". ESPN. 2004-01-27. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  22. ^ "Lawrence Frank Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  23. ^ "Tom Barrise Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  24. ^ "Kiki Vandeweghe Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  25. ^ a b "Avery Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  26. ^ "Jason Kidd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  27. ^ "Lionel Hollins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  28. ^ "Tony Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  29. ^ "Kenny Atkinson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  30. ^ a b "Jacque Vaughn Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  31. ^ "Steve Nash Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  32. ^ "Kevin Ollie Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

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