List of Golden State Warriors head coaches

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The

Oakland before the 1971–72 NBA season.[3][4][5]

There have been 25 

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, who coached the Warriors to four championships in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022, leads the franchise in winning percentage for games coached, as well as playoff games coached and wins.[8]

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 2023–24 season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
Philadelphia Warriors
1 Eddie 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*
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
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 793 519 274 .654 140 99 41 .707 4 Championships (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
2015–16 NBA Coach of the Year[37] 		[38]

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
  1. ^ "1949-50 NBA Season Summary". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c "Golden State Warriors". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  4. ^ Bush, David (May 4, 2005). "There's still more to Mieuli than meets the eye". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b c d "Al Attles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Al Attles Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  8. ^ "Golden State Warriors Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Frank McGuire Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  10. ^ a b c "Alex Hannum Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Bill Sharman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  12. ^ a b c "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  13. ^ a b c "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  14. ^ "Neil Johnston Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  15. ^ "George Lee Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  16. ^ "George Senesky Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  17. ^ "Edward Gottlieb Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  18. ^ "George Senesky Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  19. ^ "Al Cervi Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  20. ^ "Neil Johnston Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  21. ^ "Bob Feerick Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  22. ^ a b "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  23. ^ "George Lee Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  24. ^ a b "Johnny Bach Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  25. ^ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  26. ^ "Ed Gregory Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  27. ^ "Bob Lanier Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  28. ^ "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  29. ^ "P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  30. ^ "Garry St. Jean Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  31. ^ "Dave Cowens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  32. ^ "Brian Winters Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  33. ^ "Eric Musselman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  34. ^ "Mike Montgomery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  35. ^ "Keith Smart Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  36. ^ "Mark Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  37. ^ "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.
  38. ^ "Steve Kerr Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2018.

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