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List of Brooklyn Nets head coaches
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The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays its home games at the Barclays Center. The franchise was founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967, and was one of the eleven original American Basketball Association (ABA) teams. In its second ABA season, Arthur Brown, the team owner, moved the team to Long Island and renamed it the New York Nets. The team won ABA championships in 1974 and 1976. When the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976, the Nets were one of four ABA teams admitted into the NBA. The team was moved to the Rutgers Athletic Center in New Jersey; after the 1976–77 NBA season, the team was renamed the New Jersey Nets. Since they joined the NBA, the Nets have won 4 divisional championships, 2 conference championships and appeared in the playoffs 16 times. The Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012, and now play as the Brooklyn Nets.
There have been 25 head coaches for the Nets franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Max Zaslofsky, who led the team for two seasons. Kevin Loughery is the only Nets coach to have led the team to a championship; the Nets won ABA championships in 1974 and 1976 during his tenure. Loughery is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (615) and wins (297); P. J. Carlesimo is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season winning percentage (.648). Byron Scott is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff games coached (40) and wins (25), as well as playoff-game winning percentage (.625). Chuck Daly and Bill Fitch were selected as two of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. Daly, Brown and Lou Carnesecca are the only Nets coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches. Zaslofsky, York Larese, Lou Carnesecca, Dave Wohl, Butch Beard, John Calipari, Tom Barrise, and Kiki Vandeweghe spent their entire coaching careers with the Nets/Americans.
Key
| * | Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets |
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Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .
| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | Regular season | Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Americans | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | * | 1967–1968 | 78 | 36 | 42 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| New York Nets | ||||||||||||||||
| — | * | 1968–1969 | 78 | 17 | 61 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2 | * | 1969–1970 | 84 | 39 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | * | 1970–1973 | 252 | 114 | 138 | 30 | 13 | 17 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1973– | 334 | 190 | 144 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 2 ABA championships (1974, 1976) | ||||||||
| New Jersey Nets | border=2}};" | New Jersey Nets | ||||||||||||||
| — | – | 281 | 107 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| — | 47 | 12 | 35 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 5 | – | 158 | 91 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | – | 164 | 87 | 77 | 14 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
| 8 | * | – | 179 | 65 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 | 39 | 10 | 29 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 10 | – | 110 | 33 | 77 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 11 | – | 246 | 83 | 163 | 4 | 1 | 3 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||
| 12 | – | 164 | 88 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 6 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||
| 13 | * | – | 164 | 60 | 104 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 14 | * | – | 184 | 72 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | – | 112 | 44 | 68 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 16 | – | 288 | 149 | 139 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 2 straight NBA Finals appearances | ||||||||
| 17 | – | 466 | 225 | 241 | 38 | 18 | 20 | |||||||||
| — | * | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 18 | * | 64 | 12 | 52 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 19 | – | 148 | 46 | 102 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Brooklyn Nets}};" | Brooklyn Nets | |||||||||||||||
| — | 28 | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| — | 54 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 82 | 44 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 21 | – | 119 | 48 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| — | * | 45 | 11 | 34 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 22 | * | – | 308 | 118 | 190 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| — | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 23 | * | – | 161 | 94 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| 24 | – | 129 | 64 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| — | * | 28 | 11 | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 25 | * | –present | 82 | 26 | 56 | — | — | — |
File:Larry Brown, 1979.jpg|Larry Brown was the head coach for the Nets from to . File:Chuck Daly.jpg|alt=Headshot of a man smiling. He is wearing a checked coat with a blue shirt underneath.|Chuck Daly coached the Nets for two seasons from to . File:John Calipari (15536413759).jpg|John Calipari was the head coach for Nets from to . File:Byron Scott (cropped).jpg|Byron Scott was the head coach from to and led the Nets to two NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003. File:Lawrence Frank in 2012.jpg|Lawrence Frank was the coach for the Nets from to . File:Avery Johnson.jpg|Avery Johnson was the head coach for the Nets from to .
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References
- "New Jersey Nets History". CBS Interactive.
- "New Jersey Nets History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "P. J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Byron Scott Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Chuck Daly Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Lou Carnesecca Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "York Larese Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dave Wohl Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Butch Beard Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "John Calipari Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Max Zaslofsky Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bob MacKinnon Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Blair Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Willis Reed Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Fitch Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Don Casey Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- (2004-01-27). "Scott fired by division-leading Nets". ESPN.
- "Lawrence Frank Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tom Barrise Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kiki Vandeweghe Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Avery Johnson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jason Kidd Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Lionel Hollins Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tony Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kenny Atkinson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jacque Vaughn Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Steve Nash Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kevin Ollie Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- (April 22, 2024). "Brooklyn Nets Name Jordi Fernández Head Coach".
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