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List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches

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The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. formerly known as the Detroit Gems from 1947 to 1948 and the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948 to 1960. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers have played their home games at the Crypto.com Arena since 1999. The franchise took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. At the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis. In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs 11 times. According to Forbes magazine, the Lakers are the second most valuable basketball franchise in the NBA, valued at approximately US$4.4 billion, surpassed only by the New York Knicks. The Lakers are majority-owned by Jerry Buss's family trust, while Rob Pelinka is the general manager.

The franchise has had 31 head coaches, including 29 since joining the NBA. The franchise's first head coach was Joel Mason, while its first coach in the NBA was John Kundla, who coached for 12 seasons with the Lakers in the NBL, BAA and NBA and winning 6 combined NBL/BAA/NBA championships. Phil Jackson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (902), most playoff games coached (181), most regular-season game wins (610), and most playoff wins (118). The Lakers have won 17 BAA/NBA championships; five with Kundla, five with Jackson, four with Riley, one with Bill Sharman, one with Paul Westhead, and one with Frank Vogel. With the Lakers, Sharman, Riley, and Del Harris have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in , , and respectively. Kundla, Sharman, Riley, and Jackson have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Jerry West, Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, Kurt Rambis, Byron Scott, and Luke Walton have all played and coached for the Lakers.

Key

*Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and
spent entire coaching career with the Lakers

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2024–25 season.

NBL

#NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReferenceRegular seasonPlayoffs
Detroit Gems
1946–1947.188————
1947.004————
Minneapolis Lakers
*1947–1948.717.8001 Championship (1948)
1 WPBT championship (1948)

BAA/NBA

#NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReferenceRegular seasonPlayoffs
Minneapolis Lakers
*–.597.6595 Championships (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
*.231————
—*.458.462One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
3*.306————
4.359.556
Los Angeles Lakersborder=2}};"Los Angeles Lakers
5*–.563.465
6–.652.636
7–.573.533
8–.600.595NBA Coach of the Year
1 Championship (1972)
9*–.589.364
10.714————
11–.689.6841 Championship (1980)
12–.733.685NBA Coach of the Year
4 Championships (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
13–.616.565McDonald's Open winner (1991)
14*–.452.400
15*.500————
16*.313————
17–.659.472NBA Coach of the Year
—*1.000————
18.649.375
19–.700.6963 Championships (2000, 2001, 2002)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
20.558————
21.256————
—–.657.6072 Championships (2009, 2010)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
22–.591.417
23.800————
24–.435.000
25–.227
26–
27–1 Championship (2020)
28–1 NBA Cup (2023)
29–present

File:Bill Sharman 1971.jpeg|Former head coach Bill Sharman led the team to the NBA Championship in 1972. File:Jerry West.jpg|Jerry West was head coach of the Lakers for three seasons. File:Pat Riley.jpg|Pat Riley coached the team to four championships in the 1980s. File:Phil Jackson 3 cropped.jpg|Phil Jackson won five championships in two stints coached with the Lakers. File:Luke Walton 2015 (cropped).jpg|Former head coach Luke Walton. File:Frank Vogel NBA TV (cropped).jpeg|Frank Vogel coached the team to an NBA Championship in 2020

Notes

  • A running total of the number of coaches of the Lakers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

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  2. "About STAPLES Center". L.A. Arena Company.
  3. Reavis, Tracey. (2000). "The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia". Doubleday.
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  7. "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  8. "John Kundla Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  9. "Bill Sharman Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  10. "Pat Riley Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  11. "Phil Jackson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  12. (2009). "The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949". McFarland.
  13. "NBA Finals: All-Time Champions". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  14. "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  15. "George Mikan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  16. "John Castellani Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  17. "Jim Pollard Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  18. "Fred Schaus Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  19. "Butch Van Breda Kolff Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  20. "Joe Mullaney Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  21. "Jerry West Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  22. "Jack MckInney Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  23. "Paul Westhead Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  24. "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  25. "Randy Pfund Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  26. "Bill Bertka Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  27. "Magic Johnson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  28. "Del Harris Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  29. "Kurt Rambis Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  30. "Rudy Tomjanovich Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  31. "Frank Hamblem Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  32. "Mike Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  33. "Bernie Bickerstaff Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  34. "Mike D'Antoni Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  35. "Byron Scott Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  36. "Luke Walton Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  37. "Frank Vogel Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  38. "Darvin Ham Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  39. (2024-06-20). "Lakers hiring Redick as new coach, sources say".
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