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List of Milwaukee Bucks head coaches
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The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays their home games at the Fiserv Forum. The Bucks are owned by Wes Edens and Marc Lasry, with Jon Horst as their general manager.
Since the team was formed in , there have been 15 head coaches for the Bucks franchise. The franchise won its first NBA championship in the 1971 NBA Finals under the leadership of its first coach, Larry Costello, and another in the 2021 NBA Finals under Coach Mike Budenholzer (the only other Bucks' coach other than Don Nelson to have won coach of the year). Don Nelson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (884), most regular season games won (540), most playoff games coached (88), and most playoff games won (42). Nelson is also the only Bucks coach to win an NBA Coach of the Year Award while also being one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. Larry Krystkowiak and Joe Prunty are the only people to have spent their entire head coaching career with the Bucks. Mike Dunleavy, Krystkowiak, and Scott Skiles have played and coached for the Bucks. Skiles was the head coach of the Bucks from 2008 until he and the team mutually agreed to part ways in 2013.
Key
| Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | 674 | 410 | 264 | .608 | 60 | 37 | 23 | .617 | 1 Championship (1971) | ||||
| 2 | – | 884 | 540 | 344 | .611 | 88 | 42 | 46 | .477 | NBA Coach of the Year (, ) | ||||
| One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | – | 345 | 191 | 154 | .554 | 21 | 6 | 15 | .286 | |||||
| 4 | 65 | 23 | 42 | .354 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 5 | – | 328 | 107 | 221 | .326 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 6 | – | 164 | 69 | 95 | .421 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 7 | – | 378 | 205 | 173 | .542 | 32 | 14 | 18 | .438 | |||||
| 8 | – | 164 | 71 | 93 | .433 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |||||
| 9 | – | 146 | 63 | 83 | .432 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |||||
| 10 | * | – | 100 | 31 | 69 | .310 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 11 | – | 344 | 162 | 182 | .471 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | |||||
| 12 | 50 | 22 | 28 | .444 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | ||||||
| 13 | 82 | 15 | 67 | .183 | － | － | － | .--- | ||||||
| 14 | – | 291 | 139 | 152 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 15 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 16 | – | 391 | 271 | 120 | 65 | 39 | 26 | NBA Coach of the Year () | ||||||
| 1 Championship (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | * | 43 | 30 | 13 | — | — | — | |||||||
| — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 18 | –present | 36 | 65 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
File:Don Nelson.jpg|Don Nelson was the head coach for the Bucks from to . File:Terry Porter.jpg|Terry Porter was the head coach of the Bucks for two seasons. File:Scott Skiles (cropped).jpg|Scott Skiles was the head coach for the Bucks from to . File:Jason Kidd Nets coach cropped.jpg|Jason Kidd was the head coach for the Bucks from to . File:CMuwGzp.jpg|Mike Budenholzer was the head coach for the Bucks from to . File:Rivers 76ers.jpg|Doc Rivers serves as Bucks head coach since .
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Milwaukee Bucks. 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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References
- "Season Records & Recaps". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Mike Dunleavy Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Krystkowiak Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Scott Skiles Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Costello Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Don Nelson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Del Harris Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Frank Hamblem Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Chris Ford Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "George Karl Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Terry Porter Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Terry Stotts Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Krystkowiak Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Scott Skiles Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim Boylan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Drew Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- (July 1, 2014). "Bucks name Jason Kidd coach". ESPN.com.
- "Joe P Game for One Final Family Trip".
- "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- (May 17, 2018). "Mike Budenholzer Named Head Coach Of The Milwaukee Bucks".
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