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List of San Antonio Spurs head coaches
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The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. They are a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise was founded as the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. The team suffered from poor attendance and general disinterest by fans in Dallas, and the name "Dallas" was dropped in favor of "Texas" during the 1970–71 season in an attempt to make the team regional. This also proved to be a failure, and the team returned full-time to use "Dallas" for the 1971–72 season. The team was put up for sale after missing the playoffs in the 1972–73 season. The team was acquired by a group of 36 San Antonio businessmen, led by Angelo Drossos and Red McCombs, who relocated the team to San Antonio, Texas and renamed it to Spurs. In 1976, the ABA folded, threatening the future of San Antonio's sole professional sports franchise. The NBA, however, decided to admit four ABA teams into the league, including the Spurs, along with the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Nets.
There have been 18 head coaches for the San Antonio Spurs. The franchise won their first NBA championship in 1999 coached by Gregg Popovich. The Spurs won four additional NBA championships in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 under Popovich. Popovich is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins. He also won the NBA Coach of the Year award in 2003, 2012, and 2014. Larry Brown, Jerry Tarkanian, and Popovich are the only members of the franchise that have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Bob Bass, who has coached with the Spurs for four terms, leads the franchise in most terms coached. Cliff Hagan, Max Williams, Bill Blakeley, Dave Brown, Morris McHone, Tarkanian and Popovich spent their entire coaching careers with the Spurs.
Key
| * | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and |
|---|---|
| spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Spurs |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas/Texas Chaparrals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | * | 1967–1970 | 199 | 109 | 90 | .548 | 15 | 7 | 8 | .467 | ||||||
| 2 | * | 1970 | 60 | 28 | 32 | .467 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||||||
| 3 | * | 1970–1971 | 65 | 25 | 40 | .385 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | ||||||
| 4 | 1971–1972 | 84 | 42 | 42 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | |||||||
| 5 | 1972–1973 | 72 | 24 | 48 | .333 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 6 | * | 1973 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| San Antonio Spurs | border=2}};" | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||
| — | 1973–1974 | 112 | 63 | 49 | .563 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .428 | |||||||
| 7 | 1974–1976 | 140 | 83 | 57 | .593 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .385 | |||||||
| 8 | – | 312 | 177 | 135 | .567 | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409 | |||||||
| — | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | ||||||||
| 9 | – | 246 | 153 | 93 | .622 | 27 | 13 | 14 | .481 | |||||||
| 10 | * | 31 | 11 | 20 | .355 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| — | 51 | 26 | 25 | .510 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 11 | – | 164 | 76 | 88 | .463 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | |||||||
| 12 | – | 164 | 59 | 105 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |||||||
| 13 | – | 284 | 153 | 131 | .539 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||||||
| — | 44 | 26 | 18 | .591 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||||||||
| 14 | * | 20 | 9 | 11 | .450 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 16 | – | 143 | 94 | 49 | .657 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .428 | |||||||
| 17 | – | 182 | 124 | 58 | .681 | 25 | 14 | 11 | .560 | |||||||
| 18 | *† | – | 2,214 | 1,390 | 824 | 284 | 170 | 114 | 2002–03, 2011–12, 2013–14 NBA Coach of the Year | |||||||
| 5 championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | * | –present | 77 | 32 | 45 | — | — | — |
File:Larry Brown, 1979.jpg|Larry Brown was the Spurs head coach from 1988 to 1992. File:Popovich cross armed - Cropped-2.jpg|Gregg Popovich was the Spurs head coach from 1996 to 2025.
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Chaparrals/Spurs. 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, except for the seasons spent in the ABA.
References
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References
- "San Antonio Spurs History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Dallas Chaparrals History". RememberTheABA.com.
- "Gregg Popovich Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Gregg Popovich".
- "Larry Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bob Bass Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Cliff Hagan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Max Williams Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Blakely Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dave Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Morris McHone Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jerry Tarkanian Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tom Nissalke Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Babe McCarthy Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doug Moe Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Cotton Fitzsimmons Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bob Weiss Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Rex Hughes Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "John Lucas Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bob Hill Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- (May 2, 2025). "San Antonio Spurs Name Mitch Johnson Head Coach".
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