List of Golden State Warriors head coaches
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Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
are an American professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team based in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. The franchise had been known as the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors, due to it previously being based in or near those cities. The team is a member of the Pacific Division
Pacific Division (NBA)
The Pacific Division is one of the three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association . The division consists of five teams, the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Phoenix Suns and the Sacramento Kings...
of the Western Conference
Western Conference (NBA)
Below is a list of current Western Conference NBA team rosters.-Western Conference:There are a total of 15 teams in the Western Conference. The current leading team of the Western conference are the Dallas Mavericks....
in the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
(NBA). The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. The league merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, forming the National Basketball Association ...
(BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb
Edward Gottlieb
Edward Gottlieb , known as "Mr. Basketball" and "The Mogul", was the first coach and manager of the Philadelphia Warriors in the National Basketball Association , and the former owner and coach of the team from 1951 to 1962...
. The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949
1949-50 NBA season
The 1949–50 NBA season was officially the 4th season of the National Basketball Association. However, it is the first season that the league is officially called the National Basketball Association...
. The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals
Syracuse Nationals
The Syracuse Nationals were an American professional basketball team that existed from 1946 to 1963 as part of the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association . They are currently known as the Philadelphia 76ers, and are the NBA's oldest continued franchise.The team began in...
. Franklin Mieuli
Franklin Mieuli
Franklin Mieuli was a San Francisco Bay Area radio and television producer who was best known as the principal owner of the Golden State Warriors from 1962 to 1986. The pinnacle of his twenty-four years with the franchise was its National Basketball Association Championship in 1975...
and the Diners Club
Diners Club
Diners Club International, founded as Diners Club, is a charge card company formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider and Matty Simmons...
put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the 1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area. The team became the Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
and moved to Oakland before the 1971–72 NBA season
1971–72 NBA season
The 1971–72 NBA season was the 26th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals....
.
There have been 24 head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
es for the Warriors franchise. The franchise won their first NBA championship
NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association . The series was named the NBA World Championship Series until 1986....
as the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1956 NBA Finals
1956 NBA Finals
The 1956 NBA Finals was the championship series and conclusion of the 1955-56 NBA season. The Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one...
, and were coached by George Senesky
George Senesky
George Lawrence Senesky was an American professional basketball player and coach...
. Their second and most recent title was won as the Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
in 1975
1975 NBA Finals
The 1975 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1974-75 NBA season of the National Basketball Association. The Golden State Warriors of the Western Conference played against the Washington Bullets of the Eastern Conference...
, under coach Al Attles
Al Attles
Alvin A. "Al" Attles Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. He is a graduate of Weequahic High School in Newark and North Carolina A&T State University...
, who played with and coached the Warriors for 25 seasons. He is also is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins. Neil Johnston
Neil Johnston
Donald Neil Johnston was an American Hall of Fame basketball player at the center position who played 8 years in the NBA from 1951 to 1959....
leads the franchise in winning percentage
Winning percentage
In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
for games coached.
Frank McGuire
Frank McGuire
Frank Joseph McGuire was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball....
is one of the members of the franchise that has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...
as coaches, while being the only one to do so that has spent his whole career with the franchise. Alex Hannum
Alex Hannum
Alexander Murray Hannum was a professional basketball player and Hall-of-Fame coach.-Coaching career:Hannum is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers of 1966-67 to the NBA championship, ending the eight-year title streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached the...
and Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman
William Walton "Bill" Sharman is a former professional basketball player and coach. Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest...
are the only other members of the franchise that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Hannum and Don Nelson
Don Nelson
Donald Arvid "Don" Nelson is a former NBA player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors....
have both received the NBA Coach of the Year award once. Nelson has also been named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. Four former players for the Warriors, Attles, Johnston, George Lee
George C. Lee
George C. Lee is a retired American basketball player and coach. A forward/guard from the University of Michigan, Lee was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA Draft...
, and Senesky went on to coach for the franchise.
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Key
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... |
| # | Number of coaches |
| 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 .| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
| 11 | * | – | 581 | 263 | 318 | .453 | 32 | 15 | 17 | .469 | 1 Championship (1947) | |
| 22 | * | – | 216 | 119 | 97 | .551 | 20 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 1 Championship (1956 1956 NBA Finals The 1956 NBA Finals was the championship series and conclusion of the 1955-56 NBA season. The Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one... ) |
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| 33 | 72 | 32 | 40 | .444 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 44 | * | – | 154 | 95 | 59 | .617 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | ||
| 55 | } | 80 | 49 | 31 | .613 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | |||
| 66 | 80 | 31 | 39 | .388 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 77 | – | 240 | 100 | 140 | .417 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1963–64 NBA Coach of the Year NBA Coach of the Year Award The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA Championships from 1956 to 1966... |
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| 88 | – | 163 | 87 | 76 | .534 | 25 | 13 | 12 | .520 | |||
| 99 | * | – | 134 | 63 | 71 | .470 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
| 1010 | * | – (as player-coach) – |
829 | 443 | 386 | .534 | 61 | 30 | 31 | .492 | 1 Championship (1975 1975 NBA Finals The 1975 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1974-75 NBA season of the National Basketball Association. The Golden State Warriors of the Western Conference played against the Washington Bullets of the Eastern Conference... ) |
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| 1111 | * | 21 | 6 | 15 | .286 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 12— | * | – | 246 | 114 | 132 | .463 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 13— | * | – | 246 | 89 | 157 | .362 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1412 | – | 146 | 58 | 88 | .397 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
| 1513 | * | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1614 | – | 537 | 277 | 260 | .516 | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 | 1991–92 NBA Coach of the Year NBA Coach of the Year Award The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA Championships from 1956 to 1966... One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history |
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| 1715 | * | 37 | 12 | 25 | .324 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1816 | – | 164 | 66 | 98 | .402 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1917 | – | 159 | 46 | 113 | .289 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 55 | 13 | 42 | .236 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2119 | – | 105 | 25 | 80 | .238 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2220 | 59 | 13 | 46 | .220 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2321 | – | 164 | 75 | 89 | .457 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2422 | * | – | 164 | 68 | 96 | .415 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 25— | – | 328 | 145 | 183 | .442 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||
| 2623 | 82 | 36 | 46 | .439 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2724 | –present | — | — | — | — | |||||||