List of Denver Nuggets head coaches

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There have been 19 head coaches for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise, which was founded as the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967.[1] In 1974, in anticipation of moving into the NBA, the franchise held a contest to choose a new team nickname, as Rockets was already in use by the Houston Rockets. The name Nuggets won, their new logo was a miner discovering an ABA ball.[1] In 1976, the ABA folded, and the NBA decided to admit four ABA teams into the league, with the Nuggets being one of them, along with the San Antonio Spurs, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Nets.[1]

The franchise won their first NBA championship in the 1999 NBA Finals coached by Gregg Popovich.[2] The Spurs won three additional NBA championships in 2003 NBA Finals, 2005 NBA Finals, and 2007 NBA Finals under Popovich.[2] Popovich is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.[3] He also won the NBA Coach of the Year award for 2002–03 season.[4] Larry Brown is the only member of the franchise that has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[5] Bob Bass, who has coached with the Spurs for a total of four terms, leads the franchise in most number of terms coached.[6] Cliff Hagan, Max Williams, Bill Blakely, Dave Brown, Morris McHone, Jerry Tarkanian and Popovich spent their entire coaching careers with the Spurs.[3][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Key

# Number of coaches[note 1]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
† Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
* Spent entire coaching career with the Spurs

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007–08 season.

# Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L W–L% GC W L W–L%
Denver Rockets (ABA) 1967–74
1 Bob Bass 1967–69 [6]
2 John McLendon 1969
3 Joe Belmont 1969–70
4 Stan Albeck 1970–71 [13]
5 Alex Hannum 1971–74
Denver Nuggets (ABA) 1974–76
6 Larry Brown† 1974–76
Denver Nuggets (NBA) 1976–present
— Larry Brown† 1976–79 [14]
7 Donnie Walsh 1979–80 [15]
8 Doug Moe 1980–90 [16]
9 Paul Westhead 1990–92 [17]
10 Dan Issel (first term) 1992–95 [18]
11 Gene Littles 1994–95 [19]
12 Bernie Bickerstaff 1995–97 [20]
13 Dick Motta 1996–97 [21]
14 Bill Hanzlik 1997–98 [22]
15 Mike D'Antoni 1998–99 [23]
— Dan Issel 1999–2001 [24]
16 Mike Evans 2001–02 [25]
17 Jeff Bzdelik 2002–04 [26]
18 Michael Cooper 2004–05 [27]
19 George Karl 2004–present [28]

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Denver Rockets/Nuggets. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.

References

General
  • "Denver Nuggets coach register". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c "Denver Nuggets History 1967 to 1979". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Spurs History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Gregg Popovich's Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  4. ^ "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  5. ^ "Larry Brown's Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  6. ^ a b "Bob Bass Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11. Cite error: The named reference "Bob Bass" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Cliff Hagan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  8. ^ "Max Williams Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  9. ^ "Bill Blakely Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  10. ^ "Dave Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  11. ^ "Morris McHone Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  12. ^ "Jerry Tarkanian's Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  13. ^ "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  14. ^ "Larry Brown's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  15. ^ "Donnie Walsh's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  16. ^ "Doug Moe's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  17. ^ "Paul Westhead's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  18. ^ "Dan Issel's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  19. ^ "Gene Littles' stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  20. ^ "Bernie Bickerstaff's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  21. ^ "Dick Motta's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  22. ^ "Bill Hanzlik's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  23. ^ "Mike D'Antoni's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  24. ^ "Dan Issel's stats for second term @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  25. ^ "Mike Evans' stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  26. ^ "Jeff Bzdelik's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  27. ^ "Michael Cooper's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  28. ^ "George Karl's stats @ NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
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