NBA Coach of the Year Award
The NBA Coach of the Year Award ( Red Auerbach Trophy) has been given to the best coach of the North American basketball league NBA since the 1962/63 season . The winner will be determined by a vote at the end of regular time of each NBA season. A selection of US and Canadian sports journalists are eligible to vote . Each person entitled to vote gives one vote for the first, second and third coach of their choice. The first vote is assessed with five points, the second vote with three points and the third vote with one point. The trainer with the highest absolute number of points receives the award as trainer of the year. The current record winners are Don Nelson , Pat Riley and Gregg Popovich , each with three awards (as of the end of the 2017/18 season).
winner
The number in brackets indicates how often the trainer has already won the award at the time.
Multiple winners
rank | Coach | team | Awards | Years |
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1 | Don Nelson | Milwaukee Bucks (2) / Golden State Warriors (1) | 3 | 1983, 1985, 1992 |
Pat Riley | Los Angeles Lakers (1) / New York Knicks (1) / Miami Heat (1) | 1990, 1993, 1997 | ||
Gregg Popovich | San Antonio Spurs | 2003, 2012, 2014 | ||
4th | Gene Shue | Baltimore Bullets (1) / Washington Bullets (1) | 2 | 1969, 1982 |
Bill Fitch | Cleveland Cavaliers (1) / Boston Celtics (1) | 1976, 1980 | ||
Hubie Brown | Atlanta Hawks (1) / Memphis Grizzlies (1) | 1978, 2004 | ||
Cotton Fitzsimmons | Kansas City Kings (1) / Phoenix Suns (1) | 1979, 1989 | ||
Mike D'Antoni | Phoenix Suns (1) / Houston Rockets (1) | 2005, 2017 | ||
Mike Budenholzer | Atlanta Hawks (1) / Milwaukee Bucks (1) | 2015, 2019 |
Web links
- Awards: Coach of the Year on the website www.nba.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avery Johnson Named Coach of the Year ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )