List of Golden State Warriors head coaches

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. 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 of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb. The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949. The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals.^[1][2] Franklin Mieuli and the Diners Club 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 and moved to Oakland before the 1971–72 NBA season.^[3][4][5]

There have been 25 head coaches for the Warriors franchise. The franchise won their first NBA championship as the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1956 NBA Finals, and were coached by George Senesky.^[3] Their second and most recent title was won as the Golden State Warriors in 1975, under coach Al Attles, who played with and coached the Warriors for 25 seasons.^[3][6][7] He is also the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins. Neil Johnston leads the franchise in winning percentage for games coached.^[8]

Frank McGuire is one of the members of the franchise that has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches, while being the only one to do so that has spent his whole career with the franchise.^[9] Alex Hannum, Don Nelson, and Bill Sharman are the only other members of the franchise that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.^[10][11] Hannum and Nelson have both received the NBA Coach of the Year award once.^[10][12] Nelson has also been named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.^[13] Four former players for the Warriors, Attles, Johnston, George Lee, and Senesky went on to coach for the franchise.^{[7][14][15][16]}

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches[a]
	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 2015–16 season.

#	Name	Term[b]	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
Philadelphia Warriors
7000100000000000000♠1	Gottlieb, EdwardEdward Gottlieb*	1946–1955	581	263	318	.453	32	15	17	.469	1 Championship (1947)	[17]
7000200000000000000♠2	Senesky, GeorgeGeorge Senesky*	1955–1958	216	119	97	.551	20	10	10	.500	1 Championship (1956)	[18]
7000300000000000000♠3	Cervi, AlAl Cervi	1958–1959	72	32	40	.444	—	—	—	—		[19]
7000400000000000000♠4	Johnston, NeilNeil Johnston*	1959–1961	154	95	59	.617	12	4	8	.333		[20]
7000500000000000000♠5	McGuire, FrankFrank McGuire*	1961–1962	80	49	31	.613	12	6	6	.500		[9]
San Francisco Warriors
7000600000000000000♠6	Feerick, BobBob Feerick	1962–1963	80	31	39	.388	—	—	—	—		[21]
7000700000000000000♠7	Hannum, AlexAlex Hannum	1963–1966	240	100	140	.417	12	5	7	.417	1963–64 NBA Coach of the Year[22]	[10]
7000800000000000000♠8	Sharman, BillBill Sharman	1966–1968	163	87	76	.534	25	13	12	.520		[11]
7000900000000000000♠9	Lee, GeorgeGeorge Lee*	1968–1970	134	63	71	.470	6	2	4	.333		[23]
7001100000000000000♠10	Attles, AlAl Attles*	1970–1971 (as player-coach)	122	49	63	.438	5	1	4	.200		[6]
Golden State Warriors
—	Attles, AlAl Attles*	1971–1980	707	394	323	.550	56	29	27	.518	1 Championship (1975)	[6]
7001110000000000000♠11	Bach, JohnnyJohnny Bach*	1980	21	6	15	.286	—	—	—	—		[24]
7001120000000000000♠—	Attles, AlAl Attles*	1980–1983	246	114	132	.463	—	—	—	—		[6]
7001130000000000000♠—	Bach, JohnnyJohnny Bach*	1983–1986	246	89	157	.362	—	—	—	—		[24]
7001140000000000000♠12	Karl, GeorgeGeorge Karl	1986–1988	146	58	88	.397	10	4	6	.400		[25]
7001150000000000000♠13	Gregory, EdEd Gregory*	1988	18	4	14	.222	—	—	—	—		[26]
7001160000000000000♠14	Nelson, DonDon Nelson	1988–1995	537	277	260	.516	24	9	15	.375	1991–92 NBA Coach of the Year[22] One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13]	[12]
7001170000000000000♠15	Lanier, BobBob Lanier*	1995	37	12	25	.324	—	—	—	—		[27]
7001180000000000000♠16	Adelman, RickRick Adelman	1995–1997	164	66	98	.402	—	—	—	—		[28]
7001190000000000000♠17	Carlesimo, P.J.P.J. Carlesimo	1997–1999	159	46	113	.289	—	—	—	—		[29]
7001200000000000000♠18	St. Jean, GarryGarry St. Jean	1999–2000	55	13	42	.236	—	—	—	—		[30]
7001210000000000000♠19	Cowens, DaveDave Cowens	2000–2001	105	25	80	.238	—	—	—	—		[31]
7001220000000000000♠20	Winters, BrianBrian Winters	2001–2002	59	13	46	.220	—	—	—	—		[32]
7001230000000000000♠21	Musselman, EricEric Musselman	2002–2004	164	75	89	.457	—	—	—	—		[33]
7001240000000000000♠22	Montgomery, MikeMike Montgomery*	2004–2006	164	68	96	.415	—	—	—	—		[34]
7001250000000000000♠—	Nelson, DonDon Nelson	2006–2010	328	145	183	.442	11	5	6	.455	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[13]	[12]
7001260000000000000♠23	Smart, KeithKeith Smart	2010–2011	82	36	46	.439	—	—	—	—		[35]
7001270000000000000♠24	Jackson, MarkMark Jackson*	2011–2014	230	121	109	.526	19	9	10	.474		[36]
7001280000000000000♠25	Kerr, SteveSteve Kerr*	2014–present	164	140	24	.854	26	20	6	.769	1 Championship (2015)

• 
  Al Attles was the head coach from 1970 to 1983 and guided the Rick Barry-led Warriors to the 1975 NBA championship.
• 
  Don Nelson was the Golden State Warriors head coach from 1988 to 1995 and from 2006 to 2010.
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  Dave Cowens was the Golden State Warriors head coach from 2000 to 2001.
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  Mike Montgomery was the head coach games from 2004 to 2006.
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  Keith Smart was the head coach for the 2010–2011 season.
• 
  Mark Jackson was the head coach from 2011 to 2014.
• 
  Steve Kerr is the current head coach of the Warriors since the 2014–15 season.

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Warriors. Thus, any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

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