List Of Brooklyn Nets Head Coaches
There have been 24 head coaches for the Nets franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Max Zaslofsky, who led the team for two seasons. Kevin Loughery is the only Nets coach to have led the team to a championship; the Nets won ABA championships in 1974 and 1976 during his tenure. Loughery is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (615) and wins (297); P. J. Carlesimo is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season winning percentage (.648). Byron Scott is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff games coached (40) and wins (25), as well as playoff-game winning percentage (.625). Chuck Daly and Bill Fitch were selected as two of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. Daly, Brown and Lou Carnesecca are the only Nets coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches. Zaslofsky, York Larese, Lou Carnesecca, Dave Wohl, Butch Beard, John Calipari, Tom Barrise, and Kiki Vandeweghe spent their entire coaching careers with the Nets/Americans.
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches |
* | Spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets |
† | Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
*† | Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.
# | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | |||
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Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey Americans | |||||||||||||||
1 | Max Zaslofsky* | 1967–1968 | 78 | 36 | 42 | .462 | — | — | — | — | |||||
New York Nets | |||||||||||||||
— | Max Zaslofsky* | 1968–1969 | 78 | 17 | 61 | .218 | — | — | — | — | |||||
2 | York Larese* | 1969–1970 | 84 | 39 | 45 | .464 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | |||||
3 | Lou Carnesecca*† | 1970–1973 | 252 | 114 | 138 | .452 | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | |||||
4 | Kevin Loughery | 1973–1977 | 334 | 190 | 144 | .569 | 32 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2 ABA championships (1974, 1976) | ||||
New Jersey Nets | |||||||||||||||
— | Kevin Loughery | 1977–1980 | 281 | 107 | 174 | .381 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||||
— | Bob MacKinnon | 1980–1981 | 47 | 12 | 35 | .255 | — | — | — | — | |||||
5 | Larry Brown† | 1981–1983 | 158 | 91 | 67 | .576 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||||
6 | Bill Blair | 1983 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||||
7 | Stan Albeck | 1983–1985 | 164 | 87 | 77 | .530 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | |||||
8 | Dave Wohl* | 1985–1987 | 179 | 65 | 114 | .363 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |||||
9 | Bob MacKinnon | 1987–1988 | 39 | 10 | 29 | .256 | — | — | — | — | |||||
10 | Willis Reed | 1988–1989 | 110 | 33 | 77 | .300 | — | — | — | — | |||||
11 | Bill Fitch† | 1989–1992 | 246 | 83 | 163 | .337 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||
12 | Chuck Daly† | 1992–1994 | 164 | 88 | 76 | .537 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||
13 | Butch Beard* | 1994–1996 | 164 | 60 | 104 | .366 | — | — | — | — | |||||
14 | John Calipari*† | 1996–1999 | 184 | 72 | 112 | .391 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |||||
15 | Don Casey | 1999–2000 | 112 | 44 | 68 | .393 | — | — | — | — | |||||
16 | Byron Scott | 2000–2004 | 288 | 149 | 139 | .517 | 40 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 2 straight NBA Finals appearances | ||||
17 | Lawrence Frank | 2004–2009 | 466 | 225 | 241 | .483 | 38 | 18 | 20 | .474 | |||||
— | Tom Barrise* | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |||||
18 | Kiki Vandeweghe* | 2009–2010 | 64 | 12 | 52 | .188 | — | — | — | — | |||||
19 | Avery Johnson | 2010–2012 | 148 | 46 | 102 | .311 | — | — | — | — | |||||
Brooklyn Nets | |||||||||||||||
— | Avery Johnson | 2012 | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |||||
— | P. J. Carlesimo | 2012–2013 | 54 | 35 | 19 | .648 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | |||||
20 | Jason Kidd | 2013–2014 | 82 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | |||||
21 | Lionel Hollins | 2014–2016 | 119 | 48 | 71 | .403 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | |||||
— | Tony Brown* | 2016 | 45 | 11 | 34 | .244 | — | — | — | — | |||||
22 | Kenny Atkinson* | 2016–2020 | 308 | 118 | 190 | .383 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |||||
— | Jacque Vaughn | 2020 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | |||||
23 | Steve Nash* | 2020–2022 | 161 | 94 | 67 | .584 | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | |||||
24 | Jacque Vaughn | 2022–2024 | 129 | 64 | 65 | .496 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | |||||
— | Kevin Ollie* | 2024 | 28 | 11 | 17 | .393 | — | — | — | — | |||||
25 | Jordi Fernández* | 2024–present | — | — | — | – | — | — | — | – |
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Byron Scott was the head coach from 2000 to 2004 and led the Nets to two NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003.