List Of Sacramento Kings Head Coaches
There have been 28 head coaches for the franchise since joining the NBA. Rick Adelman is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (624), regular season games won (395), playoff games coached (69), and playoff games won (34). Phil Johnson and Cotton Fitzsimmons have won NBA Coach of the Year with the Kings, in the 1974–75 and 1978–79 seasons respectively. Harrison, Bobby Wanzer, Ed Jucker, Bob Cousy, Draff Young, Jerry Reynolds, Reggie Theus, and Kenny Natt have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Kings. Wanzer, Tom Marshall, Jack McMahon, Cousy, Larry Staverman, Adelman and Theus formerly played for the Kings. The Kings are currently owned by Vivek Ranadivé, with former Rockets executive Monte McNair as the general manager and Mike Brown is the head coach.
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches |
* | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Kings |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season. The list does not include NBL seasons.
# | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference |
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Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
1 | Les Harrison* | 1948–1955 | 476 | 296 | 181 | .620 | 38 | 19 | 19 | .500 | 1 Championship (1951) | |
2 | Bobby Wanzer* | 1955–1957 (as player-coach) 1957–1958 |
234 | 98 | 126 | .418 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
3 | Tom Marshall | 1958–1959 (as player-coach) 1959–1960 |
129 | 35 | 94 | .271 | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Charles Wolf | 1960–1963 | 239 | 118 | 121 | .494 | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | ||
5 | Jack McMahon | 1963–1967 | 321 | 187 | 134 | .583 | 23 | 8 | 15 | .348 | ||
6 | Ed Jucker* | 1967–1969 | 164 | 80 | 84 | .488 | — | — | — | — | ||
7 | Bob Cousy* | 1969–1970 (as player-coach) 1970–1973 |
350 | 141 | 209 | .403 | — | — | — | — | ||
8 | Draff Young* | 1973 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | — | — | — | — | ||
9 | Phil Johnson | 1973–1978 | 340 | 155 | 185 | .456 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1974–75 NBA Coach of the Year | |
10 | Larry Staverman | 1978 | 45 | 18 | 27 | .400 | — | — | — | — | ||
11 | Cotton Fitzsimmons | 1978–1984 | 492 | 248 | 244 | .504 | 26 | 9 | 17 | .346 | 1978–79 NBA Coach of the Year | |
12 | Jack McKinney | 1984 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 | — | — | — | — | ||
— | Phil Johnson | 1984–1987 | 201 | 81 | 120 | .403 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
13 | Jerry Reynolds* | 1987 | 60 | 22 | 38 | .367 | — | — | — | — | ||
14 | Bill Russell | 1987–1988 | 58 | 17 | 41 | .293 | — | — | — | — | ||
— | Jerry Reynolds* | 1988–1990 | 110 | 34 | 76 | .309 | — | — | — | — | ||
15 | Dick Motta | 1990–1991 | 161 | 48 | 113 | .298 | — | — | — | — | ||
16 | Rex Hughes | 1991–1992 | 57 | 22 | 35 | .386 | — | — | — | — | ||
17 | Garry St. Jean | 1992–1997 | 395 | 159 | 236 | .403 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | ||
18 | Eddie Jordan | 1997–1998 | 97 | 33 | 64 | .340 | — | — | — | — | ||
19 | Rick Adelman† | 1998–2006 | 624 | 395 | 229 | .633 | 69 | 34 | 35 | .493 | ||
20 | Eric Musselman | 2006–2007 | 82 | 33 | 49 | .402 | — | — | — | — | ||
21 | Reggie Theus* | 2007–2008 | 106 | 44 | 62 | .415 | — | — | — | — | ||
22 | Kenny Natt* | 2008–2009 | 58 | 11 | 47 | .190 | — | — | — | — | ||
23 | Paul Westphal | 2009–2012 | 171 | 51 | 120 | .298 | — | — | — | — | ||
24 | Keith Smart | 2012–2013 | 141 | 48 | 93 | .340 | — | — | — | — | ||
25 | Michael Malone | 2013–2014 | 106 | 39 | 67 | .368 | — | — | — | — | ||
26 | Tyrone Corbin | 2014–2015 | 28 | 7 | 21 | .250 | — | — | — | — | ||
27 | George Karl† | 2015–2016 | 112 | 44 | 68 | .393 | — | — | — | — | ||
28 | Dave Joerger | 2016–2019 | 246 | 98 | 148 | .398 | — | — | — | — | ||
29 | Luke Walton | 2019–2021 | 161 | 68 | 93 | .422 | — | — | — | — | ||
30 | Alvin Gentry | 2021–2022 | 65 | 24 | 41 | .369 | — | — | — | — | ||
31 | Mike Brown | 2022–present | 164 | 94 | 70 | .573 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2022–23 NBA Coach of the Year |