List Of San Antonio Spurs Head Coaches
There have been 18 head coaches for the San Antonio Spurs. The franchise won their first NBA championship in the 1999 NBA Finals coached by Gregg Popovich. The Spurs won four additional NBA championships in 2003 NBA Finals, 2005 NBA Finals, 2007 NBA Finals and 2014 NBA Finals under Popovich. Popovich is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins. He also won the NBA Coach of the Year award for 2002–03 season. Larry Brown is the only member of the franchise that has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Bob Bass, who has coached with the Spurs for four terms, leads the franchise in most terms coached. Cliff Hagan, Max Williams, Bill Blakeley, Dave Brown, Morris McHone, Jerry Tarkanian and Popovich spent their entire coaching careers with the Spurs.
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches |
* | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Spurs |
† | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
*† | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Spurs |
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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1 | Cliff Hagan* | 1967–1970 | 199 | 109 | 90 | .548 | 15 | 7 | 8 | .467 | |||||
2 | Max Williams* | 1970 | 60 | 28 | 32 | .467 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | |||||
3 | Bill Blakeley* | 1970–1971 | 65 | 25 | 40 | .385 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | |||||
4 | Tom Nissalke | 1971–1972 | 84 | 42 | 42 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | |||||
5 | Babe McCarthy | 1972–1973 | 72 | 24 | 48 | .333 | — | — | — | — | |||||
6 | Dave Brown* | 1973 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | — | — | — | — | |||||
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— | Tom Nissalke | 1973–1974 | 112 | 63 | 49 | .563 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .428 | |||||
7 | Bob Bass | 1974–1976 | 140 | 83 | 57 | .593 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .385 | |||||
8 | Doug Moe | 1976–1980 | 312 | 177 | 135 | .567 | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409 | |||||
— | Bob Bass | 1980 | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |||||
9 | Stan Albeck | 1980–1983 | 246 | 153 | 93 | .622 | 27 | 13 | 14 | .481 | |||||
10 | Morris McHone* | 1983 | 31 | 11 | 20 | .355 | — | — | — | — | |||||
— | Bob Bass | 1983–1984 | 51 | 26 | 25 | .510 | — | — | — | — | |||||
11 | Cotton Fitzsimmons | 1984–1986 | 164 | 76 | 88 | .463 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | |||||
12 | Bob Weiss | 1986–1988 | 164 | 59 | 105 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |||||
13 | Larry Brown† | 1988–1992 | 284 | 153 | 131 | .539 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||||
— | Bob Bass | 1992 | 44 | 26 | 18 | .591 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |||||
14 | Jerry Tarkanian*† | 1992 | 20 | 9 | 11 | .450 | — | — | — | — | |||||
15 | Rex Hughes | 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | |||||
16 | John Lucas II | 1992–1994 | 143 | 94 | 49 | .657 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .428 | |||||
17 | Bob Hill | 1994–1996 | 182 | 124 | 58 | .681 | 25 | 14 | 11 | .560 | |||||
18 | Gregg Popovich*† | 1996–present | 2,209 | 1,388 | 821 | .628 | 284 | 170 | 114 | .599 | 2002–03, 2011–12, 2013–14 NBA Coach of the Year 5 championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) |
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Gregg Popovich has been the head coach for the Spurs since 1996.