NBA Championships: Coaches That Have Won at Least One Title

This is the complete list of NBA coaches with championships won.

Here you have the list with the 36 coaches that have won at least one NBA Championship. In 77 editions only 14 coaches have won more than one. By winning his 10th championship in 2009, Phil Jackson broke the tie with Red Auerbach for the winningest coach in NBA history.

Phil Jackson, Alex Hannum and Pat Riley are the only coaches that won titles with two different teams.

In the last 37 years (since 1986-87) only 15 coaches took the ring home: Jackson, Riley, Rudy Tomjanovic, Chuck Daly, Gregg Popovich, Larry Brown, Doc Rivers, Rick Carlisle, Erik Spoelstra, Steve Kerr, Tyronn Lue, Nick Nurse, Frank Vogel, Mike Budenholzer and Michael Malone.

NBA Coaches that have won Championships - Full list

Titles Coach
Team
/ Championships
11 Phil Jackson
Chicago Bulls
1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98
L.A. Lakers
1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10
9 Red Auerbach
Boston Celtics
1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66
5 John Kundla
Minneapolis Lakers
(now L.A. Lakers)
1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54
5 Gregg Popovich
San Antonio Spurs
1998-99, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2013-14
5 Pat Riley
L.A. Lakers
1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87 1987-88
Miami Heat
2005-06
Titles Coach
Team
/ Championships
4 Steve Kerr
Golden State Warriors
2021-22, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18
2 Chuck Daly
Detroit Pistons
1988-89, 1989-90
2 Alex Hannum
St. Louis Hawks
(now Atlanta Hawks)
1957-58
Philadelphia 76ers
1966-67
2 Tom Heinsohn
Boston Celtics
1973-74, 1975-76
2 Red Holzman
New York Knicks
1969-70, 1972-73
2 K. C. Jones
Boston Celtics
1983-84, 1985-86
2 Bill Russell
Boston Celtics
1967-68, 1968-69
2 Erik Spoelstra
Miami Heat
2011-12, 2012-13
2 Rudy Tomjanovich
Houston Rockets
1993-94, 1994-95
Titles Coach
Team
/ Championships
1 Al Attles
Golden State Warriors
1974-75
1 Al Cervi
Syracuse Nationals
(now Philadelphia 76ers)
1954-55
1 Larry Brown
Detroit Pistons
2003-04
1 Mike Budenholzer
Milwaukee Bucks
2020-21
1 Rick Carlisle
Dallas Mavericks
2010-11
1 Larry Costello
Milwaukee Bucks
1970-71
1 Billy Cunningham
Philadelphia 76ers
1982-83
1 Bill Fitch
Boston Celtics
1980-81
1 Eddie Gottlieb
Philadelphia Warriors
(now Golden St. Warriors)
1946-47
1 Les Harrison
Rochester Royals
(now Sacramento Kings)
1950-51
1 Buddy Jeannette
Baltimore Bullets
(defunct franchise)
1947-48
1 Tyronn Lue
Cleveland Cavaliers
2015-16
1 Michael Malone
Denver Nuggets
2022-23
1 Dick Motta
Washington Bullets
(now Washington Wizards)
1977-78
1 Nick Nurse
Toronto Raptors
2018-19
1 Jack Ramsay
Portland Trailblazers
1976-77
1 Doc Rivers
Boston Celtics
2007-08
1 George Senesky
Philadelphia Warriors
(now Golden St. Warriors)
1955-56
1 Bill Sharman
L.A. Lakers
1971-72
1 Frank Vogel
L.A. Lakers
2019-20
1 Paul Westhead
L.A. Lakers
1979-80
1 Lenny Wilkens
Seattle Supersonics
1978-79