NBA Awards: Coach of the Year, Grouped by Team
This is the complete list of NBA coaches that won the Coach of the Year Award, grouped by team.
Team with the Most Awards:
Atlanta Hawks
6 times had the Coach of the Year NBA Awards: Coach of the YearThe best coach of the season is selected by a national panel of pro basketball writers and broadcasters. Since 1967 the trophy is called "Red Auerbach Trophy", named that way in honor to the former Boston Celtics coach who led the his team to 9 NBA titles. The Atlanta Hawks had the Coach of the Year six times. |
NBA Awards: All-time list of teams who had the winner of the Coach of the Year award.
Awards | NBA Team |
Coach
Season
Coach / Season
|
6 | Atlanta Hawks |
Hubie Brown
Mike Budenholzer
Mike Fratello
Harry Gallatin
1962-63 (St. Louis Hawks)
Richie Guerin
1967-68 (St. Louis Hawks)
Lenny Wilkens
|
4 | Chicago Bulls |
Phil Jackson
Red Kerr
Dick Motta
Tom Thibodeau
|
3 | Boston Celtics |
Red Auerbach
Bill Fitch
Tom Heinsohn
|
3 | Golden State Warriors |
Alex Hannum
1963-64 (San Francisco Warriors)
Steve Kerr
Don Nelson
|
3 | Houston Rockets |
Don Chaney
Mike D'Antoni
Tom Nissalke
|
3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Del Harris
Pat Riley
Bill Sharman
|
3 | Milwaukee Bucks |
Mike Budenholzer
|
3 | New York Knicks |
Red Holzman
Pat Riley
Tom Thibodeau
|
3 | Phoenix Suns |
Mike D'Antoni
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Monty Williams
|
3 | Sacramento Kings |
Mike Brown
Cotton Fitzsimmons
1978-79 (Kansas City Kings)
Phil Johnson
1974-75 (Kansas City-Omaha Kings) |
3 | San Antonio Spurs | |
3 | Toronto Raptors |
Dwane Casey
Sam Mitchell
Nick Nurse
|
Awards | NBA Team |
Coach
Season
Coach / Season
|
2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Mike Brown
Bill Fitch
|
2 | Denver Nuggets |
George Karl
Doug Moe
|
2 | Detroit Pistons |
Rick Carlisle
Ray Scott
|
2 | Indiana Pacers |
Larry Bird
Jack McKinney
|
2 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Scott Brooks
Mark Daigneault
|
2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
Larry Brown
Dolph Schayes
|
2 | Portland Trail Blazers |
Mike Dunleavy
Mike Schuler
|
2 | Washington Wizards | |
1 | Dallas Mavericks |
Avery Johnson
|
1 | Memphis Grizzlies |
Hubie Brown
|
1 | Miami Heat |
Pat Riley
|
1 | New Orleans Pelicans |
Byron Scott
2007-08 (New Orleans Hornets) |
1 | Orlando Magic |
Doc Rivers
|
1 | Utah Jazz |
Frank Layden
|