10 Coaches
- Statistics shown are while coach was with franchise
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | W/L% | W > .500 | Plyfs | G | W | L | W/L% | Conf | Champ |
| 1 | Richie Adubato | 1990 | 1993 | 4 | 264 | 94 | 170 | .356 | -38.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Quinn Buckner | 1994 | 1994 | 1 | 82 | 13 | 69 | .159 | -28.0 | |||||||
| 3 | Rick Carlisle | 2009 | 2021 | 13 | 1033 | 555 | 478 | .537 | 38.5 | 9 | 71 | 33 | 38 | .465 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Jim Cleamons | 1997 | 1998 | 2 | 98 | 28 | 70 | .286 | -21.0 | |||||||
| 5 | Gar Heard | 1993 | 1993 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 44 | .170 | -17.5 | |||||||
| 6 | Avery Johnson | 2005 | 2008 | 4 | 264 | 194 | 70 | .735 | 62.0 | 4 | 47 | 23 | 24 | .489 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jason Kidd | 2022 | 2025 | 4 | 273 | 157 | 116 | .575 | 20.5 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 18 | .550 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | John MacLeod | 1988 | 1990 | 3 | 175 | 96 | 79 | .549 | 8.5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | .588 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dick Motta | 1981 | 1996 | 9 | 738 | 329 | 409 | .446 | -40.0 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Don Nelson | 1998 | 2005 | 8 | 590 | 339 | 251 | .575 | 44.0 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 24 | .442 | 0 | 0 |
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