29 Coaches
- Statistics shown are while coach was with franchise
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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 | Bill Bertka | 1994 | 1999 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.5 | |||||||
2 | Bernie Bickerstaff | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.5 | |||||||
3 | Mike Brown | 2012 | 2013 | 2 | 71 | 42 | 29 | .592 | 6.5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 0 | 0 |
4 | John Castellani | 1960 | 1960 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 25 | .306 | -7.0 | |||||||
5 | Mike D'Antoni | 2013 | 2014 | 2 | 154 | 67 | 87 | .435 | -10.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Mike Dunleavy | 1991 | 1992 | 2 | 164 | 101 | 63 | .616 | 19.0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Darvin Ham | 2023 | 2024 | 2 | 164 | 90 | 74 | .549 | 8.0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 12 | .429 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Frank Hamblen | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 29 | .256 | -9.5 | |||||||
9 | Del Harris | 1995 | 1999 | 5 | 340 | 224 | 116 | .659 | 54.0 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 19 | .472 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Phil Jackson | 2000 | 2011 | 11 | 902 | 610 | 292 | .676 | 159.0 | 11 | 181 | 118 | 63 | .652 | 7 | 5 |
11 | Magic Johnson | 1994 | 1994 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .313 | -3.0 | |||||||
12 | John Kundla | 1949 | 1959 | 11 | 725 | 423 | 302 | .583 | 60.5 | 10 | 95 | 60 | 35 | .632 | 0 | 5 |
13 | Jack McKinney | 1980 | 1980 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.0 | |||||||
14 | George Mikan | 1958 | 1958 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 30 | .231 | -10.5 | |||||||
15 | Joe Mullaney | 1970 | 1971 | 2 | 164 | 94 | 70 | .573 | 12.0 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Randy Pfund | 1993 | 1994 | 2 | 146 | 66 | 80 | .452 | -7.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Jim Pollard | 1960 | 1960 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 25 | .359 | -5.5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Kurt Rambis | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 37 | 24 | 13 | .649 | 5.5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
19 | JJ Redick | 2025 | 2025 | 1 | 56 | 35 | 21 | .625 | 7.0 | |||||||
20 | Pat Riley | 1982 | 1990 | 9 | 727 | 533 | 194 | .733 | 169.5 | 9 | 149 | 102 | 47 | .685 | 7 | 4 |
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Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | W/L% | W > .500 | Plyfs | G | W | L | W/L% | Conf | Champ |
21 | Fred Schaus | 1961 | 1967 | 7 | 560 | 315 | 245 | .563 | 35.0 | 7 | 71 | 33 | 38 | .465 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Byron Scott | 2015 | 2016 | 2 | 164 | 38 | 126 | .232 | -44.0 | |||||||
23 | Bill Sharman | 1972 | 1976 | 5 | 410 | 246 | 164 | .600 | 41.0 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 15 | .595 | 2 | 1 |
24 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 43 | 24 | 19 | .558 | 2.5 | |||||||
25 | Butch van Breda Kolff | 1968 | 1969 | 2 | 164 | 107 | 57 | .652 | 25.0 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 12 | .636 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Frank Vogel | 2020 | 2022 | 3 | 225 | 127 | 98 | .564 | 14.5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 1 | 1 |
27 | Luke Walton | 2017 | 2019 | 3 | 246 | 98 | 148 | .398 | -25.0 | |||||||
28 | Jerry West | 1977 | 1979 | 3 | 246 | 145 | 101 | .589 | 22.0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 14 | .364 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Paul Westhead | 1980 | 1982 | 3 | 161 | 111 | 50 | .689 | 30.5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | .684 | 1 | 1 |
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