NBA Coach of the Year winners
Joe Mazzulla was the 2025-26 NBA Coach of the Year. Gregg Popovich has won it more than anyone, 3 times, out of 64 seasons on record since 1962-63.
Every NBA Coach of the Year winner by season
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Joe Mazzulla · Boston Celtics |
| 2024-25 | Kenny Atkinson · Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2023-24 | Mark Daigneault · Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2022-23 | Mike Brown · Sacramento Kings |
| 2021-22 | Monty Williams · Phoenix Suns |
| 2020-21 | Tom Thibodeau · New York Knicks |
| 2019-20 | Nick Nurse · Toronto Raptors |
| 2018-19 | Mike Budenholzer · Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2017-18 | Dwane Casey · Toronto Raptors |
| 2016-17 | Mike D'Antoni · Houston Rockets |
| 2015-16 | Steve Kerr · Golden State Warriors |
| 2014-15 | Mike Budenholzer · Atlanta Hawks |
| 2013-14 | Gregg Popovich · San Antonio Spurs |
| 2012-13 | George Karl · Denver Nuggets |
| 2011-12 | Gregg Popovich · San Antonio Spurs |
| 2010-11 | Tom Thibodeau · Chicago Bulls |
| 2009-10 | Scott Brooks · Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2008-09 | Mike Brown · Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2007-08 | Byron Scott · New Orleans Hornets |
| 2006-07 | Sam Mitchell · Toronto Raptors |
| 2005-06 | Avery Johnson · Dallas Mavericks |
| 2004-05 | Mike D'Antoni · Phoenix Suns |
| 2003-04 | Hubie Brown · Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2002-03 | Gregg Popovich · San Antonio Spurs |
| 2001-02 | Rick Carlisle · Detroit Pistons |
| 2000-01 | Larry Brown · Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1999-00 | Doc Rivers · Orlando Magic |
| 1998-99 | Mike Dunleavy · Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1997-98 | Larry Bird · Indiana Pacers |
| 1996-97 | Pat Riley · Miami Heat |
| 1995-96 | Phil Jackson · Chicago Bulls |
| 1994-95 | Del Harris · Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1993-94 | Lenny Wilkens · Atlanta Hawks |
| 1992-93 | Pat Riley · New York Knicks |
| 1991-92 | Don Nelson · Golden State Warriors |
| 1990-91 | Don Chaney · Houston Rockets |
| 1989-90 | Pat Riley · Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988-89 | Cotton Fitzsimmons · Phoenix Suns |
| 1987-88 | Doug Moe · Denver Nuggets |
| 1986-87 | Mike Schuler · Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1985-86 | Mike Fratello · Atlanta Hawks |
| 1984-85 | Don Nelson · Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1983-84 | Frank Layden · Utah Jazz |
| 1982-83 | Don Nelson · Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1981-82 | Gene Shue · Washington Bullets |
| 1980-81 | Jack McKinney · Indiana Pacers |
| 1979-80 | Bill Fitch · Boston Celtics |
| 1978-79 | Cotton Fitzsimmons · Kansas City Kings |
| 1977-78 | Hubie Brown · Atlanta Hawks |
| 1976-77 | Tom Nissalke · Houston Rockets |
| 1975-76 | Bill Fitch · Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1974-75 | Phil Johnson · Kansas City–Omaha Kings |
| 1973-74 | Ray Scott · Detroit Pistons |
| 1972-73 | Tom Heinsohn · Boston Celtics |
| 1971-72 | Bill Sharman · Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1970-71 | Dick Motta · Chicago Bulls |
| 1969-70 | Red Holzman · New York Knicks |
| 1968-69 | Gene Shue · Baltimore Bullets |
| 1967-68 | Richie Guerin · St. Louis Hawks |
| 1966-67 | Johnny Kerr · Chicago Bulls |
| 1965-66 | Dolph Schayes · Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1964-65 | Red Auerbach · Boston Celtics |
| 1963-64 | Alex Hannum · San Francisco Warriors |
| 1962-63 | Harry Gallatin · St. Louis Hawks |
Winners from Wikipedia's list of NBA Coach of the Year winners. A name links to the player's page when the player is on file.