Cleveland Cavaliers head coaches

24 head coaches · Head coach now: Kenny Atkinson

Who has coached the Cavaliers?

The Cleveland Cavaliers have had 24 head coaches since 1970-71. Lenny Wilkens won the most games, 316. Titles also came under David Blatt (1). The head coach now is Kenny Atkinson, since 2024-25.

Cleveland Cavaliers: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-LPctPlayoffsTitles
Bill Fitch1970-71 to 1978-79304-434.4127-11
Stan Albeck1979-8037-45.451—
Bill Musselman1980-8125-46.352—
Don Delaney1980-817-19.269—
Bob Kloppenburg1980-810-3.000—
Chuck Daly1981-829-32.220—
Bill Musselman1981-822-21.087—
Tom Nissalke1982-83 to 1983-8451-113.311—
George Karl1984-85 to 1985-8661-88.4091-3
Gene Littles1985-864-11.267—
Lenny Wilkens1986-87 to 1992-93316-258.55118-23
Mike Fratello1993-94 to 1998-99248-212.5392-12
Randy Wittman1999-00 to 2000-0162-102.378—
John Lucas II2001-02 to 2002-0337-87.298—
Keith Smart2002-039-31.225—
Paul Silas2003-04 to 2004-0569-77.473—
Brendan Malone2004-058-10.444—
Mike Brown2005-06 to 2009-10272-138.66342-29
Byron Scott2010-11 to 2012-1364-166.278—
Mike Brown2013-1433-49.402—
David Blatt2014-15 to 2015-1683-40.67514-61
Tyronn Lue2016-17 to 2017-18128-83.60741-20
Larry Drew2018-1919-57.250—
John Beilein2019-2014-40.259—
J. B. Bickerstaff2020-21 to 2023-24170-159.5176-11
Kenny Atkinson2024-25 to 2026-27116-48.70722-28

From Wikipedia's list of the club's head coaches, regular season and playoffs; titles are the club's in his seasons. A coach with two stints has a row for each.