Los Angeles Lakers head coaches

29 head coaches · Head coach now: JJ Redick

Who has coached the Lakers?

The Los Angeles Lakers have had 29 head coaches since 1948-49. Phil Jackson won the most games, 610, with 5 titles. Titles also came under John Kundla (5), Pat Riley (4), and Bill Sharman (1). The head coach now is JJ Redick, since 2024-25.

Los Angeles Lakers: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
John Kundla	1948-49 to 1956-57	390-263	.597	54-28	5
George Mikan	1957-58	9-30	.231	—
John Kundla	1958-59	33-39	.458	6-7
John Castellani	1959-60	11-25	.306	—
Jim Pollard	1959-60	14-25	.359	5-4
Fred Schaus	1960-61 to 1966-67	315-245	.563	33-38
Butch van Breda Kolff	1967-68 to 1968-69	107-57	.652	21-12
Joe Mullaney	1969-70 to 1970-71	94-70	.573	16-14
Bill Sharman	1971-72 to 1975-76	246-164	.600	22-15	1
Jerry West	1976-77 to 1978-79	145-101	.589	8-14
Jack McKinney	1978-79	10-4	.714	—
Paul Westhead	1979-80 to 1980-81	111-50	.689	13-6	1
Pat Riley	1981-82 to 1989-90	533-194	.733	102-47	4
Mike Dunleavy	1990-91 to 1991-92	101-63	.616	13-10
Randy Pfund	1992-93 to 1993-94	66-80	.452	2-3
Bill Bertka	1993-94	1-1	.500	—
Magic Johnson	1993-94	5-11	.313	—
Del Harris	1994-95 to 1998-99	224-116	.659	17-19
Bill Bertka	1998-99	1-0	1.000	—
Kurt Rambis	1998-99	24-13	.649	3-5
Phil Jackson	1999-00 to 2003-04	287-123	.700	64-28	3
Rudy Tomjanovich	2004-05	24-19	.558	—
Frank Hamblen	2004-05	10-29	.256	—
Phil Jackson	2005-06 to 2010-11	323-169	.657	54-35	2
Mike Brown	2011-12	42-29	.592	5-7
Bernie Bickerstaff	2011-12	4-1	.800	—
Mike D'Antoni	2012-13 to 2013-14	67-87	.435	0-4
Byron Scott	2014-15 to 2015-16	38-126	.232	—
Luke Walton	2016-17 to 2018-19	98-148	.398	—
Frank Vogel	2019-20 to 2021-22	127-98	.564	18-9	1
Darvin Ham	2022-23 to 2023-24	90-74	.549	9-12
JJ Redick	2024-25 to 2026-27	103-61	.628	5-10

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.