New York Knicks head coaches

32 head coaches · Head coach now: Mike Brown

Who has coached the Knicks?

The New York Knicks have had 32 head coaches since 1946-47. Red Holzman won the most games, 613, with 2 titles. Titles also came under Mike Brown (1). The head coach now is Mike Brown, since 2025-26.

New York Knicks: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Neil Cohalan	1946-47	33-27	.550	2-3
Joe Lapchick	1947-48 to 1955-56	326-247	.569	30-30
Vince Boryla	1956-57 to 1957-58	80-85	.485	—
Andrew Levane	1958-59	48-51	.485	0-2
Carl Braun	1959-60 to 1960-61	40-87	.315	—
Eddie Donovan	1961-62 to 1964-65	84-194	.302	—
Harry Gallatin	1964-65	25-38	.397	—
Dick McGuire	1965-66 to 1966-67	75-102	.424	1-3
Red Holzman	1967-68 to 1976-77	466-317	.595	54-41	2
Willis Reed	1977-78	49-47	.510	2-4
Red Holzman	1978-79 to 1981-82	147-167	.468	0-2
Hubie Brown	1982-83 to 1985-86	142-202	.413	8-10
Bob Hill	1986-87	20-46	.303	—
Rick Pitino	1987-88 to 1988-89	90-74	.549	6-7
Stu Jackson	1989-90	52-45	.536	4-6
John MacLeod	1990-91	32-35	.478	0-3
Pat Riley	1991-92 to 1994-95	223-105	.680	35-28
Don Nelson	1995-96	34-25	.576	—
Jeff Van Gundy	1996-97 to 2000-01	248-172	.590	37-32
Don Chaney	2001-02 to 2003-04	72-112	.391	—
Herb Williams	2003-04	1-0	1.000	—
Lenny Wilkens	2004-05	40-41	.494	0-4
Herb Williams	2004-05	16-27	.372	—
Larry Brown	2005-06	23-59	.280	—
Isiah Thomas	2006-07 to 2007-08	56-108	.341	—
Mike D'Antoni	2008-09 to 2011-12	121-167	.420	0-4
Mike Woodson	2012-13 to 2013-14	109-79	.580	7-10
Derek Fisher	2014-15 to 2015-16	40-96	.294	—
Kurt Rambis	2015-16	9-19	.321	—
Jeff Hornacek	2016-17 to 2017-18	60-104	.366	—
David Fizdale	2018-19	21-83	.202	—
Mike Miller	2019-20	17-27	.386	—
Tom Thibodeau	2020-21 to 2024-25	226-174	.565	24-23
Mike Brown	2025-26 to 2026-27	53-29	.646	16-3	1

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.