Phoenix Suns head coaches

23 head coaches · Head coach now: Jordan Ott

Who has coached the Suns?

The Phoenix Suns have had 23 head coaches since 1968-69. John MacLeod won the most games, 579. The head coach now is Jordan Ott, since 2025-26.

Phoenix Suns: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L	Pct	Playoffs
Johnny Kerr	1968-69	31-89	.258	—
Jerry Colangelo	1969-70	24-20	.545	3-4
Cotton Fitzsimmons	1970-71 to 1971-72	97-67	.591	—
Butch van Breda Kolff	1971-72	3-4	.429	—
Jerry Colangelo	1972-73	35-40	.467	—
John MacLeod	1973-74 to 1986-87	579-543	.516	37-44
Dick Van Arsdale	1986-87	14-12	.538	—
John Wetzel	1987-88	28-54	.341	—
Cotton Fitzsimmons	1988-89 to 1991-92	217-111	.662	21-19
Paul Westphal	1992-93 to 1995-96	191-88	.685	25-19
Cotton Fitzsimmons	1995-96	27-30	.474	1-3
Danny Ainge	1996-97 to 1998-99	136-90	.602	3-9
Scott Skiles	1999-00 to 2001-02	116-79	.595	5-8
Frank Johnson	2002-03	63-71	.470	2-4
Mike D'Antoni	2003-04 to 2007-08	253-136	.650	26-25
Terry Porter	2008-09	28-23	.549	—
Alvin Gentry	2009-10 to 2012-13	158-144	.523	10-6
Lindsey Hunter	2012-13	12-29	.293	—
Jeff Hornacek	2013-14 to 2015-16	101-112	.474	—
Earl Watson	2016-17	33-85	.280	—
Jay Triano	2017-18	21-58	.266	—
Igor Kokoškov	2018-19	19-63	.232	—
Monty Williams	2019-20 to 2022-23	194-115	.628	27-19
Frank Vogel	2023-24	49-33	.598	0-4
Mike Budenholzer	2024-25	36-46	.439	—
Jordan Ott	2025-26 to 2026-27	45-37	.549	0-4

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.