Washington Wizards head coaches

26 head coaches · Head coach now: Brian Keefe

Who has coached the Wizards?

The Washington Wizards have had 26 head coaches since 1961-62. Gene Shue won the most games, 522. Titles also came under Dick Motta (1). The head coach now is Brian Keefe, since 2024-25.

Washington Wizards: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-LPctPlayoffsTitles
Jim Pollard1961-6218-62.225—
Jack McMahon1961-6212-26.316—
Bobby Leonard1962-63 to 1963-6444-78.361—
Buddy Jeannette1964-6537-43.4635-5
Paul Seymour1965-6638-42.4750-3
Mike Farmer1965-661-8.111—
Buddy Jeannette1965-663-13.188—
Gene Shue1966-67 to 1972-73291-257.53114-26
K. C. Jones1973-74 to 1975-76155-91.63014-17
Dick Motta1976-77 to 1979-80185-143.56427-241
Gene Shue1980-81 to 1985-86231-248.4825-10
Kevin Loughery1986-87 to 1987-8857-65.4672-6
Wes Unseld1988-89 to 1993-94202-345.3692-3
Jim Lynam1994-95 to 1996-9782-128.390—
Bob Staak1996-970-1.000—
Bernie Bickerstaff1997-98 to 1998-9977-72.5170-3
Jim Brovelli1998-995-13.278—
Gar Heard1999-0014-30.318—
Darrell Walker1999-0015-23.395—
Leonard Hamilton2000-0119-63.232—
Doug Collins2001-02 to 2002-0374-90.451—
Eddie Jordan2003-04 to 2007-08197-224.4688-18
Ed Tapscott2008-0918-53.254—
Flip Saunders2009-10 to 2011-1251-130.282—
Randy Wittman2012-13 to 2015-16178-199.47212-9
Scott Brooks2016-17 to 2020-21183-207.46910-14
Wes Unseld Jr.2021-22 to 2023-2477-130.372—
Brian Keefe2024-25 to 2026-2743-160.212—

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.