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Leading NBA Coaches

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Victories

All Games

Rk	Coach	Yrs	W	L	Pct.
1	Lenny Wilkens	29	1348	1150	.540
2	Pat Riley	20	1240	612	.670
3	Don Nelson	24	1095	877	.555
4	Red Auerbach	20	1037	548	.654
5	Bill Fitch	25	999	1160	.463
6	Dick Motta	25	991	1087	.477
7	Jack Ramsay	21	908	841	.519
8	Jerry Sloan	17	905	562	.617
9	Larry Brown	19	894	717	.555
10	Phil Jackson	12	882	312	.739
11	Cotton Fitzsimmons	21	867	824	.513
12	Gene Shue	22	814	908	.473
13	Red Holzman	18	754	652	.536
13	John MacLeod	18	754	711	.515
15	George Karl	15	723	522	.581
16	Chuck Daly	14	713	488	.594
17	Doug Moe	15	661	579	.533
18	K. C. Jones	10	603	309	.661
19	Rick Adelman	12	597	411	.592
20	Del Harris	14	594	507	.540
21	Mike Fratello	14	592	499	.543
22	Al Attles	14	588	548	.518
23	Billy Cunningham	8	520	235	.689
24	Alex Hannum	12	518	446	.537
25	Rudy Tomjanovich	11	511	397	.563

Regular Season

Rk	Coach	Yrs	W	L	Pct.
1	Lenny Wilkens	29	1268	1056	.546
2	Pat Riley	20	1085	512	.679
3	Don Nelson	24	1036	806	.562
4	Bill Fitch	25	944	1106	.460
5	Red Auerbach	20	938	479	.662
6	Dick Motta	25	935	1017	.479
7	Jack Ramsay	21	864	783	.525
8	Cotton Fitzsimmons	21	832	775	.518
9	Larry Brown	19	831	651	.561
10	Jerry Sloan	17	828	486	.630
11	Gene Shue	22	784	861	.477
12	Phil Jackson	12	726	258	.738
13	John MacLeod	18	707	657	.518
14	Red Holzman	18	696	604	.535
15	George Karl	15	666	459	.592
16	Chuck Daly	14	638	437	.593
17	Doug Moe	15	628	529	.543
18	Mike Fratello	14	572	465	.552
19	Al Attles	14	557	518	.518
20	Del Harris	14	556	457	.549
21	Rick Adelman	12	544	361	.601
22	K. C. Jones	10	522	252	.674
23	Alex Hannum	12	471	412	.533
24	Rudy Tomjanovich	11	460	358	.562
25	Billy Cunningham	8	454	196	.698

Playoff Victories

Rk	Coach	W	L	Pct.
1	Phil Jackson	156	54	.743
2	Pat Riley	155	100	.608
3	Red Auerbach	99	69	.589
4	K. C. Jones	81	57	.587
5	Lenny Wilkens	80	94	.460
6	Jerry Sloan	77	76	.503
7	Chuck Daly	75	51	.595
8	Billy Cunningham	66	39	.629
9	Larry Brown	63	66	.488
10	Don Nelson	59	71	.454

Winning Percentage

(including playoffs)

Rk	Coach	Yrs	W	L	Pct.
1	Phil Jackson	12	882	312	.739
2	Billy Cunningham	8	520	235	.689
3	Pat Riley	20	1240	612	.670
4	K. C. Jones	10	603	309	.661
5	Red Auerbach	20	1037	548	.654
6	Jerry Sloan	17	905	562	.617
7	Tommy Heinsohn	9	474	296	.616
8	Chuck Daly	14	713	488	.594
9	Rick Adelman	12	597	411	.592
10	Larry Costello	10	467	323	.591
11	John Kundla	11	485	338	.589
12	George Karl	15	723	522	.581
13	Bill Sharman	7	368	267	.580
14	Al Cervi	9	359	267	.573
15	Rudy Tomjanovich	11	511	397	.563
16	Joe Lapchick	9	356	277	.562
17	Don Nelson	24	1095	877	.555
18	Larry Brown	19	894	717	.555
19	Mike Fratello	14	592	499	.543
20	Bill Russell	8	375	317	.542
21	Lenny Wilkens	29	1348	1150	.540
22	Del Harris	14	594	507	.540
23	Alex Hannum	12	518	446	.537
24	Red Holzman	18	754	652	.536
25	Doug Moe	15	661	579	.533

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