List of New York Knicks head coaches

The New York Knickerbockers are an American professional basketball team based in New York City. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play their home games at Madison Square Garden. The franchise's official name "Knickerbockers" came from the style of pants Dutch settlers wore when they moved to America. Having joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the predecessor of the NBA, in 1946, the Knicks remain as one of the oldest teams in the NBA. During Red Holzman's tenure, the franchise won its only two NBA championships, the 1970 NBA Finals and the 1973 NBA Finals.

There have been 26 head coaches for the New York Knicks franchise. Holzman was the franchise's first Coach of the Year winner and is the team's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won. Holzman was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986 as a coach. Besides Holzman, Rick Pitino, Don Nelson, Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, and Larry Brown have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches. Four coaches have been named to the list of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. Neil Cohalan, Joe Lapchick, Vince Boryla, Carl Braun, Eddie Donovan and Herb Williams have spent their entire coaching careers with the Knicks. Boryla, Braun, Harry Gallatin, Dick McGuire, Willis Reed and Williams formerly played for the Knicks.

Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Knicks
Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2022–23 season.

# Name Term GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
1 Neil Cohalan* 1946–1947 60 33 27 .550 5 2 3 .400
2 Joe Lapchick* 19471956 573 326 247 .569 60 30 30 .500
3 Vince Boryla* 19561958 165 80 85 .485
4 Andrew Levane 19581959 99 48 51 .485 2 0 2 .000
5 Carl Braun* 19591961 (as player-coach) 127 40 87 .315
6 Eddie Donovan* 19611965 278 84 194 .302
7 Harry Gallatin 1965 63 25 38 .397
8 Dick McGuire 19651967 177 75 102 .424 4 1 3 .250
9 Red Holzman 19671977 783 466 317 .595 95 54 41 .568 1969–70 NBA Coach of the Year
2 championships (1970, 1973)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
10 Willis Reed 19771978 96 49 47 .510 6 2 4 .333
Red Holzman 19781982 314 147 167 .468 2 0 2 .000 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
11 Hubie Brown 19821986 344 142 202 .413 18 8 10 .444
12 Bob Hill 1986–1987 66 20 46 .303
13 Rick Pitino 19871989 164 90 74 .549 13 6 7 .462
14 Stu Jackson 19891990 97 52 45 .536 10 4 6 .400
15 John MacLeod 1990–1991 67 32 35 .478 3 0 3 .000
16 Pat Riley 19911995 328 223 105 .680 63 35 28 .556 1992–93 NBA Coach of the Year
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
17 Don Nelson 1995–1996 59 34 25 .576 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
18 Jeff Van Gundy 19962001 420 248 172 .590 69 37 32 .536
19 Don Chaney 20012004 184 72 112 .391
20 Herb Williams* 2004 1 1 0 1.000
21 Lenny Wilkens 20042005 81 40 41 .494 4 0 4 .000 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history
Herb Williams* 2005 43 16 27 .372
22 Larry Brown 2005–2006 82 23 59 .280
23 Isiah Thomas 20062008 164 56 108 .341
24 Mike D'Antoni 20082012 288 121 167 .420 4 0 4 .000
25 Mike Woodson 20122014 188 109 79 .580 17 7 10 .412
26 Derek Fisher* 20142016 136 40 96 .294
27 Kurt Rambis 2016 28 9 19 .321
28 Jeff Hornacek 20162018 164 60 104 .366
29 David Fizdale 20182019 104 21 83 .202
30 Mike Miller* 2019–2020 44 17 27 .386
31 Tom Thibodeau 2020–present 236 125 111 .530 16 7 9 .438 2020–21 NBA Coach of the Year

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