Greatest NBA Coaches

[Tim]

Greatest NBA Coaches

Criteria: regular season success, playoff success, influence

1. Phil Jackson (Chicago Bulls; Los Angeles Lakers)
2. Red Auerbach (Boston Celtics)
3. Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs)
4. Pat Riley (Los Angeles Lakers; New York Knicks; Miami Heat)
5. Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors)
6. Eric Spoelstra (Miami Heat)
7. Chuck Daly (Detroit Pistons)
8. Red Holtzman (New York Knicks)
9. John Kundla (Minneapolis Lakers)
10. Lenny Wilkens (Seattle SuperSonics; Cleveland Cavaliers; Atlanta Hawks)
11. Don Nelson (Milwaukee Bucks; Dallas Mavericks; Golden State Warriors)
12. Jerry Sloan (Utah Jazz)
13. Larry Brown (Indiana Pacers; Philadelphia 76ers; Detroit Pistons)
14. Alex Hannum (St. Louis Hawks; Philadelphia 76ers)
15. Rick Carlisle (Detroit Pistons; Indiana Pacers; Dallas Mavericks)
16. Jack Ramsey (Portland Trail Blazers)
17. K. C. Jones (Washington Bullets; Boston Celtics)
18. Tommy Heinsohn (Boston Celtics)
19. George Karl (Seattle SuperSonics; Denver Nuggets)
20. Bill Fitch (Boston Celtics; Houston Rockets)
21. Rick Adelman (Portland Trail Blazers; Sacramento Kings)
22. Dick Motta (Chicago Bulls; Washington Bullets)
23. Al Attles (Golden State Warriors)
24. Doc Rivers (Orlando Magic; Boston Celtics; Los Angeles Clippers)
25. Rudy Tomjanovich (Houston Rockets)
26. Billy Cunningham (Philadelphia 76ers)
27. Mike Budenholzer (Atlanta Hawks; Milwaukee Bucks)
28. Mike Brown (Cleveland Cavaliers; Sacramento Kings; New York Knicks)
29. Mike D'Antoni (Phoenix Suns; Houston Rockets)
30. Larry Costello (Milwaukee Bucks)
31. Cotton Fitzsimmons (Kansas City Kings; Phoenix Suns)
32. Gene Shue (Baltimore Bullets; Philadelphia 76ers)
33. Michael Malone (Denver Nuggets)
34. Nick Nurse (Toronto Raptors)
35. Tyronn Lue (Cleveland Cavaliers; Los Angeles Clippers)
36. Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
37. Bill Sharman (San Francisco Warriors; Los Angeles Lakers)
38. Mark Daigneault (Oklahoma City Thunder)
39. Frank Vogel (Indiana Pacers; Los Angeles Lakers)
40. Jason Kidd (Milwaukee Bucks; Dallas Mavericks)
41. Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)
42. Del Harris (Houston Rockets; Los Angeles Lakers)
43. John MacLeod (Phoenix Suns)
44. Stan Van Gundy (Miami Heat; Orlando Magic)
45. Joe Mazzulla (Boston Celtics)
46. Tom Thibodeau (Chicago Bulls; New York Knicks)
47. Hubie Brown (Atlanta Hawks; Memphis Grizzlies)
48. Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns)
49. Mike Fratello (Atlanta Hawks; Cleveland Cavaliers)
50. Doug Moe (Denver Nuggets)

Greatest NBA Executives
1. Red Auerbach (Boston Celtics)
2. Jerry West (Los Angeles Lakers)
3. R. C. Buford/Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs)
4. Jerry Krause (Chicago Bulls)
5. Pat Riley (Miami Heat)
6. Bob Myers (Golden State Warriors)
7. Jerry Colangelo (Phoenix Suns)
8. Danny Ainge (Boston Celtics)
9. Sam Presti (Oklahoma City Thunder)
10. Jack McCloskey (Detroit Pistons)

[Dubrow555]

Nice! I know very little about BB, but Phil Jackson seems like the correct choice for #1. Impressive stuff, Tim!

[ManPerson]

I'd have Alex Hannum higher.

I'd probably move Kerr up to 5.

Part of me thinks Doc Rivers should be higher and another thinks he should be lower so I guess his spot's about right.

[ManPerson]

Larry Costello could be a bit higher as well.