List of Denver Nuggets head coaches

The Denver Nuggets are a basketball team that currently play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nuggets/history/sixties_and_seventies.html|title=NUGGETS: 1967 to 1979|publisher=National Basketball Association|accessdate=2008-09-05] The Nuggets were originally founded as the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967.cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nuggets/history/sixties_and_seventies.html|title=Denver Nuggets History 1967 to 1979|publisher=National Basketball Association|accessdate=2008-09-05] In 1974, in anticipation of moving to the NBA, the franchise held a contest to choose a new trademarked name for the team, as Rockets was already in use by the Houston Rockets and the name Nuggets won. In 1976, the ABA folded, and the NBA decided to admit four ABA teams into the league, including the Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Nets.

There have been 19 head coaches for the Nuggets franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Bob Bass, who led the team to the division semifinals, losing to the New Orleans Buccaneers. Doug Moe won the NBA Coach of the Year award for the 1987–88 season.cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html|title=Coach of the Year|publisher=National Basketball Association|accessdate=2008-06-12] Moe is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/moedo01c.html|title=Doug Moe Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] Larry Brown is the only Nuggets coach to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownla01c.html|title=Larry Brown Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-06-11] In 1976, Brown coached the Nuggets to the team's only ABA championship game. John McLendon, Joe Belmont, Donnie Walsh, Dan Issel, Bill Hanzlik, Mike Evans, Jeff Bzdelik, and Michael Cooper spent their entire coaching careers with the Nuggets. [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mclenjo99c.html|title=John McLendon Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/belmojo99c.html|title=Joe Belmont Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/walshdo99c.html|title=Donnie Walsh Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/isselda01c.html|title=Dan Issel Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hanzlbi01c.html|title=Bill Hanzlik's Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/evansmi01c.html|title=Mike Evans Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/bzdelje99c.html|title=Jeff Bzdelik Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/coopemi01c.html|title=Michael Cooper Coaching Record|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=2008-09-05] As of September 2008, the current coach of the Nuggets is George Karl.cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nuggets/history/two_thousand.html|title=NUGGETS: 1999 to present|publisher=National Basketball Association|accessdate=2008-09-05]

Key

Coaches

"Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007–08 season."

Notes

References

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