List of New York Knicks head coaches

There have been 24 head coaches for the New York Knickerbockers franchise. The Knicks are an American professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They currently play their home games at the Madison Square Garden. The team is currently owned by Madison Square Garden, L.P. and coached by Mike D'Antoni, with Donnie Walsh as the general manager. The franchise's official name "Knickerbockers" came from the style of pants Dutch settlers wore when they came to America. [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/knicks/history/why_knickerbockers.html|title=Why Knickerbockers?|publisher=NBA.com/knicks|accessdate=2008-10-10] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/knicks/history/new_knicks_history.html|title=History of the New York Knicks|publisher=NBA.com/knicks|accessdate=2008-10-10] Valued at approximately $608 million, the Knicks are also the most valuable basketball franchise in the United States. [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/32/biz_06nba_NBA-Team-Valuations_Rank.html |title=NBA Team Valuations |publisher=Forbes|accessdate=2008-10-09]

The franchise won its first NBA championship in 1970 and its second one in 1973 while coached by Red Holzman, the franchise's first Coach of the Year winner. He was also the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won.cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/holzmre01c.html|title=Red Holzman Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-08] Holzman was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986 as a coach. [cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-red-holzman.html|title=William "Red" Holzman|publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|accessdate=2008-10-12] Besides Holzman, Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, and Larry Brown have all been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Neil Cohalan, Joe Lapchick, Vince Boryla, Carl Braun, Eddie Donovan and Herb Williams have all spent their entire coaching careers with the Knicks.cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cohalne99c.html|title=Neil Cohalan Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-07] cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/lapchjo99c.html|title=Joe Lapchick Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-07] cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/borylvi01c.html|title=Vince Boryla Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-07] cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/braunca01c.html|title=Carl Braun Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-07] cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/donoved99c.html|title=Eddie Donovan Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-07] cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/willihe01c.html|title=Herb Williams Coaching Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-08] Boryla, Braun, Harry Gallatin, Dick McGuire, Willis Reed and Williams formerly played for the Knicks. [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/borylvi01.html|title=Vince Boryla Playing Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-12] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/braunca01.html|title=Carl Braun Playing Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-12] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gallaha01.html|title=Harry Gallatin Playing Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-12] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcguidi01.html|title=Dick McGuire Playing Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-12] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/reedwi01.html|title=Willis Reed Playing Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-12] [cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willihe01.html|title=Herb Williams Playing Record|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-12]

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Key

Coaches

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

Notes

*A running total of the number of coaches of the New York Knicks. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.

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