List of Milwaukee Bucks head coaches

Bradley Center, home of the Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has played their home games at the Bradley Center since 1988.^[1] The Bucks are owned by Herb Kohl, with John Hammond as their general manager.

Since the team was formed in 1968, there have been 16 head coaches for the Bucks franchise.^[2] The franchise won its only NBA championship in the 1971 NBA Finals under the leadership of its first coach, Larry Costello.^[3] Don Nelson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (884), most regular season games won (540), most playoff games coached (88), the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.611), and most playoff games won (42).^[4] Nelson is also the only Bucks coach to win an NBA Coach of the Year Award and to be one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.^[4][5] Larry Krystkowiak is the only person to have spent his entire coaching career with the Bucks.^[6] Mike Dunleavy, Krystkowiak, and Scott Skiles have played and coached for the Bucks.^[7][8][9] Skiles has been the head coach of the Bucks since 2008.^[10]

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches[a]
*	Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Bucks

Coaches

Terry Porter was the head coach of the Bucks for two seasons.

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2010–11 season.

#	Name	Term[b]	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
1	Costello, LarryLarry Costello	1968–1976	674	410	264	.608	60	37	23	.617	1 Championship (1971)	[3]
2	Nelson, DonDon Nelson	1976–1987	884	540	344	.611	88	42	46	.477	NBA Coach of the Year (1983, 1985) One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[5]	[4]
3	Harris, DelDel Harris	1987–1991	345	191	154	.554	21	6	15	.286		[11]
4	Hamblen, FrankFrank Hamblen	1991–1992	65	23	42	.354	—	—	—	—		[12]
5	Dunleavy, MikeMike Dunleavy	1992–1996	328	107	221	.326	—	—	—	—		[13]
6	Ford, ChrisChris Ford	1996–1998	164	69	95	.421	—	—	—	—		[14]
7	Karl, GeorgeGeorge Karl	1998–2003	378	205	173	.542	32	14	18	.438		[15]
8	Porter, TerryTerry Porter	2003–2005	164	71	93	.433	5	1	4	.200		[16]
9	Stotts, TerryTerry Stotts	2005–2007	146	63	83	.432	5	1	4	.200		[17]
10	Krystkowiak, LarryLarry Krystkowiak*	2007–2008	100	31	69	.310	—	—	—	—		[6]
11	Skiles, ScottScott Skiles	2008–present	246	115	131	.432	7	3	4	.429		[10]

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Milwaukee Bucks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

General

• "Milwaukee Bucks Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/coaches.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 

Specific

1. ^ "Bucks Facts". Bradley Center. http://www.bradleycenter.com/events/bucks.asp. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
2. ^ "Season Records & Recaps". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/bucks/history/00400459.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Larry Costello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/costela01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/nelsodo01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html. Retrieved October 9, 2008. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Larry Krystkowiak Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/krystla01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
7. ^ "Mike Dunleavy Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dunlemi01.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
8. ^ "Larry Krystkowiak Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/krystla01.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
9. ^ "Scott Skiles Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/skilesc01.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Scott Skiles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/skilesc01c.html. Retrieved May 14, 2010. 
11. ^ "Del Harris Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/harride99c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
12. ^ "Frank Hamblem Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hamblfr99c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
13. ^ "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/dunlemi01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
14. ^ "Chris Ford Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/fordch01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
15. ^ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/karlge01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
16. ^ "Terry Porter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/portete01c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008. 
17. ^ "Terry Stotts Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/stottte99c.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008.