NBL All-Time Coaching Records

As of the start of the 2021–22 NBL season, there will have been 140 NBL Coaches.[1]

5 new Head Coaches will begin in the 2021-22 season:

Scott Roth - Tasmania JackJumpers

James Duncan - Brisbane Bullets

Chase Buford - Sydney Kings

Scott Morrison - Perth Wildcats

C.J. Bruton - Adelaide 36ers

Adam Forde - Cairns Taipans (coached Sydney Kings in the 2020-21 season)

So far, 3 Stand-in Coaches have been utilised in the 2021-22 season (all due to COVID):

Mody Maor - New Zealand Breakers (1 game)

Judd Flavell - South East Melbourne Phoenix (3 games)

Jamie Pearlman - Adelaide 36ers (2 games)

Bold type indicates current Head/Stand-in Coaches.

Rank Previous Rank Coach Championships Games Coached Won Lost Win% Comments
1 1 Brian Goorjian 6 (1992, 1996, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2008-09) 803 553 250 68.87% Head Coach of Illawarra Hawks
2 2 Lindsay Gaze 2 (1993, 1997) 651 339 312 52.07% Coach of the Year award is named after Lindsay Gaze[2]
3 3 Joey Wright 1 (2006-07) 500 284 216 56.80%
4 4 Brian Kerle 4 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987) 456 282 174 61.84%
5 5 Alan Black 1 (1999-00) 497 279 218 56.14%
6 6 Trevor Gleeson 5 (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20) 460 274 186 59.57% Replaced by Scott Morrison as Head Coach of Perth Wildcats[3]
7 7 Bob Turner 2 (1983, 1984) 369 224 145 60.70%
8 8 Brendan Joyce 1 (2000-01) 433 217 216 50.12%
9 10 Andrej Lemanis 3 (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) 408 216 192 52.94% Replaced by James Duncan as Head Coach of Brisbane Bullets[4]
10 9 Phil Smyth 3 (1998, 1998-99, 2001-02) 365 205 160 56.16%
11 11 Barry Barnes 0 347 191 156 55.04%
12 12 Gordie McLeod 0 438 190 248 43.38%
13 13 Bruce Palmer 1 (1989) 297 184 113 61.95%
14 14 Cal Bruton 1 (1990) 330 171 159 51.82%
15 15 Rob Beveridge 1 (2009-10) 310 164 146 52.90%
16 16 Brett Brown 1 (1994) 278 149 129 53.60%
17 21 Dean Vickerman 3 (2014-15, 2017-18, 2020-21) 265 168 97 63.40% Head Coach of Defending Champion Melbourne United
18 17 Adrian Hurley 1 (1995) 247 143 104 57.89%
19 18 Ian Stacker 0 285 143 142 50.18%
20 19 Al Westover 2 (2005-06, 2007-08) 208 134 74 64.42%
21 20 Aaron Fearne 0 264 129 135 48.86%
22 22 Ken Cole 1 (1986) 210 106 104 50.48%
23 23 David Claxton 0 230 100 130 43.48%
24 24 Ken Richardson 1 (1982) 156 98 58 62.82%
25 25 David Lindstrom 0 184 88 96 47.83%
26 26 Scott Fisher 0 137 78 59 56.93%
27 27 Tom Wisman 0 165 77 88 46.67%
28 28 Brett Flanigan 0 181 77 104 42.54%
29 29 Gary Fox 0 108 66 42 61.11%
30 30 Shawn Dennis 0 170 62 108 36.47%
31 31 Mike Dunlap 0 95 59 36 62.11%
32 32 Guy Molloy 0 160 57 103 35.63%
33 33 Mark Bragg 0 164 54 110 32.93%
34 34 Mike Osborne 0 98 50 48 51.02%
35 35 Charlie Ammit 0 161 49 112 30.43%
36 36 Shane Heal 0 118 46 72 38.98%
37 37 Owen Wells 0 88 45 43 51.14%
38 38 Robbie Cadee 0 125 45 80 36.00%
39 39 Don Shipway 0 81 43 38 53.09%
40 40 Andrew Gaze 0 86 42 44 48.84%
41 41 Murray Arnold 1 (1991) 58 39 19 67.24%
42 42 Bill Tomlinson 0 144 39 105 27.08%
43 43 Jerry Lee 1 (1988) 57 38 19 66.67%
44 44 Owen Hughan 0 54 37 17 68.52%
45 45 Steve Breheny 0 75 37 38 49.33%
46 46 Andris Blicavs 0 125 37 88 29.60%
47 47 Dave Ankeney 0 54 36 18 66.67%
48 48 David Adkins 0 78 33 45 42.31%
49 49 Dean Demopoulos 0 58 31 27 53.45%
50 59 Mike Kelly 0 59 31 64 32.63% Replaced by Adam Forde as Head Coach of Cairns Taipans[5]
51 50 Paul Henare 0 59 30 29 50.85%
52 51 David Ingham 0 61 30 31 49.18%
53 68 Conner Henry 0 67 30 37 44.78% Replaced by C.J. Bruton as Head Coach of Adelaide 36ers[6]
54 93 Simon Mitchell 0 92 43 49 46.74% Head Coach of South East Melbourne Phoenix
55 52 Ray Tomlinson 0 70 29 41 41.43%
56 53 Chris Anstey 0 60 28 32 46.67%
57 74 Dan Shamir 0 91 32 59 35.16% Head Coach of New Zealand Breakers
58 54 Paul Woolpert 0 59 26 33 44.07%
59 55 Scott Ninnis 0 59 25 34 42.37%
60 56 Marty Clarke 0 84 25 59 29.76%
61 57 Cal Stamp 0 41 24 17 58.54%
62 58 Will Weaver 0 34 23 11 67.65%
63 60 Eric Cooks 0 76 23 53 30.26%
64 61 Rick Harden 0 48 22 26 45.83%
65 62 Jay Brehmer 0 53 21 32 39.62%
66 63 Jim Calvin 0 70 21 49 30.00%
67 64 Mark Wright 0 63 20 43 31.75%
68 NEW Adam Forde 0 64 28 36 43.75% Replaced Mike Kelly as Head Coach of Cairns Taipans[7]. Replaced by Chase Buford as Head Coach of Sydney Kings[8]
69 65 Frank Arsego 0 56 19 37 33.93%
70 66 Richard Orlick 0 68 19 49 27.94%
71 67 Mark Watkins 0 74 18 56 24.32%
72 69 Darryl McDonald 0 37 17 20 45.95%
73 70 Tom Maher 0 54 17 37 31.48%
74 71 Jim Ericksen 1 (1981) 24 16 8 66.67%
75 72 Tony Gaze 0 46 16 30 34.78%
76 73 Ian Robilliard 0 49 16 33 32.65%
77 75 Mike Ellis 0 34 15 19 44.12%
78 76 Les Riddle 0 26 14 12 53.85%
79 77 Don Monson 0 28 14 14 50.00%
80 78 Joe Farrugia 0 40 14 26 35.00%
81 79 Dean Donnollon 0 22 13 8 59.09%
82 80 Denis Kibble 0 25 13 12 52.00%
83 81 Claude Williams 0 35 13 22 37.14%
84 82 Patrick Hunt 0 22 12 10 54.55%
85 83 Kevin Braswell 0 28 12 16 42.86%
86 84 Damian Cotter 0 40 12 28 30.00%
87 85 Tom Pottenger 0 26 11 15 42.31%
85 86 Stephen Johansen 0 35 11 24 31.43%
89 87 Casey Jones 0 15 10 5 66.67%
90 88 Robert Young 0 18 10 8 55.56%
91 89 Ted Weston 0 26 10 16 38.46%
92 90 Henry Daigle 0 26 10 16 38.46%
93 91 Colin Cadee 0 31 10 21 32.26%
94 92 Mel Dalgleish 0 26 9 17 34.62%
95 94 Ian Ellis 0 26 8 18 30.77%
96 95 Rex Johnstone 0 17 7 10 41.18%
97 96 Steve Fairnham 0 22 7 15 31.82%
98 97 Paul Coughter 0 16 6 10 37.50%
99 98 Gordon Ellis 0 21 6 16 28.57%
100 99 Alan Hughes 0 22 6 16 27.27%
101 100 Shaun O'Connell 0 40 6 34 15.00%
102 101 Curtis Coleman 0 26 5 21 19.23%
103 102 Matt Flinn 0 28 5 23 17.86%
104 103 Albert Leslie 0 10 4 6 40.00%
105 104 Mark Beecroft 0 11 4 7 36.36%
106 105 Andy Campbell 0 11 4 7 36.36%
107 106 Lloyd Klaman 0 15 4 11 26.67%
108 107 Danny Adamson 0 23 4 19 17.39%
109 108 Mark Leader 0 23 4 19 17.39%
110 109 Phil Thomas 0 27 4 23 14.81%
111 110 Reg Biddings 0 14 3 11 21.43%
112 111 Joe Connelly 0 16 3 13 18.75%
113 112 Alan Dawe 0 18 3 15 16.67%
114 113 Lynn Massey 0 23 3 20 13.04%
115 114 Dean Templeton 0 26 3 23 11.54%
116 115 Tim Kaiser 0 4 2 2 50.00%
117 116 Jeff Green 0 9 2 7 22.22%
118 117 Keith Scott 0 22 2 20 9.09%
119 118 Rod Popp 0 28 2 26 7.14%
120 119 Peter Ali 0 1 1 0 100.00%
121 120 David Hancock 0 1 1 0 100.00%
122 121 Andy Stewart 0 1 1 0 100.00%
123 122 Dave Nelson 0 2 1 1 50.00%
124 123 Glen Bines 0 2 1 1 50.00%
125 124 Brian Lester 0 5 1 4 20.00%
126 125 Terry Kealey 0 6 1 5 16.67%
127 126 Tony Cox 0 13 1 12 7.69%
128 127 David Simmons 0 22 1 21 4.55%
129 128 Tim Mallon 0 1 0 1 0.00%
130 129 Tim Hudson 0 1 0 1 0.00%
131 130 Paul Mellett 0 2 0 2 0.00%
132 131 John Wright 0 2 0 2 0.00%
133 132 John Gardiner 0 4 0 4 0.00%
134 133 Mark Price 0 5 0 5 0.00%
135 134 Pete Mathieson 0 24 0 24 0.00%
NEW - Scott Roth 0 31 (prior to 2022 Grand Final Series) 19 12 61.29% Head Coach of new franchise Tasmania JackJumpers[9]
NEW - James Duncan 0 28 10 18 35.71% Replaced Andrej Lemanis as Head Coach of Brisbane Bullets[10]
NEW - Chase Buford 0 30 (prior to 2022 Grand Final Series) 21 9 70.00% Replaced Adam Forde as Head Coach of Sydney Kings[11]
NEW - Scott Morrison 0 28 16 12 57.14% Replaced Trevor Gleeson as Head Coach of Perth Wildcats[12]
NEW - C.J. Bruton 0 26 10 16 38.46% Replaced Conner Henry as Head Coach of Adelaide 36ers[13]
NEW - Mody Maor 0 1 0 1 0.00% Stand-in Coach of New Zealand Breakers while Dan Shamir isolated due to COVID-19[14]
NEW - Judd Flavell 0 3 1 2 33.33% Stand-in Coach of South East Melbourne Phoenix while Simon Mitchell isolated due to COVID-19[15]
NEW - Jamie Pearlman 0 2 0 2 0.00% Stand-in Coach of Adelaide 36ers while C.J. Bruton isolated due to COVID-19[16]
NEW - Jacob Jackomas 0 1 1 0 100.00% Stand-in Coach of Illawarra Hawks while Brian Goorjian isolated due to COVID-19[17]

References
  1. "National Basketball League | NBL". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012.
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award
  3. https://nbl.com.au/news/gleeson-departs-perth-to-pursue-nba-opportunity
  4. https://nbl.com.au/news/lemanis-to-leave-bullets-at-seasons-end
  5. https://nbl.com.au/news/mike-kelly-not-returning-to-taipans-for-nbl22
  6. https://nbl.com.au/news/36ers-release-head-coach-conner-henry
  7. https://nbl.com.au/news/adam-forde-named-cairns-head-coach
  8. https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-and-adam-forde-agree-to-part-ways-at-seasons-end
  9. https://nbl.com.au/news/tasmania-jackjumpers-appoint-scott-roth-as-inaugural-head-coach
  10. https://nbl.com.au/news/brisbane-bullets-appoint-james-duncan-as-head-coach
  11. https://nbl.com.au/news/chase-buford-named-head-coach-of-sydney-kings
  12. https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-announce-scott-morrison-as-new-head-coach
  13. https://nbl.com.au/news/cj-bruton-named-adelaide-36ers-head-coach
  14. https://nbl.com.au/news/in-the-post-shamir-unlikely-to-coach-opener
  15. https://nbl.com.au/news/getting-in-the-hot-seat-flavell-on-leading-the-phoenix
  16. https://nbl.com.au/news/in-the-post-bruton-out-for-two-games
  17. https://nbl.com.au/news/goorjian-sidelined-for-hawks-clash-with-united
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