The Best Atlanta Hawks Coaches Of All Time
Who are the best Atlanta Hawks coaches of all time? In their time as an NBA franchise, the Atlanta Hawks have gone through many different head coaches, all with different personalities and coaching styles. With that said, who is the best Atlanta Hawks coach of all time? Which Hawks head coaches did you love?
Alex Hannum lead the Hawks to their only NBA Finals championship, which he did in 1958. Hannum was selected into the NBA Hall of Fame. Lenny Wilkens coached the Hawks from 1993-2000. In that time he won the NBA Coach of the Year award for the 1993-1994 NBA season.
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1957-1958
With the St. Louis Hawks
Alexander Murray Hannum (July 19, 1923 – January 18, 2002) was a professional basketball player and coach. Hannum coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and one American Basketball ...more1949-1950
With the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and, most notably, the Boston Celtics. After ...more1993-2000
Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith ...more1976-1981
Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American retired basketball coach and player and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated ...more2013-2018
Michael Vincent Budenholzer (born August 6, 1969) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before ...more1981
Michael Robert Fratello (born February 24, 1947) is an American sports broadcaster and a professional basketball coach. Fratello is currently an analyst for NBA TV and for nationally televised games ...more1954-1956
With the Milwaukee Hawks and the St. Louis Hawks
William "Red" Holzman (August 10, 1920 – November 13, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the ...more2010-2013
Larry Donnell Drew (born April 2, 1958) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball ...more1972-1976
Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 – July 24, 2004) was an American college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Bowling Green, Missouri, he attended and played basketball at ...more2021 -
Nathaniel McMillan (born August 3, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He coached the ...more1964-1972
With the St. Louis Hawks and the Atlanta Hawks
Richard Vincent Guerin (born May 29, 1932) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to ...more1957
With the St. Louis Hawks
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. (October 22, 1925 – October 18, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball ...more2004-2010
Michael Dean Woodson (born March 24, 1958) is a former American basketball player and coach who last worked as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He was previously best known ...more2002-2004
Terry Linn Stotts (born November 25, 1957) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National ...more1958-1960
With the St. Louis Hawks
Charles Edward Macauley (March 22, 1928 – November 8, 2011) was a professional basketball player. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed."Macauley spent his prep school days at St. Louis University High ...more2018-2021
Lloyd Daniel Pierce (born May 11, 1976) is an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously coached for ...more1990-1993
Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player and coach.1962
With the St. Louis Hawks
Robert Lee Pettit Jr. (born December 12, 1932) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954–1965). He was the ...more1951-1952
With the Milwaukee Hawks
John Doxie Moore (February 13, 1911 – April 23, 1986) was an American basketball player and coach. He attended Delphi High School in Delphi, Indiana, and played college basketball at Purdue ...more1952-1954, 1961-1962
With the Milwaukee Hawks and the St. Louis Hawks
Andrew Joseph "Fuzzy" Levane (April 11, 1920 – April 30, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'2" guard, he played collegiately at St. John's University. He spent ...more1950
With the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
John Arnold "Johnny" Logan (January 1, 1921 – September 16, 1977) was an American professional basketball player and coach born in Richmond, Indiana. A 6'2" guard who played at Indiana University, ...more- 22
Roger Potter
1949
With the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1950
With the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
David MacMillan (December 24, 1886 – July 9, 1963) was an American basketball coach. He was a longtime head coach at the University of Minnesota (18 seasons, 1927–42, 1945–48), and briefly coached ...more1950-1951
With the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Marko John "Mike" Todorovich (June 11, 1923 – June 24, 2000) was an American basketball player and coach of Serbian descent born in St. Louis, Missouri. He played college basketball at the ...more1958
With the St. Louis Hawks
Andrew Michael "Handy Andy" Phillip (March 7, 1922 – April 29, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. Born in Granite City, Illinois, Phillip had an 11-year career and played for the ...more
