The Best Sacramento Kings Coaches Of All Time

Ranker NBA
Updated July 15, 2023 554 votes 91 voters
Over 90 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Sacramento Kings Coaches Of All Time
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Vote up the best Sacramento Kings coaches ever.

Who are the best Sacramento Kings coaches of all time? In their time as an NBA franchise, the Sacramento Kings have gone through many different head coaches, all with different personalities and coaching styles. With that said, who is the best Sacramento Kings coach of all time? Which Kings coaches did you love?

Lester Harrington, the franchise's first head coach, lead the franchise to its first NBA championship in the 1951 NBA Finals. Harrington was also a co-founder of the organization with his brother Jack Harrison. Phil Johnson was the first Kings head coach to win NBA Coach of the Year. Johnson would do so in 1975, is second year as head coach of the Kings.

Vote up the best Sacramento Kings coaches of all time, and help us decide who the best Sacramento Kings head coaches is by voting up your top picks. 

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  • Rick Adelman
    1

    Rick Adelman

    43 votes

    1998–2006 

    Richard Leonard Adelman (born June 16, 1946) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He served as head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves.
  • Mike Brown
    2

    Mike Brown

    13 votes

    2022 - 

    Michael Burton Brown (born March 5, 1970) is an American basketball head coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the former head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Brown began coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2005. The team reached the 2007 NBA Finals, where they were swept by the San Antonio Spurs. Brown was honored as NBA Coach of the Year for leading the Cavaliers to a team-record and league-best 66 wins in 2009.
  • Michael Malone
    3

    2013–2014 

    Michael Malone (born September 15, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also been the head coach of the Sacramento Kings. Malone previously served as an assistant coach of the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, and Golden State Warriors.
  • David Joerger
    4

    2016–2019 

    David Joerger (born February 21, 1974) is an American professional basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the Dakota Wizards from 2000–2004 and 2006–2007 in the International Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League, winning championships in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2007. He also coached the Sioux Falls Skyforce from 2004–2006, winning a championship in 2005, and served as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA from 2013 to 2016.
  • George Karl
    5

    George Karl

    33 votes

    2015–2016 

    George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional basketball coach and former player. He is one of 9 coaches in NBA history to have won 1,000 NBA games, though he never won a championship.
  • Dick Motta
    6

    Dick Motta

    18 votes

    1990–1991 

    John Richard Motta (born September 3, 1931) is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years, and he continues to rank among the NBA's all-time top 10 in coaching victories.