TheGolden State Warriors are an Americanprofessional basketball team based inSan Francisco, California. The franchise had been known as thePhiladelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors, due to it previously being based in or near those cities. The team is a member of thePacific Division of theWestern Conference in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). The Warriors initially joined theBasketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coachEddie Gottlieb. The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in1949. The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to theSyracuse Nationals.[1][2]Franklin Mieuli and theDiners Club put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area. The team became theGolden State Warriors and moved toOakland before the1971–72 NBA season.[3][4][5]
There have been 25 head coaches for the Warriors franchise. The franchise won their firstNBA championship as thePhiladelphia Warriors in the1956 NBA Finals, and were coached byGeorge Senesky.[3] Their second title was won as theGolden State Warriors in1975, under coachAl Attles, who played with and coached the Warriors for 25 seasons.[3][6][7] He was also the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached and wins until March 2025 when his record was surpassed bySteve Kerr,[8] who coached the Warriors to four championships in2015,2017,2018 and2022. Kerr also leads the franchise inwinning percentage for games coached, as well as playoff games coached and wins.[9]
Frank McGuire is one of the members of the franchise that has been inducted into theBasketball Hall of Fame as coaches, while being the only one to do so that has spent his whole career with the franchise.[10]Alex Hannum,Don Nelson, andBill Sharman are the only other members of the franchise that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.[11][12] Hannum, Nelson, and Kerr have both received theNBA Coach of the Year award once.[11][13] Nelson has also been named one of thetop 10 coaches in NBA history.[14] Four former players for the Warriors, Attles, Johnston,George Lee, and Senesky went on to coach for the franchise.[7][15][16][17]
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| † | Elected to theBasketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
| * | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Warriors |
| *† | Elected to theBasketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Warriors |
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the2024–25 season.
| # | Name | Term[b] | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Eddie Gottlieb* | 1946–1955 | 581 | 263 | 318 | .453 | 32 | 15 | 17 | .469 | 1 Championship (1947) | [18] | |||
| 2 | George Senesky* | 1955–1958 | 216 | 119 | 97 | .551 | 20 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 1 Championship (1956) | [19] | |||
| 3 | Al Cervi | 1958–1959 | 72 | 32 | 40 | .444 | — | — | — | — | [20] | ||||
| 4 | Neil Johnston* | 1959–1961 | 154 | 95 | 59 | .617 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | [21] | ||||
| 5 | Frank McGuire*† | 1961–1962 | 80 | 49 | 31 | .613 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | [10] | ||||
| San Francisco Warriors | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bob Feerick | 1962–1963 | 80 | 31 | 49 | .388 | — | — | — | — | [22] | ||||
| 7 | Alex Hannum† | 1963–1966 | 240 | 100 | 140 | .417 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1963–64NBA Coach of the Year[23] | [11] | |||
| 8 | Bill Sharman† | 1966–1968 | 163 | 87 | 76 | .534 | 25 | 13 | 12 | .520 | [12] | ||||
| 9 | George Lee* | 1968–1970 | 134 | 63 | 71 | .470 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [24] | ||||
| 10 | Al Attles* | 1970–1971(asplayer-coach) | 122 | 49 | 63 | .438 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [6] | ||||
| Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||
| — | Al Attles* | 1971–1980 | 707 | 394 | 323 | .550 | 56 | 29 | 27 | .518 | 1 Championship (1975) | [6] | |||
| 11 | Johnny Bach* | 1980 | 21 | 6 | 15 | .286 | — | — | — | — | [25] | ||||
| — | Al Attles* | 1980–1983 | 246 | 114 | 132 | .463 | — | — | — | — | [6] | ||||
| — | Johnny Bach* | 1983–1986 | 246 | 89 | 157 | .362 | — | — | — | — | [25] | ||||
| 12 | George Karl† | 1986–1988 | 146 | 58 | 88 | .397 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | [26] | ||||
| 13 | Ed Gregory* | 1988 | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | — | — | — | — | [27] | ||||
| 14 | Don Nelson† | 1988–1995 | 537 | 277 | 260 | .516 | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 | 1991–92NBA Coach of the Year[23] One of thetop 10 coaches in NBA history[14] | [13] | |||
| 15 | Bob Lanier* | 1995 | 37 | 12 | 25 | .324 | — | — | — | — | [28] | ||||
| 16 | Rick Adelman† | 1995–1997 | 164 | 66 | 98 | .402 | — | — | — | — | [29] | ||||
| 17 | P.J. Carlesimo | 1997–1999 | 159 | 46 | 113 | .289 | — | — | — | — | [30] | ||||
| 18 | Garry St. Jean | 1999–2000 | 55 | 13 | 42 | .236 | — | — | — | — | [31] | ||||
| 19 | Dave Cowens | 2000–2001 | 105 | 25 | 80 | .238 | — | — | — | — | [32] | ||||
| 20 | Brian Winters | 2001–2002 | 59 | 13 | 46 | .220 | — | — | — | — | [33] | ||||
| 21 | Eric Musselman | 2002–2004 | 164 | 75 | 89 | .457 | — | — | — | — | [34] | ||||
| 22 | Mike Montgomery* | 2004–2006 | 164 | 68 | 96 | .415 | — | — | — | — | [35] | ||||
| — | Don Nelson† | 2006–2010 | 328 | 145 | 183 | .442 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | One of thetop 10 coaches in NBA history[14] | [13] | |||
| 23 | Keith Smart | 2010–2011 | 82 | 36 | 46 | .439 | — | — | — | — | [36] | ||||
| 24 | Mark Jackson* | 2011–2014 | 230 | 121 | 109 | .526 | 19 | 9 | 10 | .474 | [37] | ||||
| 25 | Steve Kerr* | 2014–present | 875 | 567 | 308 | .648 | 152 | 104 | 48 | .684 | 4 Championships (2015,2017,2018,2022) 2015–16NBA Coach of the Year[38] | [39] | |||
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