TheBrooklyn Nets are an American professionalbasketball team based in theNew York City borough ofBrooklyn. They are a member of theAtlantic Division of theEastern Conference in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays its home games at theBarclays Center. The franchise was founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967, and was one of the eleven originalAmerican Basketball Association (ABA) teams. In its second ABA season, Arthur Brown, the team owner, moved the team toLong Island and renamed it the New York Nets. The team wonABA championships in 1974 and 1976. When theABA merged with the NBA in 1976, the Nets were one of four ABA teams admitted into the NBA. The team was moved to theRutgers Athletic Center inNew Jersey; after the1976–77 NBA season, the team was renamed the New Jersey Nets. Since they joined the NBA, the Nets have won 4 divisional championships, 2 conference championships and appeared in theplayoffs 16 times.[1][2] The Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012, and now play as the Brooklyn Nets.
There have been 25head coaches for the Nets franchise. The franchise's first head coach wasMax Zaslofsky, who led the team for two seasons.Kevin Loughery is the only Nets coach to have led the team to a championship; the Nets won ABA championships in 1974 and 1976 during his tenure.[3] Loughery is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (615) and wins (297);P. J. Carlesimo is the franchise's all-time leader in regular seasonwinning percentage (.648).[3][4]Byron Scott is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff games coached (40) and wins (25), as well as playoff-game winning percentage (.625).[5]Chuck Daly andBill Fitch were selected as two of thetop 10 coaches in NBA history.[6] Daly, Brown andLou Carnesecca are the only Nets coaches to have been inducted into theBasketball Hall of Fame as coaches.[7][8][9] Zaslofsky,York Larese,Lou Carnesecca,Dave Wohl,Butch Beard,John Calipari,Tom Barrise, andKiki Vandeweghe spent their entire coaching careers with the Nets/Americans.[10][9][11][12][13]
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| * | Spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets |
| † | Elected into theBasketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
| *† | Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire ABA/NBA head coaching career with the Americans/Nets |
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 | ||||||||||||||
| New Jersey Americans | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Max Zaslofsky* | 1967–1968 | 78 | 36 | 42 | .462 | — | — | — | — | [14] | ||||
| New York Nets | |||||||||||||||
| — | Max Zaslofsky* | 1968–1969 | 78 | 17 | 61 | .218 | — | — | — | — | [14] | ||||
| 2 | York Larese* | 1969–1970 | 84 | 39 | 45 | .464 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | [10] | ||||
| 3 | Lou Carnesecca*† | 1970–1973 | 252 | 114 | 138 | .452 | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | [9] | ||||
| 4 | Kevin Loughery | 1973–1977 | 334 | 190 | 144 | .569 | 32 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2ABA championships (1974, 1976) | [3] | |||
| New Jersey Nets | |||||||||||||||
| — | Kevin Loughery | 1977–1980 | 281 | 107 | 174 | .381 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | [3] | ||||
| — | Bob MacKinnon | 1980–1981 | 47 | 12 | 35 | .255 | — | — | — | — | [15] | ||||
| 5 | Larry Brown† | 1981–1983 | 158 | 91 | 67 | .576 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | [8] | ||||
| 6 | Bill Blair | 1983 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | [16] | ||||
| 7 | Stan Albeck | 1983–1985 | 164 | 87 | 77 | .530 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | [17] | ||||
| 8 | Dave Wohl* | 1985–1987 | 179 | 65 | 114 | .363 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | [11] | ||||
| 9 | Bob MacKinnon | 1987–1988 | 39 | 10 | 29 | .256 | — | — | — | — | [15] | ||||
| 10 | Willis Reed | 1988–1989 | 110 | 33 | 77 | .300 | — | — | — | — | [18] | ||||
| 11 | Bill Fitch† | 1989–1992 | 246 | 83 | 163 | .337 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | One of thetop 10 coaches in NBA history[6] | [19] | |||
| 12 | Chuck Daly† | 1992–1994 | 164 | 88 | 76 | .537 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[6] | [7] | |||
| 13 | Butch Beard* | 1994–1996 | 164 | 60 | 104 | .366 | — | — | — | — | [12] | ||||
| 14 | John Calipari*† | 1996–1999 | 184 | 72 | 112 | .391 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | [13] | ||||
| 15 | Don Casey | 1999–2000 | 112 | 44 | 68 | .393 | — | — | — | — | [20] | ||||
| 16 | Byron Scott | 2000–2004 | 288 | 149 | 139 | .517 | 40 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 2 straightNBA Finals appearances[21] | [5] | |||
| 17 | Lawrence Frank | 2004–2009 | 466 | 225 | 241 | .483 | 38 | 18 | 20 | .474 | [22] | ||||
| — | Tom Barrise* | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | — | — | — | — | [23] | ||||
| 18 | Kiki Vandeweghe* | 2009–2010 | 64 | 12 | 52 | .188 | — | — | — | — | [24] | ||||
| 19 | Avery Johnson | 2010–2012 | 148 | 46 | 102 | .311 | — | — | — | — | [25] | ||||
| Brooklyn Nets | |||||||||||||||
| — | Avery Johnson | 2012 | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500 | — | — | — | — | [25] | ||||
| — | P. J. Carlesimo | 2012–2013 | 54 | 35 | 19 | .648 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | [4] | ||||
| 20 | Jason Kidd | 2013–2014 | 82 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | [26] | ||||
| 21 | Lionel Hollins | 2014–2016 | 119 | 48 | 71 | .403 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [27] | ||||
| — | Tony Brown* | 2016 | 45 | 11 | 34 | .244 | — | — | — | — | [28] | ||||
| 22 | Kenny Atkinson* | 2016–2020 | 308 | 118 | 190 | .383 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [29] | ||||
| — | Jacque Vaughn | 2020 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | [30] | ||||
| 23 | Steve Nash* | 2020–2022 | 161 | 94 | 67 | .584 | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | [31] | ||||
| 24 | Jacque Vaughn | 2022–2024 | 129 | 64 | 65 | .496 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | [30] | ||||
| — | Kevin Ollie* | 2024 | 28 | 11 | 17 | .393 | — | — | — | — | [32] | ||||
| 25 | Jordi Fernández* | 2024–present | 82 | 26 | 56 | .317 | — | — | — | – | [33] | ||||
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