TheLos Angeles Lakers are an American professionalbasketball team based inLos Angeles ,California . formerly known as theDetroit Gems from 1947 to 1948 and the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948 to 1960.[ 1] Pacific Division of theWestern Conference in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers have played their home games at theCrypto.com Arena since 1999.[ 2] Minnesota 's nickname, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. At the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis.[ 3] [ 4] Forbes US$ 4.4 billion, surpassed only by theNew York Knicks .[ 5] Jerry Buss 's familytrust , whileRob Pelinka is thegeneral manager .[ 6]
The franchise has had 31head coaches , including 29 since joining the NBA. The franchise's first head coach wasJoel Mason , while its first coach in the NBA wasJohn Kundla , who coached for 12 seasons with the Lakers in the NBL, BAA and NBA and winning 6 combined NBL/BAA/NBA championships.[ 1] Phil Jackson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (902), most playoff games coached (181), most regular-season game wins (610), and most playoff wins (118). The Lakers have won 17 BAA/NBA championships; five with Kundla, five with Jackson, four with Riley, one withBill Sharman , one withPaul Westhead , and one withFrank Vogel .[ 7] Del Harris have won theNBA Coach of the Year Award , in1972 ,1990 , and1995 respectively.[ 8] Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] George Mikan ,Jim Pollard ,Jerry West ,Pat Riley ,Magic Johnson ,Kurt Rambis ,Byron Scott , andLuke Walton have all played and coached for the Lakers.
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2024–25 season.
# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference Regular season Playoffs Minneapolis Lakers 1 John Kundla 1948 –1957 653 390 263 .597 82 54 28 .659 5 Championships (1949 ,1950 ,1952 ,1953 ,1954 )[ 7] top 10 coaches in NBA history [ 14] [ 9] 2 George Mikan 1957–1958 39 9 30 .231 [ 15] John Kundla 1958–1959 72 33 39 .458 13 6 7 .462 One of thetop 10 coaches in NBA history [ 14] [ 9] John Castellani 1959–1960 36 11 25 .306 [ 16] Jim Pollard 1960 39 14 25 .359 9 5 4 .556 [ 17] Los Angeles Lakers Fred Schaus 1960 –1967 560 315 245 .563 71 33 38 .465 [ 18] Butch van Breda Kolff 1967 –1969 164 107 57 .652 33 21 12 .636 [ 19] Joe Mullaney 1969 –1971 164 94 70 .573 30 16 14 .533 [ 20] Bill Sharman 1971 –1976 410 246 164 .600 37 22 15 .595 1971–72 NBA Coach of the Year [ 8] 1972 )[ 7] [ 10] Jerry West 1976 –1979 246 145 101 .589 22 8 14 .364 [ 21] Jack McKinney 1979 14 10 4 .714 [ 22] Paul Westhead 1979 –1981 161 111 50 .689 19 13 6 .684 1 Championship (1980 )[ 7] [ 23] Pat Riley 1981 –1990 727 533 194 .733 149 102 47 .685 1989–90 NBA Coach of the Year [ 8] 1982 ,1985 ,1987 ,1988 )[ 7] top 10 coaches in NBA history [ 14] [ 11] Mike Dunleavy 1990 –1992 164 101 63 .616 23 13 10 .565 McDonald's Open winner (1991)[ 24] Randy Pfund 1992 –1994 146 66 80 .452 5 2 3 .400 [ 25] Bill Bertka 1994 2 1 1 .500 [ 26] Magic Johnson 1994 16 5 11 .313 [ 27] Del Harris 1994 –1999 340 224 116 .659 36 17 19 .472 1994–95 NBA Coach of the Year [ 8] [ 28] Bill Bertka 1999 1 1 0 1.000 [ 26] Kurt Rambis 1999 37 24 13 .649 8 3 5 .375 [ 29] Phil Jackson 1999 –2004 410 287 123 .700 92 64 28 .696 3 Championships (2000 ,2001 ,2002 )[ 7] top 10 coaches in NBA history [ 14] [ 12] Rudy Tomjanovich 2004–2005 43 24 19 .558 [ 30] Frank Hamblen 2005 39 10 29 .256 [ 31] Phil Jackson 2005 –2011 492 323 169 .657 89 54 35 .607 2 Championships (2009 ,2010 )[ 7] top 10 coaches in NBA history [ 14] [ 12] Mike Brown 2011 –2012 71 42 29 .591 12 5 7 .417 [ 32] Bernie Bickerstaff 2012 5 4 1 .800 [ 33] Mike D'Antoni 2012 –2014 154 67 87 .435 4 0 4 .000 [ 34] Byron Scott 2014 –2016 164 38 126 .227 — — — — [ 35] Luke Walton 2016 –2019 246 98 148 .398 — — — — [ 36] Frank Vogel 2019 –2022 225 127 98 .564 27 18 9 .667 1 Championship (2020 )[ 7] [ 37] Darvin Ham 2022 –2024 164 90 74 .549 16 9 12 .429 1 NBA Cup (2023 ) [ 38] JJ Redick 2024 –present82 50 32 .610 5 1 4 .200 [ 39]
Jerry West was head coach of the Lakers for three seasons.
Pat Riley coached the team to four championships in the 1980s.
Phil Jackson won five championships in two stints coached with the Lakers.
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