Coach Profiles

What are Coach Profiles?

Coach Profiles are pages on our website that provide easily accessible information about a sports coach, their biography, experience, notable players they coached, coaching philosophy, accomplishments, and more. With each profile is a new and unique story, career, and impact they made to their respective sport(s).

Our articles support each coach profile with extended storytelling and more in-depth coverage of the coach’s impact.

Currently, we create these coach profiles for those who have been featured in an article on the website and/or have been featured in episode of our Coaches Corner series.

We are expected to have full coaching profiles for those who coached in the NBA and/or ABA (1967-76) in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s by the end of 2026. BAA/NBA coaches from 1947-1989 are expected to be completed by May 1st, 2026. For 1990-2009 coaches, we currently don’t have an exact timeframe or date, but we should have an update on those by September 1st, 2026. The rest of the ABA & start of the WNBA profiles will be created after Part 1 of the NBA coach profiles is completed. Stay tuned!

Please note that as more profiles are created, updates will be made to the older profiles/pages to better connect these coaches with other teams and coaches, in other terms, it’s a WORK IN PROGRESS.

Disclaimer: These profiles are created purely for information purposes and are only maintained and updated by the site’s editors, not the person of interest. These profiles have no official relation to the actual coach, league, team, or person unless stated otherwise.

Coach Directories

These are coaches who have been featured on an episode of our series Coaches Corner and have been created a profile based on the information provided in our interview with them and other resources the coach has given us.

These are profiles for coaches who are retired from coaching in the NBA and/or haven’t coached in the NBA in an extended period of time (Typically 5 or more seasons without a coaching position). Coaches who coached in college and/or other leagues have their seasons recorded in the “Total Seasons” section. “Gap” years are not included in that section.

Read our Articles about NBA Coaches
Coach Name League(s) First Coached Last Coached Total Seasons Profile Link
Stan AlbeckNCAA
ABA
NBA		1956200246View Profile
Al AttlesNBA1968199516View Profile
John BarnhillNBA197219753View Profile
Ed BadgerHigh School
NCAA
NBA		1958199735View Profile
Elgin BaylorNBA197419795View Profile
Al BianchiABA
NBA		1966198620View Profile
Larry BrownNCAA
ABA
NBA		1965202257View Profile
Hubie BrownHigh School
NCAA
ABA
NBA		1955200433View Profile
Em BryantNCAA
NBA		197219753View Profile
Bucky BuckwalterNCAA
ABA
NBA		1959198621View Profile
Fred CarterCollege
NBA		1978199416View Profile
Dave CowensNBA
CBA
WNBA		1978200916View Profile
Larry CregerHigh School
ABA
NBA		196819818View Profile
Billy CunninghamNBA197719858View Profile
Chuck DalyHigh School
NCAA
NBA		1955199944View Profile
Jim DavisNBA197419762View Profile
Johnny EganNBA197219764View Profile
Bill FitchCollege
NBA		1956199840View Profile
Cotton FitzsimmonsHigh School
NCAA
NBA		1958199733View Profile
Mike FratelloNCAA
NBA		1970201431View Profile
Matt GuokasNBA1982199310View Profile
Jeff HornacekNBA2007202213View Profile
George IrvineNBA1977200117View Profile
Phil JacksonCBA
NBA		1978201133View Profile
K.C. JonesNCAA
NBA
ABA
ABL		1967199730View Profile
Larry JonesNBA197619846View Profile
Phil JohnsonCollege
NCAA
NBA		1963201147View Profile
George KarlNBA
1978201638View Profile
John MacLeodNBA
NCAA
1967200636View Profile
Johnny McCarthyNCAA
NBA		197119775View Profile
Tom MescheryABA
NBA
CBA		197119834View Profile
Jack McCloskeyNCAA
NBA		1956197921View Profile
Jack McKinneyHigh School
NBA
NCAA		1959198425View Profile
Tom NissalkeCollege
ABA
NBA		1957199536View Profile
Frank LaydenHigh School
NCAA
NBA
WNBA		1960199928View Profile
Earl LloydNBA197119721View Profile
Gene LittlesCollege
NBA		1975199720View Profile
John LoyerNCAA
NBA		1987201427View Profile
Jerry OliverHigh School
College
NBA		1960198020View Profile
Terry PorterNBA
NCAA		2002202119View Profile
Pat RileyNBA1979200827View Profile
Joe RobertsNBA197419906View Profile
Scotty RobertsonHigh School
NCAA
NBA		1952199839View Profile
Tom “Satch” SandersNCAA
NBA		197319785View Profile
Ray ScottNBA
NCAA		197219797View Profile
Larry SiegfriedNBA197319774View Profile
Jerry SloanNBA1977201133View Profile
Dan SparksCollege
NBA		1971201341View Profile
Larry StavermanNCAA
ABA
NBA		196519784View Profile
Rolland ToddNCAA
NBA		1963198216View Profile
John WetzelCollege
NBA		1976200428View Profile
Lenny WilkensNBA1969200532View Profile
Randy WittmanNBA1992201725View Profile

These are the available coach profiles of the head and assistant coaches who served on an ABA team from when the league was active, which was from 1967 to 1976.

In each of these of these coach profiles, is their coaching tenures and experience before, during, and after their ABA tenures, if any. Please note that this section is currently under construction as of February 16, 2026.

Read our Articles about ABA Coaches
Coach Name League(s) First Coached (ABA) Last Coached (ABA) Total Seasons (ABA) Profile Link
Stan AlbeckNCAA
ABA
NBA		197019766View Profile
LaDell AndersonNCAA
ABA		197119732View Profile
Joe BelmontABA196919701View Profile
Al BianchiABA
NBA		196919756View Profile
Bucky BuckwalterNCAA
ABA
NBA		195919861View Profile
Larry CregerHigh School
ABA
NBA		196819746View Profile
K.C. JonesNCAA
NBA
ABA
ABL		197219731View Profile
Tom MescheryABA
NBA		197119721View Profile
Tom NissalkeCollege
ABA
NBA		197119763View Profile
Larry StavermanNCAA
ABA
NBA		196719681View Profile