NBL All-Time Coaching Records

As of the end of the 2023–24 NBL season, there has been 152 NBL Coaches.^[1]

Bold type indicates current Head/Interim Coaches.

Note: Coaching records and rankings are updated at the conclusion of each season. However some records may be updated during the season if a coach parts ways with their assigned club.

Rank	Previous Rank	Coach	Championships	Games	W	L	W%	Comments
1	1	Brian Goorjian	6 (1992, 1996, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2008-09)	803	553	250	68.87%	Head Coach of Sydney Kings^[2]
2	2	Lindsay Gaze	2 (1993, 1997)	651	339	312	52.07%	NBL Coach of the Year Award is named after Lindsay Gaze
3	3	Joey Wright	1 (2006-07)	500	284	216	56.80%
4	4	Brian Kerle	4 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987)	456	282	174	61.84%
5	5	Alan Black	1 (1999-00)	497	279	218	56.14%
6	6	Trevor Gleeson	5 (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20)	460	274	186	59.57%
7	7	Bob Turner	2 (1983, 1984)	369	224	145	60.70%
8	8	Brendan Joyce	1 (2000-01)	433	217	216	50.12%
9	9	Andrej Lemanis	3 (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13)	408	216	192	52.94%
10	14	Dean Vickerman	3 (2014-15, 2017-18, 2020-21)	329	207	122	62.92%	Head Coach of Melbourne United
11	10	Phil Smyth	3 (1998, 1998-99, 2001-02)	365	205	160	56.16%
12	11	Barry Barnes	0	347	191	156	55.04%
13	12	Gordie McLeod	0	438	190	248	43.38%
14	13	Bruce Palmer	1 (1989)	297	184	113	61.95%
15	15	Cal Bruton	1 (1990)	330	171	159	51.82%
16	16	Rob Beveridge	1 (2009-10)	310	164	146	52.90%
17	17	Brett Brown	1 (1994)	278	149	129	53.60%
18	18	Adrian Hurley	1 (1995)	247	143	104	57.89%
19	19	Ian Stacker	0	285	143	142	50.18%
20	20	Al Westover	2 (2005-06, 2007-08)	208	134	74	64.42%
21	21	Aaron Fearne	0	264	129	135	48.86%
22	22	Ken Cole	1 (1986)	210	106	104	50.48%
23	23	David Claxton	0	230	100	130	43.48%
24	24	Ken Richardson	1 (1982)	156	98	58	62.82%
25	25	David Lindstrom	0	184	88	96	47.83%
26	26	Scott Fisher	0	137	78	59	56.93%
27	27	Tom Wisman	0	165	77	88	46.67%
28	28	Brett Flanigan	0	181	77	104	42.54%
29	29	Gary Fox	0	108	66	42	61.11%
30	30	Shawn Dennis	0	170	62	108	36.47%
31	31	Mike Dunlap	0	95	59	36	62.11%
32	48	Scott Roth	1 (2023-24)	103	59	44	57.28%	Head Coach of Tasmania JackJumpers
33	38	Adam Forde	0	124	59	65	47.58%	Head Coach of Cairns Taipans
34	32	Simon Mitchell	0	121	58	63	47.93%
35	33	Guy Molloy	0	160	57	103	35.63%
36	34	Mark Bragg	0	164	54	110	32.93%
37	35	Mike Osborne	0	98	50	48	51.02%
38	37	Chase Buford	2 (2021-22, 2022-23)	68	47	21	69.12%
39	36	Charlie Ammit	0	161	49	112	30.43%
40	39	Shane Heal	0	118	46	72	38.98%
41	40	Owen Wells	0	88	45	43	51.14%
42	41	Robbie Cadee	0	125	45	80	36.00%
43	42	Don Shipway	0	81	43	38	53.09%
44	43	Andrew Gaze	0	86	42	44	48.84%
45	55	Mike Kelly	0	123	41	82	33.33%	Head Coach of South East Melbourne Phoenix
46	44	Murray Arnold	1 (1991)	58	39	19	67.24%
47	45	Bill Tomlinson	0	144	39	105	27.08%
48	46	Jerry Lee	1 (1988)	57	38	19	66.67%
49	47	Owen Hughan	0	54	37	17	68.52%
50	49	Steve Breheny	0	75	37	38	49.33%
51	50	Andris Blicavs	0	125	37	88	29.60%
52	51	Dave Ankeney	0	54	36	18	66.67%
53	68	Mody Maor	0	67	36	31	53.73%	Resigned as Head Coach of New Zealand Breakers^[3]
54	80	John Rillie	0	61	34	27	55.74%	Head Coach of Perth Wildcats
55	62	Scott Ninnis	0	74	33	41	44.59%	Head Coach of Adelaide 36ers
56	52	David Adkins	0	78	33	45	42.31%
53	57	Dan Shamir	0	91	32	59	35.16%
58	54	Dean Demopoulos	0	58	31	27	53.45%
59	56	Paul Henare	0	59	30	29	50.85%
60	57	David Ingham	0	61	30	31	49.18%
61	58	Conner Henry	0	67	30	37	44.78%
62	59	Ray Tomlinson	0	70	29	41	41.43%
63	60	Chris Anstey	0	60	28	32	46.67%
64	66	C.J. Bruton	0	67	27	40	40.30%
65	61	Paul Woolpert	0	59	26	33	44.07%
66	63	Marty Clarke	0	84	25	59	29.76%
67	64	Cal Stamp	0	41	24	17	58.54%
68	65	Will Weaver	0	34	23	11	67.65%
69	67	Eric Cooks	0	76	23	53	30.26%
70	69	Rick Harden	0	48	22	26	45.83%
71	70	Jay Brehmer	0	53	21	32	39.62%
72	71	Jim Calvin	0	70	21	49	30.00%
73	72	Mark Wright	0	63	20	43	31.75%
74	73	Frank Arsego	0	56	19	37	33.93%
75	74	Richard Orlick	0	68	19	49	27.94%
76	75	Mark Watkins	0	74	18	56	24.32%
77	76	Darryl McDonald	0	37	17	20	45.95%
78	77	Tom Maher	0	54	17	37	31.48%
79	78	Jim Ericksen	1 (1981)	24	16	8	66.67%
80	79	Scott Morrison	0	28	16	12	57.14%
81	81	Tony Gaze	0	46	16	30	34.78%
82	82	Ian Robilliard	0	49	16	33	32.65%
83	80	Mike Ellis	0	34	15	19	44.12%
84	NEW	Justin Tatum	0	24	14	10	58.33%	Head Coach of Illawarra Hawks
85	84	Les Riddle	0	26	14	12	53.85%
86	85	Don Monson	0	28	14	14	50.00%
87	86	Joe Farrugia	0	40	14	26	35.00%
88	87	Dean Donnollon	0	22	13	8	59.09%
89	88	Denis Kibble	0	25	13	12	52.00%
90	NEW	Justin Schueller	0	28	13	15	46.43%	Head Coach of Brisbane Bullets
91	NEW	Mahmoud Abdelfattah	0	29	13	16	44.83%	Fired as Head Coach of Sydney Kings at the end of the 2023-24 season.^[4]
92	89	Claude Williams	0	35	13	22	37.14%
93	90	James Duncan	0	37	13	24	35.14%
94	91	Patrick Hunt	0	22	12	10	54.55%
95	92	Kevin Braswell	0	28	12	16	42.86%
96	93	Damian Cotter	0	40	12	28	30.00%
97	94	Tom Pottenger	0	26	11	15	42.31%
98	95	Stephen Johansen	0	35	11	24	31.43%
99	96	Casey Jones	0	15	10	5	66.67%
100	97	Robert Young	0	18	10	8	55.56%
101	98	Ted Weston	0	26	10	16	38.46%
102	99	Henry Daigle	0	26	10	16	38.46%
103	100	Colin Cadee	0	31	10	21	32.26%
104	101	Mel Dalgleish	0	26	9	17	34.62%
105	102	Ian Ellis	0	26	8	18	30.77%
106	103	Rex Johnstone	0	17	7	10	41.18%
107	104	Steve Fairnham	0	22	7	15	31.82%
108	105	Paul Coughter	0	16	6	10	37.50%
109	106	Gordon Ellis	0	21	6	16	28.57%
110	107	Alan Hughes	0	22	6	16	27.27%
111	119	Jacob Jackomas	0	29	6	32	15.79%
112	108	Shaun O'Connell	0	40	6	34	15.00%
113	109	Curtis Coleman	0	26	5	21	19.23%
114	110	Matt Flinn	0	28	5	23	17.86%
115	111	Albert Leslie	0	10	4	6	40.00%
116	112	Mark Beecroft	0	11	4	7	36.36%
117	113	Andy Campbell	0	11	4	7	36.36%
118	114	Lloyd Klaman	0	15	4	11	26.67%
119	115	Greg Vanderjagt	0	15	4	11	26.67%
120	116	Danny Adamson	0	23	4	19	17.39%
121	117	Mark Leader	0	23	4	19	17.39%
122	118	Phil Thomas	0	27	4	23	14.81%
123	120	Reg Biddings	0	14	3	11	21.43%
124	121	Joe Connelly	0	16	3	13	18.75%
125	122	Alan Dawe	0	18	3	15	16.67%
126	123	Lynn Massey	0	23	3	20	13.04%
127	124	Dean Templeton	0	26	3	23	11.54%
128	125	Judd Flavell	0	3	1	2	33.33%
129	126	Tim Kaiser	0	4	2	2	50.00%
130	127	Jeff Green	0	9	2	7	22.22%
131	128	Keith Scott	0	22	2	20	9.09%
132	129	Rod Popp	0	28	2	26	7.14%
133	130	Peter Ali	0	1	1	0	100.00%
134	131	David Hancock	0	1	1	0	100.00%
135	132	Andy Stewart	0	1	1	0	100.00%
136	133	Kevin Lisch	0	1	1	0	100.00%
137	134	Kerry Williams	0	1	1	0	100.00%
138	135	Dave Nelson	0	2	1	1	50.00%
139	136	Glen Bines	0	2	1	1	50.00%
140	137	Sam MacKinnon	0	4	1	3	25.00%
141	138	Brian Lester	0	5	1	4	20.00%
142	139	Terry Kealey	0	6	1	5	16.67%
143	140	Tony Cox	0	13	1	12	7.69%
144	141	David Simmons	0	22	1	21	4.55%
145	142	Tim Mallon	0	1	0	1	0.00%
146	143	Tim Hudson	0	1	0	1	0.00%
147	144	Paul Mellett	0	2	0	2	0.00%
148	145	John Wright	0	2	0	2	0.00%
149	146	Jamie Pearlman	0	2	0	2	0.00%
150	147	John Gardiner	0	4	0	4	0.00%
151	148	Mark Price	0	5	0	5	0.00%
152	149	Pete Mathieson	0	24	0	24	0.00%

References

^ "National Basketball League | NBL". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012.
^ https://nbl.com.au/news/goorjian-returns-as-kings-head-coach
^ https://nbl.com.au/news/maor-to-depart-breakers
^ https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-part-ways-with-abdelfattah

[1] "National Basketball League | NBL". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012.

[2] ttps://nbl.com.au/news/goorjian-returns-as-kings-head-coach

[3] ttps://nbl.com.au/news/maor-to-depart-breakers

[4] ttps://nbl.com.au/news/kings-part-ways-with-abdelfattah

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