List of Milwaukee Bucks head coaches

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays their home games at the Fiserv Forum. The Bucks are owned by Wes Edens and Marc Lasry, with Jon Horst as their general manager.

Since the team was formed in 1968, there have been 15 head coaches for the Bucks franchise.^[1] The franchise won its first NBA championship in the 1971 NBA Finals under the leadership of its first coach, Larry Costello, and another in the 2021 NBA Finals under Coach Mike Budenholzer (the only other Bucks' coach other than Don Nelson to have won coach of the year).^[2] Don Nelson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (884), most regular season games won (540), most playoff games coached (88), and most playoff games won (42).^[3] Nelson is also the only Bucks coach to win an NBA Coach of the Year Award while also being one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.^[3][4] Larry Krystkowiak and Joe Prunty are the only people to have spent their entire head coaching career with the Bucks.^[5] Mike Dunleavy, Krystkowiak, and Scott Skiles have played and coached for the Bucks.^[6][7][8] Skiles was the head coach of the Bucks from 2008 until he and the team mutually agreed to part ways in 2013.^[9]

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches^[a]
*	Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Bucks
	Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2021–22 season.

#	Name	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
1	Larry Costello	1968–1976	674	410	264	.608	60	37	23	.617	1 Championship (1971)	^[2]
2	Don Nelson	1976–1987	884	540	344	.611	88	42	46	.477	NBA Coach of the Year (1983, 1985) One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history^[4]	^[3]
3	Del Harris	1987–1991	345	191	154	.554	21	6	15	.286		^[10]
4	Frank Hamblen	1991–1992	65	23	42	.354	—	—	—	—		^[11]
5	Mike Dunleavy	1992–1996	328	107	221	.326	—	—	—	—		^[12]
6	Chris Ford	1996–1998	164	69	95	.421	—	—	—	—		^[13]
7	George Karl	1998–2003	378	205	173	.542	32	14	18	.438		^[14]
8	Terry Porter	2003–2005	164	71	93	.433	5	1	4	.200		^[15]
9	Terry Stotts	2005–2007	146	63	83	.432	5	1	4	.200		^[16]
10	Larry Krystkowiak*	2007–2008	100	31	69	.310	—	—	—	—		^[5]
11	Scott Skiles	2008–2013	344	162	182	.471	7	3	4	.429		^[9]
12	Jim Boylan	2013	50	22	28	.444	4	0	4	.000		^[17]
13	Larry Drew	2013–2014	82	15	67	.183	－	－	－	.---		^[18]
14	Jason Kidd	2014–2018	291	139	152	.478	12	4	8	.333		^[19]
15	Joe Prunty*	2018	37	21	16	.568	7	3	4	.400		^[20]
16	Mike Budenholzer	2018–present	309	213	96	.689	60	38	22	.633	2018–19 NBA Coach of the Year,^[21] 1 Championship (2021)	^[22]

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  Don Nelson was the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1976–1987.

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  Terry Porter was the head coach of the Bucks for two seasons.

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  Scott Skiles was the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks from 2008–2013.

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  Jason Kidd served as the Bucks head coach from 2014–2018.

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  Mike Budenholzer, the current Bucks head coach.

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Milwaukee Bucks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

General

• "Milwaukee Bucks Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.

Specific

1. "Season Records & Recaps". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
2. "Larry Costello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
3. "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
4. . NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
5. "Larry Krystkowiak Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
6. "Mike Dunleavy Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
7. "Larry Krystkowiak Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
8. "Scott Skiles Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
9. "Scott Skiles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
10. "Del Harris Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
11. "Frank Hamblem Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
12. "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
13. "Chris Ford Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
14. "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
15. "Terry Porter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
16. "Terry Stotts Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
17. "Jim Boylan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
18. "Larry Drew Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
19. "Bucks name Jason Kidd coach". ESPN.com. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
20. Woods, Mark. "Joe P Game for One Final Family Trip". MVP. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
21. . NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
22. "Mike Budenholzer Named Head Coach Of The Milwaukee Bucks". NBA.com. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.