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NBL All-Time Coaching Records

As of the end of the 2025–26 NBL season, there has been 157 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.

Source as of 2010[2]

Rank Previous Rank Coach # of Championships Championship Seasons Games Wins Losses Win % Comments
1 1 Brian Goorjian 7 1992, 1996, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2025-26 873 598 275 68.50% Head Coach of Sydney Kings
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 Dean Vickerman 3 2014-15, 2017-18, 2020-21 399 250 149 62.66% Head Coach of Melbourne United
8 8 Bob Turner 2 1983, 1984 369 224 145 60.70%
9 9 Brendan Joyce 1 2000-01 433 217 216 50.12%
10 10 Andrej Lemanis 3 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 408 216 192 52.94%
11 11 Phil Smyth 3 1998, 1998-99, 2001-02 365 205 160 56.16%
12 12 Barry Barnes 0 347 191 156 55.04%
13 13 Gordie McLeod 0 438 190 248 43.38%
14 14 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 29 Scott Roth 1 2023-24 166 86 80 51.81% Head Coach of Tasmania JackJumpers
27 26 Scott Fisher 0 137 78 59 56.93%
28 27 Tom Wisman 0 165 77 88 46.67%
29 28 Brett Flanigan 0 181 77 104 42.54%
30 36 John Rillie 0 131 76 55 58.02% Head Coach of Perth Wildcats
31 30 Adam Forde 0 186 76 110 40.86% Head Coach of Cairns Taipans
32 31 Gary Fox 0 108 66 42 61.11%
33 32 Shawn Dennis 0 170 62 108 36.47%
34 33 Mike Dunlap 0 95 59 36 62.11%
35 34 Simon Mitchell 0 121 58 63 47.93%
36 35 Guy Molloy 0 160 57 103 35.63%
37 37 Mark Bragg 0 164 54 110 32.93%
38 48 Justin Tatum 1 2024-25 93 51 42 54.84% Head Coach of Illawarra Hawks
39 38 Mike Osborne 0 98 50 48 51.02%
40 39 Charlie Ammit 0 161 49 112 30.43%
41 40 Chase Buford 2 2021-22, 2022-23 68 47 21 69.12%
42 41 Shane Heal 0 118 46 72 38.98%
43 42 Owen Wells 0 88 45 43 51.14%
44 43 Robbie Cadee 0 125 45 80 36.00%
45 44 Don Shipway 0 81 43 38 53.09%
46 45 Andrew Gaze 0 86 42 44 48.84%
47 89 Mike Wells 0 71 41 30 57.75% Head Coach of Adelaide 36ers
48 56 Mike Kelly 0 128 41 87 32.03%
49 82 Josh King 0 63 40 23 63.49% Head Coach of South East Melbourne Phoenix
50 47 Murray Arnold 1 1991 58 39 19 67.24%
51 49 Bill Tomlinson 0 144 39 105 27.08%
52 50 Jerry Lee 1 1988 57 38 19 66.67%
53 51 Owen Hughan 0 54 37 17 68.52%
54 52 Steve Breheny 0 75 37 38 49.33%
55 53 Andris Blicavs 0 125 37 88 29.60%
56 54 Dave Ankeney 0 54 36 18 66.67%
57 55 Mody Maor 0 67 36 31 53.73%
58 56 Scott Ninnis 0 74 33 41 44.59%
59 57 David Adkins 0 78 33 45 42.31%
60 58 Dan Shamir 0 91 32 59 35.16%
61 59 Dean Demopoulos 0 58 31 27 53.45%
62 60 Paul Henare 0 59 30 29 50.85%
63 61 David Ingham 0 61 30 31 49.18%
64 52 Conner Henry 0 67 30 37 44.78%
65 53 Ray Tomlinson 0 70 29 41 41.43%
66 64 Chris Anstey 0 60 28 32 46.67%
67 65 C.J. Bruton 0 67 27 40 40.30%
68 66 Paul Woolpert 0 59 26 33 44.07%
69 67 Justin Schueller 0 57 25 32 43.86%
70 68 Marty Clarke 0 84 25 59 29.76%
71 69 Cal Stamp 0 41 24 17 58.54%
72 70 Will Weaver 0 34 23 11 67.65% Incoming Head Coach of Brisbane Bullets[3]
73 105 Petteri Koponen 0 62 23 39 37.10% Resigned as Head Coach of New Zealand Breakers[4]
74 71 Eric Cooks 0 76 23 53 30.26%
75 72 Rick Harden 0 48 22 26 45.83%
76 73 Jay Brehmer 0 53 21 32 39.62%
77 74 Jim Calvin 0 70 21 49 30.00%
78 75 Mark Wright 0 63 20 43 31.75%
79 76 Frank Arsego 0 56 19 37 33.93%
80 77 Richard Orlick 0 68 19 49 27.94%
81 79 Darryl McDonald 0 52 18 34 34.62%
82 78 Mark Watkins 0 74 18 56 24.32%
83 80 Tom Maher 0 54 17 37 31.48%
84 81 Jim Ericksen 1 1981 24 16 8 66.67%
85 83 Scott Morrison 0 28 16 12 57.14%
86 84 Tony Gaze 0 46 16 30 34.78%
87 85 Ian Robilliard 0 49 16 33 32.65%
88 86 Mike Ellis 0 34 15 19 44.12%
89 87 Les Riddle 0 26 14 12 53.85%
90 88 Don Monson 0 28 14 14 50.00%
91 90 Joe Farrugia 0 40 14 26 35.00%
92 91 Dean Donnollon 0 22 13 8 59.09%
93 92 Denis Kibble 0 25 13 12 52.00%
94 93 Mahmoud Abdelfattah 0 29 13 16 44.83%
95 94 Claude Williams 0 35 13 22 37.14%
96 95 James Duncan 0 37 13 24 35.14%
97 96 Patrick Hunt 0 22 12 10 54.55%
98 97 Kevin Braswell 0 28 12 16 42.86%
99 98 Damian Cotter 0 40 12 28 30.00%
100 99 Tom Pottenger 0 26 11 15 42.31%
101 100 Stephen Johansen 0 35 11 24 31.43%
102 101 Casey Jones 0 15 10 5 66.67%
103 102 Robert Young 0 18 10 8 55.56%
104 103 Ted Weston 0 26 10 16 38.46%
105 104 Henry Daigle 0 26 10 16 38.46%
106 106 Colin Cadee 0 31 10 21 32.26%
107 107 Mel Dalgleish 0 26 9 17 34.62%
108 108 Ian Ellis 0 26 8 18 30.77%
109 109 Rex Johnstone 0 17 7 10 41.18%
110 110 Steve Fairnham 0 22 7 15 31.82%
111 111 Paul Coughter 0 16 6 10 37.50%
112 112 Gordon Ellis 0 21 6 16 28.57%
113 113 Alan Hughes 0 22 6 16 27.27%
114 114 Jacob Jackomas 0 29 6 32 15.79%
115 115 Shaun O'Connell 0 40 6 34 15.00%
116 NEW Stu Lash 0 18 5 13 27.78%
117 116 Curtis Coleman 0 26 5 21 19.23%
118 117 Matt Flinn 0 28 5 23 17.86%
119 118 Albert Leslie 0 10 4 6 40.00%
120 119 Mark Beecroft 0 11 4 7 36.36%
121 120 Andy Campbell 0 11 4 7 36.36%
122 121 Lloyd Klaman 0 15 4 11 26.67%
123 122 Greg Vanderjagt 0 15 4 11 26.67%
124 123 Danny Adamson 0 23 4 19 17.39%
125 124 Mark Leader 0 23 4 19 17.39%
126 125 Phil Thomas 0 27 4 23 14.81%
127 126 Sam MacKinnon 0 7 3 4 42.86%
128 127 Reg Biddings 0 14 3 11 21.43%
129 128 Joe Connelly 0 16 3 13 18.75%
130 129 Alan Dawe 0 18 3 15 16.67%
131 130 Lynn Massey 0 23 3 20 13.04%
132 131 Dean Templeton 0 26 3 23 11.54%
133 132 Tim Kaiser 0 4 2 2 50.00%
134 133 Jeff Green 0 9 2 7 22.22%
135 134 Keith Scott 0 22 2 20 9.09%
136 135 Rod Popp 0 28 2 26 7.14%
137 136 Peter Ali 0 1 1 0 100.00%
138 137 David Hancock 0 1 1 0 100.00%
139 138 Andy Stewart 0 1 1 0 100.00%
140 139 Kevin Lisch 0 1 1 0 100.00%
141 140 Kerry Williams 0 1 1 0 100.00%
142 141 Dave Nelson 0 2 1 1 50.00%
143 142 Glen Bines 0 2 1 1 50.00%
144 NEW Rhys Carter 0 2 1 1 50.00%
145 143 Judd Flavell 0 3 1 2 33.33%
146 144 Brian Lester 0 5 1 4 20.00%
147 145 Terry Kealey 0 6 1 5 16.67%
148 146 Tony Cox 0 13 1 12 7.69%
149 147 David Simmons 0 22 1 21 4.55%
150 148 Tim Mallon 0 1 0 1 0.00%
151 149 Tim Hudson 0 1 0 1 0.00%
152 150 Paul Mellett 0 2 0 2 0.00%
153 151 John Wright 0 2 0 2 0.00%
154 152 Jamie Pearlman 0 2 0 2 0.00%
155 153 John Gardiner 0 4 0 4 0.00%
156 154 Mark Price 0 5 0 5 0.00%
157 155 Pete Mathieson 0 24 0 24 0.00%

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