NBA Coach of the Year Award

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NBA Awards
• Most Valuable Player
• Defensive Player of the Year
• Executive of the Year
• Most Improved Player
• Rookie of the Year
• Sixth Man of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Sportsmanship Award
• J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
• All-NBA Team
• All-Defensive Team
• All-Rookie Team
• Finals Most Valuable Player
• All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
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The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual award given since the 1962-63 NBA season, to the top coach of the regular season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy.

[edit] All-time award winners

The following is a list of the all-time NBA Coach of the Year Award winners.^[1]

Season	Coach	NBA Team
1962-63	Harry Gallatin	St. Louis Hawks
1963-64	Alex Hannum	San Francisco Warriors
1964-65	Red Auerbach	Boston Celtics
1965-66	Dolph Schayes	Philadelphia 76ers
1966-67	Johnny Kerr	Chicago Bulls
1967-68	Richie Guerin	St. Louis Hawks
1968-69	Gene Shue	Baltimore Bullets
1969-70	Red Holzman	New York Knicks
1970-71	Dick Motta	Chicago Bulls
1971-72	Bill Sharman	Los Angeles Lakers
1972-73	Tom Heinsohn	Boston Celtics
1973-74	Ray Scott	Detroit Pistons
1974-75	Phil Johnson	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1975-76	Bill Fitch	Cleveland Cavaliers
1976-77	Tom Nissalke	Houston Rockets
1977-78	Hubie Brown	Atlanta Hawks
1978-79	Cotton Fitzsimmons	Kansas City Kings
1979-80	Bill Fitch	Boston Celtics
1980-81	Jack McKinney	Indiana Pacers
1981-82	Gene Shue	Washington Bullets
1982-83	Don Nelson	Milwaukee Bucks
1983-84	Frank Layden	Utah Jazz
1984-85	Don Nelson	Milwaukee Bucks
1985-86	Mike Fratello	Atlanta Hawks
1986-87	Mike Schuler	Portland Trail Blazers
1987-88	Doug Moe	Denver Nuggets
1988-89	Cotton Fitzsimmons	Phoenix Suns
1989-90	Pat Riley	Los Angeles Lakers
1990-91	Don Chaney	Houston Rockets
1991-92	Don Nelson	Golden State Warriors
1992-93	Pat Riley	New York Knicks
1993-94	Lenny Wilkens	Atlanta Hawks
1994-95	Del Harris	Los Angeles Lakers
1995-96	Phil Jackson	Chicago Bulls
1996-97	Pat Riley	Miami Heat
1997-98	Larry Bird	Indiana Pacers
1998-99	Mike Dunleavy	Portland Trail Blazers
1999-00	Doc Rivers	Orlando Magic
2000-01	Larry Brown	Philadelphia 76ers
2001-02	Rick Carlisle	Detroit Pistons
2002-03	Gregg Popovich	San Antonio Spurs
2003-04	Hubie Brown	Memphis Grizzlies
2004-05	Mike D'Antoni	Phoenix Suns
2005-06	Avery Johnson	Dallas Mavericks
2006-07	Sam Mitchell	Toronto Raptors
2007-08	Byron Scott	New Orleans Hornets

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