Index
Awards
NBA COACH OF THE YEAR
Year Player, Team
2002-03 Greg Popovich, San Antonio
2001-02 Rick Carlisle, Detroit
2000-01 Larry Brown, Philadelphia
1999-00 Doc Rivers, Orlando
1998-99 Mike Dunleavy, Portland
1997-98 Larry Bird, Indiana
1996-97 Pat Riley, Miami
1995-96 Phil Jackson, Chicago
1994-95 Del Harris, L.A. Lakers
1993-94 Lenny Wilkens, Atlanta
1992-93 Pat Riley, New York
1991-92 Don Nelson, Golden State
1990-91 Don Chaney, Houston
1989-90 Pat Riley, L.A. Lakers
1988-89 Cotton Fitzsimmons, Phoenix
1987-88 Doug Moe, Denver
1986-87 Mike Schuler, Portland
1985-86 Mike Fratello, Atlanta
1984-85 Don Nelson, Milwaukee
1983-84 Frank Layden, Utah
1982-83 Don Nelson, Milwaukee
1981-82 Gene Shue, Washington
1980-81 Jack McKinney, Indiana
1979-80 Bill Fitch, Boston
1978-79 Cotton Fitzsimmons, Kansas City
1977-78 Hubie Brown, Atlanta
1976-77 Tom Nissalke, Houston
1975-76 Bill Fitch, Cleveland
1974-75 Phil Johnson, K.C.-Omaha
1973-74 Ray Scott, Detroit
1972-73 Tom Heinsohn, Boston
1971-72 Bill Sharman, Los Angeles
1970-71 Dick Motta, Chicago
1969-70 Red Holzman, New York
1968-69 Gene Shue, Baltimore
1967-68 Richie Guerin, St. Louis
1966-67 Johnny Kerr, Chicago
1965-66 Dolph Schayes, Philadelphia
1964-65 Red Auerbach, Boston
1963-64 Alex Hannum, San Francisco
1962-63 Harry Gallatin, St. Louis