NBL All-Time Coaching Records

As of the start of the 2020–21 NBL season, there will have been 135 NBL Coaches.[1]

Adam Forde, who is the Coach of the Sydney Kings, is the only new coach for this upcoming season.

On 7/01/2021, Scott Roth (current Assistant Coach of the Perth Wildcats) was confirmed as the Coach of the Tasmania JackJumpers for when they enter the league in 2021/2022.[2]

Bold type indicates current Coach.

Note: Those that have TBC in the points columns still require confirmation of specific games that they coached (usually due to Head Coach being unavailable, or they coached part way through a season). Only 3 coaches are left to confirm.

Rank Previous Rank Coach Championships Games Coached Won Lost Win% Points For Points Against Average Points For Average Points Against Comments
1 1 Brian Goorjian 6 (1992, 1996, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2008-09) 735 514 221 69.93% 74727 69159 101.7 94.1 Current Coach of The Hawks. Replaced Matt Flinn. Has returned to the NBL after being overseas for 11 seasons[3]
2 2 Lindsay Gaze 2 (1993, 1997) 651 339 312 52.07% 68872 68839 105.8 105.7 Coach of the Year award is named after Lindsay Gaze[4]
3 5 Joey Wright 1 (2006-07) 500 284 216 56.80% 48249 47054 96.5 94.1 Outgoing Coach of Adelaide 36ers (mutual decision between Team and Coach)[5]. Replaced by Conner Henry
4 3 Brian Kerle 4 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987) 456 282 174 61.84% 45909 43654 100.7 95.7
5 4 Alan Black 1 (1999-00) 497 279 218 56.14% 49510 48886 99.6 98.4
6 7 Trevor Gleeson 5 (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20) 418 247 171 59.09% 36930 35813 88.3 85.7 Current Coach of Defending Champion Perth Wildcats
7 6 Bob Turner 2 (1983, 1984) 369 224 145 60.70% 36773 35705 99.7 96.8
8 8 Brendan Joyce 1 (2000-01) 433 217 216 50.12% 42381 42598 97.9 98.4
9 9 Phil Smyth 3 (1998, 1998-99, 2001-02) 365 205 160 56.16% 37262 36422 102.1 99.8
10 13 Andrej Lemanis 3 (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) 372 198 174 53.23% 33987 33809 91.4 90.9 Current Coach of Brisbane Bullets
11 10 Barry Barnes 0 347 191 156 55.04% 33743 32834 97.2 94.6
12 11 Gordie McLeod 0 438 190 248 43.38% 39494 40400 90.2 92.2
13 12 Bruce Palmer 1 (1989) 297 184 113 61.95% 33154 31504 111.6 106.1
14 14 Cal Bruton 1 (1990) 330 171 159 51.82% 33406 33414 101.2 101.3
15 15 Rob Beveridge 1 (2009-10) 310 164 146 52.90% 27599 27035 89.0 87.2
16 16 Brett Brown 1 (1994) 278 149 129 53.60% 28613 27950 102.9 100.5
17 17 Adrian Hurley 1 (1995) 247 143 104 57.89% 24411 23999 98.8 97.2
18 18 Ian Stacker 0 285 143 142 50.18% 29468 29156 103.4 102.3
19 19 Al Westover 2 (2005-06, 2007-08) 208 134 74 64.42% 20241 19414 97.3 93.3
20 20 Aaron Fearne 0 264 129 135 48.86% 20597 20911 78.0 79.2
21 23 Dean Vickerman 2 (2014-15, 2017-18) 192 114 78 59.38% 16953 16395 88.3 85.4 Current Coach of Melbourne United
22 21 Ken Cole 1 (1986) 210 106 104 50.48% 23294 22830 110.9 108.7
23 22 David Claxton 0 230 100 130 43.48% 22140 22544 96.3 98.0
24 24 Ken Richardson 1 (1982) 156 98 58 62.82% 14986 14336 96.1 91.9
25 25 David Lindstrom 0 184 88 96 47.83% 19802 19878 107.6 108.0
26 26 Scott Fisher 0 137 78 59 56.93% 13596 13125 99.2 95.8
27 27 Tom Wisman 0 165 77 88 46.67% 16982 17380 102.9 105.3
28 28 Brett Flanigan 0 181 77 104 42.54% 17509 17910 96.7 99.0
29 29 Gary Fox 0 108 66 42 61.11% 12243 11689 113.4 108.2
30 30 Shawn Dennis 0 170 62 108 36.47% 15189 15868 89.3 93.3
31 31 Mike Dunlap 0 95 59 36 62.11% 9592 9191 101.0 96.7
32 32 Guy Molloy 0 160 57 103 35.63% 14987 15684 93.7 98.0
33 33 Mark Bragg 0 164 54 110 32.93% 16451 17501 100.3 106.7
34 34 Mike Osborne 0 98 50 48 51.02% 9886 9796 100.9 100.0
35 35 Charlie Ammit 0 161 49 112 30.43% 14066 15430 87.4 95.8
36 36 Shane Heal 0 118 46 72 38.98% 10488 11026 88.9 93.4
37 37 Owen Wells 0 88 45 43 51.14% 8657 8617 98.4 97.9
38 38 Robbie Cadee 0 125 45 80 36.00% 11120 11720 89.0 93.8
39 39 Don Shipway 0 81 43 38 53.09% 9153 8801 113.0 108.7
40 40 Andrew Gaze 0 86 42 44 48.84% 7300 7380 84.9 85.8
41 41 Murray Arnold 1 (1991) 58 39 19 67.24% 6010 5703 103.6 98.3
42 42 Bill Tomlinson 0 144 39 105 27.08% 13696 14870 95.1 103.3
43 43 Jerry Lee 1 (1988) 57 38 19 66.67% 6271 5977 110.0 104.9
44 44 Owen Hughan 0 54 37 17 68.52% 6409 5741 118.7 106.3
45 45 Steve Breheny 0 75 37 38 49.33% 8291 8417 110.5 112.2
46 46 Andris Blicavs 0 125 37 88 29.60% 12963 13878 103.7 111.0
47 47 Dave Ankeney 0 54 36 18 66.67% 5961 5763 110.4 106.7
48 48 David Adkins 0 78 33 45 42.31% 7698 7932 98.7 101.7
49 49 Dean Demopoulos 0 58 31 27 53.45% 4895 4861 84.4 83.8
50 50 Paul Henare 0 59 30 29 50.85% 4966 5034 84.2 85.3
51 51 David Ingham 0 61 30 31 49.18% 5706 5628 93.5 92.3
52 52 Ray Tomlinson 0 70 29 41 41.43% 5753 5757 82.2 82.2
53 53 Chris Anstey 0 60 28 32 46.67% 4698 4834 78.3 80.6
54 54 Paul Woolpert 0 59 26 33 44.07% 4538 4725 76.9 80.1
55 55 Scott Ninnis 0 59 25 34 42.37% 5410 5484 91.7 92.9
56 56 Marty Clarke 0 84 25 59 29.76% 6600 7027 78.6 83.7
57 57 Cal Stamp 0 41 24 17 58.54% 3202 3123 78.1 76.2
58 NEW Will Weaver 0 34 23 11 67.65% 3176 3048 93.4 89.6 Outgoing Coach of Sydney Kings (now Assistant Coach with Houston Rockets in the NBA.[6]. Replaced by Adam Forde
59 96 Mike Kelly 0 59 23 36 38.98% 5261 5398 89.2 91.5 Current Coach of Cairns Taipans. Won the 2019-20 Lindsay Gaze Coach of the Year award
60 58 Eric Cooks 0 76 23 53 30.26% 7385 7827 97.2 103.0
61 59 Rick Harden 0 48 22 26 45.83% 3793 3882 79.0 80.9
62 60 Jay Brehmer 0 53 21 32 39.62% 5274 5537 101.4 106.5
63 61 Jim Calvin 0 70 21 49 30.00% 7249 7723 103.6 110.3
64 62 Mark Wright 0 63 20 43 31.75% 6058 6613 96.2 105.0
65 63 Frank Arsego 0 56 19 37 33.93% 5327 5671 95.1 101.3
66 64 Richard Orlick 0 68 19 49 27.94% 6551 7036 96.3 103.5
67 65 Mark Watkins 0 74 18 56 24.32% 7041 7649 95.1 103.4
68 66 Conner Henry 0 31 17 14 54.84% 2976 2925 96.0 94.4 Current Coach of Adelaide 36ers.[7]. Replaced Joey Wright
69 67 Darryl McDonald 0 37 17 20 45.95% 3067 3110 82.9 84.1
70 68 Tom Maher 0 54 17 37 31.48% 5949 6337 110.2 117.4
71 69 Jim Ericksen 1 (1981) 24 16 8 66.67% 2041 1933 85.0 80.5
72 70 Tony Gaze 0 46 16 30 34.78% 4284 4439 93.1 96.5
73 71 Ian Robilliard 0 49 16 33 32.65% 3921 4192 80.0 85.6
74 NEW Dan Shamir 0 28 15 13 53.57 2514 2468 89.8 88.1 Current Coach of New Zealand Breakers
75 72 Mike Ellis 0 34 15 19 44.12% 3392 3445 99.8 101.3
76 73 Les Riddle 0 26 14 12 53.85% 2841 2825 109.3 108.7
77 74 Don Monson 0 28 14 14 50.00% 2696 2650 96.3 94.6
78 75 Joe Farrugia 0 40 14 26 35.00% 3331 3470 83.3 86.8
79 76 Dean Donnollon 0 22 13 8 59.09% 1828 1794 83.1 81.5
80 77 Denis Kibble 0 25 13 12 52.00% 2410 2371 96.4 94.8
81 78 Claude Williams 0 35 13 22 37.14% 3679 3915 105.1 111.9
82 79 Patrick Hunt 0 22 12 10 54.55% 1700 1719 77.3 78.1
83 80 Kevin Braswell 0 28 12 16 42.86% 2649 2641 94.6 94.3
84 81 Damian Cotter 0 40 12 28 30.00% 3343 3460 83.6 86.5
85 82 Tom Pottenger 0 26 11 15 42.31% 2382 2444 91.6 94.0
86 83 Stephen Johansen 0 35 11 24 31.43% 3714 3974 106.1 113.5
87 84 Casey Jones 0 15 10 5 66.67% 1675 1533 111.7 102.2
88 85 Robert Young 0 18 10 8 55.56% 1628 1625 90.4 90.3
89 86 Ted Weston 0 26 10 16 38.46% 2690 2975 103.5 114.4
90 87 Henry Daigle 0 26 10 16 38.46% 2260 2431 86.9 93.5
91 88 Colin Cadee 0 31 10 21 32.26% 3192 3325 103.0 107.3
92 89 Mel Dalgleish 0 26 9 17 34.62% 2741 2781 105.4 107.0
93 NEW Simon Mitchell 0 28 9 19 32.14% 2671 2761 95.4 98.6 Current Coach of South East Melbourne Phoenix
94 90 Ian Ellis 0 26 8 18 30.77% 2132 2221 82.0 85.4
95 91 Rex Johnstone 0 17 7 10 41.18% TBC TBC 86.0 87.0
96 92 Steve Fairnham 0 22 7 15 31.82% TBC TBC 79.0 86.0
97 93 Paul Coughter 0 16 6 10 37.50% 1669 1713 104.3 107.1
98 94 Gordon Ellis 0 21 6 16 28.57% 1929 2171 87.7 98.7
99 95 Alan Hughes 0 22 6 16 27.27% 1707 1940 77.6 88.2
100 97 Shaun O'Connell 0 40 6 34 15.00% TBC TBC 80.0 89.0
101 98 Curtis Coleman 0 26 5 21 19.23% 2231 2483 85.8 95.5
102 NEW Matt Flinn 0 28 5 23 17.86% 2354 2654 84.1 94.8 Outgoing Coach of The Hawks (sacked after team entered Voluntary Administration).[8]. Replaced by Brian Goorjian
103 99 Albert Leslie 0 10 4 6 40.00% 793 793 79.3 79.3
104 100 Mark Beecroft 0 11 4 7 36.36% 921 1000 83.7 90.9
105 101 Andy Campbell 0 11 4 7 36.36% 1195 1191 108.6 108.3
106 102 Lloyd Klaman 0 15 4 11 26.67% 1358 1564 90.5 104.3
107 103 Danny Adamson 0 23 4 19 17.39% 2340 2689 101.7 116.9
108 104 Mark Leader 0 23 4 19 17.39% 2257 2623 98.1 114.0
109 105 Phil Thomas 0 27 4 23 14.81% TBC TBC 77.0 92.0
110 106 Reg Biddings 0 14 3 11 21.43% 1127 1282 80.5 91.6
111 107 Joe Connelly 0 16 3 13 18.75% 1393 1517 87.1 94.8
112 108 Alan Dawe 0 18 3 15 16.67% 1340 1524 74.4 84.7
113 109 Lynn Massey 0 23 3 20 13.04% 2176 2573 94.6 111.9
114 110 Dean Templeton 0 26 3 23 11.54% 2713 3135 104.3 120.6
115 111 Tim Kaiser 0 4 2 2 50.00% 375 364 93.8 91.0
116 112 Jeff Green 0 9 2 7 22.22% 787 896 87.4 99.6
117 113 Keith Scott 0 22 2 20 9.09% 1757 2102 79.9 95.5
118 114 Rod Popp 0 28 2 26 7.14% 2191 2625 78.3 93.8
119 115 Peter Ali 0 1 1 0 100.00% 107 75 107.0 75.0
120 116 David Hancock 0 1 1 0 100.00% 108 106 108.0 106.0
121 117 Andy Stewart 0 1 1 0 100.00% 81 69 81.0 69.0
122 118 Dave Nelson 0 2 1 1 50.00% 187 190 93.5 95.0
123 119 Glen Bines 0 2 1 1 50.00% 215 217 107.5 108.5
124 120 Brian Lester 0 5 1 4 20.00% 571 600 114.2 120.0
125 121 Terry Kealey 0 6 1 5 16.67% 629 710 104.8 118.3
126 122 Tony Cox 0 13 1 12 7.69% 1115 1644 85.8 126.5
127 123 David Simmons 0 22 1 21 4.55% 2078 2414 94.5 109.7
128 124 Tim Mallon 0 1 0 1 0.00% 80 118 80.0 118.0
129 125 Tim Hudson 0 1 0 1 0.00% 74 91 74.0 91.0
130 126 Paul Mellett 0 2 0 2 0.00% 213 235 106.5 117.5
131 127 John Wright 0 2 0 2 0.00% 162 232 81.0 116.0
132 128 John Gardiner 0 4 0 4 0.00% 432 495 108.0 123.8
133 129 Mark Price 0 5 0 5 0.00% 486 555 97.2 111.0
134 130 Pete Mathieson 0 24 0 24 0.00% 2298 2958 95.8 123.3
135 - Adam Forde - - - - - - - - - Current Sydney Kings Coach.[9] Replaced Will Weaver

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120923041812/http://www.nbl.com.au/nbl-hq/media/media-guide/
  2. https://nbl.com.au/news/tasmania-jackjumpers-appoint-scott-roth-as-inaugural-head-coach
  3. https://nbl.com.au/news/master-coach-brian-goorjian-to-lead-the-hawks
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award
  5. https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-36ers-and-joey-wright-part-ways
  6. https://www.sydneykings.com/news/will-weaver-signs-as-lead-assistant-coach-with-the-houston-rockets-of-the-nba
  7. https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-36ers-appoint-conner-henry-head-coach
  8. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-18/illawarra-hawks-liquidated-nbl-players-owed-thousands/12259544
  9. https://nbl.com.au/news/sydney-appoint-adam-forde-as-head-coach
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