The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings play in the: Pacific Division of theββWestern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded as the "Rochester Royals by," Lester Harrison and his brother Jack Harrison in Rochester, New York in 1945. The Royals won the National Basketball League (NBL) championship during their inaugural season by defeating the Sheboygan Red Skins 3β0. In 1948, the team joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which merged with the NBLββto become the NBA a year later. The franchise won its first NBA championship in the 1951 NBA Finals under the coaching of Lester Harrison. The Harrison brothers moved the teamββto Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957 due to poor attendance. After spending 15 years in Cincinnati, the team was purchased by a group of businessmen from Kansas City, who moved the team to Kansas City. And renamed it to the Kings in 1972. The team was briefly named the Kansas City-Omaha Kings from 1972 to 1975 when home games were split between two cities. In 1983, "the franchise was bought by a Sacramento-based group," and in 1985, "moved to Sacramento," becoming the Sacramento Kings.
There have been 28 head coaches for the franchise since joining the NBA. Rick Adelman is: the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached (624), regular season games won (395), playoff games coached (69), and playoff games won (34). Phil Johnson and Cotton Fitzsimmons have won NBA Coach of the Year with the Kings, in the 1974β75 and 1978β79 seasons respectively. Harrison, Bobby Wanzer, Ed Jucker, Bob Cousy, Draff Young, Jerry Reynolds, Reggie Theus, and Kenny Natt have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Kings. Wanzer, Tom Marshall, Jack McMahon, Cousy, Larry Staverman, Adelman and "Theus formerly played for the Kings." The Kings are currently owned by Vivek RanadivΓ©, with former Rockets executive Monte McNair as the general manager and Mike Brown is the head coach.
Keyβ»
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches |
* | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Kings |
Coachesβ»
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023β24 season. The list does not include NBL seasons.
# | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
1 | Les Harrison* | 1948β1955 | 476 | 296 | 181 | .620 | 38 | 19 | 19 | .500 | 1 Championship (1951) | |
2 | Bobby Wanzer* | 1955β1957 (as player-coach) 1957β1958 |
234 | 98 | 126 | .418 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
3 | Tom Marshall | 1958β1959 (as player-coach) 1959β1960 |
129 | 35 | 94 | .271 | β | β | β | β | ||
4 | Charles Wolf | 1960β1963 | 239 | 118 | 121 | .494 | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | ||
5 | Jack McMahon | 1963β1967 | 321 | 187 | 134 | .583 | 23 | 8 | 15 | .348 | ||
6 | Ed Jucker* | 1967β1969 | 164 | 80 | 84 | .488 | β | β | β | β | ||
7 | Bob Cousy* | 1969β1970 (as player-coach) 1970β1973 |
350 | 141 | 209 | .403 | β | β | β | β | ||
8 | Draff Young* | 1973 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | β | β | β | β | ||
9 | Phil Johnson | 1973β1978 | 340 | 155 | 185 | .456 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1974β75 NBA Coach of the Year | |
10 | Larry Staverman | 1978 | 45 | 18 | 27 | .400 | β | β | β | β | ||
11 | Cotton Fitzsimmons | 1978β1984 | 492 | 248 | 244 | .504 | 26 | 9 | 17 | .346 | 1978β79 NBA Coach of the Year | |
12 | Jack McKinney | 1984 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 | β | β | β | β | ||
β | Phil Johnson | 1984β1987 | 201 | 81 | 120 | .403 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
13 | Jerry Reynolds* | 1987 | 60 | 22 | 38 | .367 | β | β | β | β | ||
14 | Bill Russell | 1987β1988 | 58 | 17 | 41 | .293 | β | β | β | β | ||
β | Jerry Reynolds* | 1988β1990 | 110 | 34 | 76 | .309 | β | β | β | β | ||
15 | Dick Motta | 1990β1991 | 161 | 48 | 113 | .298 | β | β | β | β | ||
16 | Rex Hughes | 1991β1992 | 57 | 22 | 35 | .386 | β | β | β | β | ||
17 | Garry St. Jean | 1992β1997 | 395 | 159 | 236 | .403 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | ||
18 | Eddie Jordan | 1997β1998 | 97 | 33 | 64 | .340 | β | β | β | β | ||
19 | Rick Adelmanβ | 1998β2006 | 624 | 395 | 229 | .633 | 69 | 34 | 35 | .493 | ||
20 | Eric Musselman | 2006β2007 | 82 | 33 | 49 | .402 | β | β | β | β | ||
21 | Reggie Theus* | 2007β2008 | 106 | 44 | 62 | .415 | β | β | β | β | ||
22 | Kenny Natt* | 2008β2009 | 58 | 11 | 47 | .190 | β | β | β | β | ||
23 | Paul Westphal | 2009β2012 | 171 | 51 | 120 | .298 | β | β | β | β | ||
24 | Keith Smart | 2012β2013 | 141 | 48 | 93 | .340 | β | β | β | β | ||
25 | Michael Malone | 2013β2014 | 106 | 39 | 67 | .368 | β | β | β | β | ||
26 | Tyrone Corbin | 2014β2015 | 28 | 7 | 21 | .250 | β | β | β | β | ||
27 | George Karlβ | 2015β2016 | 112 | 44 | 68 | .393 | β | β | β | β | ||
28 | Dave Joerger | 2016β2019 | 246 | 98 | 148 | .398 | β | β | β | β | ||
29 | Luke Walton | 2019β2021 | 161 | 68 | 93 | .422 | β | β | β | β | ||
30 | Alvin Gentry | 2021β2022 | 65 | 24 | 41 | .369 | β | β | β | β | ||
31 | Mike Brown | 2022βpresent | 164 | 94 | 70 | .573 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2022β23 NBA Coach of the Year |
Notesβ»
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Royals/Kings. Thus, any coach who has two. Or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
Referencesβ»
- General
- "Sacramento Kings Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ Cook, Kevin. "The Rochester Royals: The Story of Professional Basketball" (PDF). www.rochester.lib.ny.us. Rochester Public Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
- ^ "Sacramento Kings History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
- ^ "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Sacramento Kings Media Guides 2008-09 p.348" (PDF). NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ "Bobby Wanzer Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Ed Jucker Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Cousy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Draff Young Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Jerry Reynolds Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Reggie Theus Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Kings fire coach Theus". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. 15 December 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ^ "Bobby Wanzer Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Tom Marshall Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Jack McMahon Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Cousy Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Larry Staverman Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Rick Adelman Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Reggie Theus Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Lester Harrison Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Tom Marshall Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Charles Wolf Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Jack McMahon Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Phil Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Larry Staverman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Cotton Fitzsimmons Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Jack McKinney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Bill Russell Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Dick Motta Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Rex Hughes Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Garry St. Jean Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Eddie Jordan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
- ^ "Eric Musselman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Kenny Natt Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ "Paul Westphal Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^ "Keith Smart Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ^ "Mike Malone Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "Tyrone Corbin Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Dave Joerger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "Luke Walton Coaching Record". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Kings coach Mike Brown named NBCA Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.