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Denver Nuggets Coaches
Location: Denver, Colorado
Team Names: Denver Nuggets, Denver Rockets
Seasons: 45 (36 NBA & 9 ABA); 1967-68 to 2011-12
Record: 1798-1812, .498 W-L% (1385-1481 NBA & 413-331 ABA)
Playoff Appearances: 31 (22 NBA & 9 ABA)
Championships: 0
19 Coaches
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | W-L% | W > .500 | Yrs | G | W | L | W-L% | Conf | Champ |
| 1 | Stan Albeck | 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 71 | 27 | 44 | .380 | -8.5 | |||||||
| 2 | Bob Bass | 1968 | 1969 | 2 | 156 | 89 | 67 | .571 | 11.0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Joe Belmont | 1970 | 1971 | 2 | 69 | 45 | 24 | .652 | 10.5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bernie Bickerstaff | 1995 | 1997 | 3 | 127 | 59 | 68 | .465 | -4.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Larry Brown | 1975 | 1979 | 5 | 385 | 251 | 134 | .652 | 58.5 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 24 | .467 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jeff Bzdelik | 2003 | 2005 | 3 | 192 | 73 | 119 | .380 | -23.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Michael Cooper | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | .286 | -3.0 | |||||||
| 8 | Mike D'Antoni | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 36 | .280 | -11.0 | |||||||
| 9 | Mike Evans | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 38 | .321 | -10.0 | |||||||
| 10 | Alex Hannum | 1972 | 1974 | 3 | 252 | 118 | 134 | .468 | -8.0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bill Hanzlik | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | 82 | 11 | 71 | .134 | -30.0 | |||||||
| 12 | Dan Issel | 1993 | 2002 | 6 | 388 | 180 | 208 | .464 | -14.0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | George Karl | 2005 | 2012 | 8 | 560 | 344 | 216 | .614 | 64.0 | 7 | 46 | 16 | 30 | .348 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Gene Littles | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | .188 | -5.0 | |||||||
| 15 | John McLendon | 1970 | 1970 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 19 | .321 | -5.0 | |||||||
| 16 | Doug Moe | 1981 | 1990 | 10 | 789 | 432 | 357 | .548 | 37.5 | 9 | 61 | 24 | 37 | .393 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Dick Motta | 1997 | 1997 | 1 | 69 | 17 | 52 | .246 | -17.5 | |||||||
| 18 | Donnie Walsh | 1979 | 1981 | 3 | 142 | 60 | 82 | .423 | -11.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Paul Westhead | 1991 | 1992 | 2 | 164 | 44 | 120 | .268 | -38.0 | |||||||