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There have been 31 head coaches for the New York Knicks franchise. Holzman was the franchise's first Coach of the Year winner and is the team's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won. [3] Holzman was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986 as a coach. [3]
A list of current and former head coaches of the Basketball Association of America and National Basketball Association's New York Knicks. Pages in category "New York Knicks head coaches" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Prior to the start of the 1989–1990 season, Pitino departed from New York to coach for the University of Kentucky leaving many stunned by his departure. [54] Assistant Stu Jackson was named as Pitino's replacement becoming the team's fourteenth head coach and the youngest head coach in the NBA, at the time, at the age of thirty-two. [55]
On July 30, 2020, the New York Knicks announced that they hired Thibodeau as their head coach. [32] In the shortened 2020–21 season , his first as head coach of the Knicks, Thibodeau guided the Knicks to their first playoff appearance since the 2012–13 season .
A list of current and former coaches of the Basketball Association of America National Basketball Association's New York Knicks. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year three times (1989–90, 1992–93 and 1996–97, as head coach of the Lakers, New York Knicks and Heat, respectively). He was head coach of an NBA All-Star Game team nine times: eight times with the Western Conference team ( 1982 , 1983 , 1985 – 1990 , all as head coach of the Lakers) and once with the ...
The New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics are two of the three remaining teams from the original 1946 NBA (the other is the Golden State Warriors). The rivalry stems from the old rivalry between the cities of New York City and Boston, which is also mirrored in both the Yankees–Red Sox and Jets–Patriots rivalries. The fact that Boston and ...
Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. [1]