* First year head coach.

Season:  Coach              Team
2003-04 Hubie Brown. . . . Memphis
2002-03 Gregg Popovich. . .San Antonio Spurs
2001-02 Rick Carlisle. . . Detroit*
2000-01 Larry Brown. . . . Philadelphia 
1999-00 Glenn "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. . . .KC-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*