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The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The team joined the NBA in 1980 as an expansion team,^[2] and won their first Western Conference championship in 2006.^[3] The Mavericks have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001.^[4] The Mavericks are owned by Mark Cuban, and Nico Harrison is their general manager.^[5]

There have been nine head coaches for the Mavericks franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Dick Motta, who served for two non-consecutive stints, and coached for nine seasons with the Mavericks. Rick Carlisle is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (961), the most regular season wins (513), the most regular-season losses (448), the most playoff games coached (64), and the most playoff wins (27). Avery Johnson is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.735). Don Nelson is named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.^[6] Johnson led the Mavericks to the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006, only to lose to the Miami Heat in six games.^[3] Johnson is also the only Mavericks coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the 2005–06 season.^[7] Quinn Buckner and Jim Cleamons have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Mavericks. Only one of the Mavericks coaches, Don Nelson, has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.^[8] Rick Carlisle, who was the head coach of the Mavericks from 2008 to 2021, led the Mavericks to the franchise's first NBA Championship in its second Finals appearance, and defeated the Miami Heat in six games in the 2011 NBA Finals. Jason Kidd, a player in the Maverick's 2011 championship team, became coach in 2021 with the departure of Carlisle.

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches^[a]
*	Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Mavericks
†	Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.

#	Name	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
#	Name	Term^[b]	Regular season				Playoffs				Achievements	Reference
1	Dick Motta	1980–1987	574	267	307	.465	28	11	17	.393		^[9]
2	John MacLeod	1987–1989	175	96	79	.549	17	10	7	.588		^[10]
3	Richie Adubato	1989–1992	264	94	170	.356	3	0	3	.000		^[11]
4	Gar Heard	1992–1993	53	9	44	.170	—	—	—	—		^[12]
5	Quinn Buckner*	1993–1994	82	13	69	.159	—	—	—	—		^[13]
—	Dick Motta	1994–1996	164	62	102	.378	—	—	—	—		^[9]
6	Jim Cleamons*	1996–1997	98	28	70	.286	—	—	—	—		^[14]
7	Don Nelson†	1997–2005	590	339	251	.575	43	19	24	.442	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history^[6]	^[15]
8	Avery Johnson	2005–2008	264	194	70	.735	47	23	24	.489	2005–06 NBA Coach of the Year^[7] 2005–06 Western Conference championship^[3]	^[16]
9	Rick Carlisle	2008–2021	1033	555	478	.537	71	33	38	.465	1 NBA Championship (2011)	^[17]
10	Jason Kidd	2021–present	246	140	106	.569	18	9	9	.500		^[18]

Don Nelson as a head coach for the Dallas Mavericks in 1997–2005
Avery Johnson as a head coach for the Dallas Mavericks in 2005–2008
Rick Carlisle as a head coach for the Dallas Mavericks in 2008–2021

Notes

^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Mavericks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

General

"Dallas Mavericks Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.

Specific

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^ "Mavs History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2005-07 Dallas Mavericks Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Dallas Mavericks". American Airlines Center. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Mavs Front Office". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "NBA postseason awards - Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinees By Category". Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Dick Motta Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "John MacLeod Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Richie Adubato Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Gar Heard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Quinn Buckner Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Jim Cleamons Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Avery Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "Rick Carlisle Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
^ "Jason Kidd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2021.