List of foreign NBA coaches

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In the National Basketball Association (NBA), foreign coaches—also known as international coaches—are those who were born outside of the United States.

This list includes all international coaches who have been assistant and/or head coach in the NBA and also includes all coaches who were born in the United States but have represented other countries in international basketball competition.

List

Note: These lists are correct through the start of the 2015–16 season.

Yrs Number of seasons coached in the NBA
* Denotes assistant coach who is still active in the NBA

List of head coaches

Nationality[A] Birthplace[B] Head Coach Career[C] Yrs Notes Ref.
 Canada — Jay Triano 2008–2011 3 — [1]
 Israel  United States David Blatt 2014–2016 2 Born in United States to Jewish parents, has dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship. [2]
 Italy  United States Mike D'Antoni 1998–1999; 2003–2014 12 Born in United States to Italian parents, has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship. [3]
 United States  Lebanon Steve Kerr* 2014–present 2 Born in Lebanon to Malcolm H. Kerr, a Lebanese born American citizen.[4] [5]
 United States  West Germany
(now  Germany)		 Kiki Vandeweghe 2009–2010 1 Born in West Germany[F] to a Canadian father and 1952 Miss America pageant winner Colleen Kay Hutchins. Holds both American and Canadian passports. [6]

List of assistant coaches

Nationality[A] Birthplace[B] Assistant Coach Career[C] Yrs Notes Ref.
 Canada — Gordon Herbert 2008–2009 1 —
 Canada — Jamaal Magloire* 2013–present 3 —
 Canada — Jay Triano* 2002–2008; 2012–present 10 — [1]
 Croatia  SFR Yugoslavia[D]
(now  Croatia)		 Neven Spahija* 2014–present 2 —
 Germany  West Germany[F]
(now  Germany)		 Detlef Schrempf 2005–2007 2 —
 Great Britain
 Scotland		 — Alex McKechnie* 2013–present 3 —
 Ireland  United States Jay Larranaga* 2012–present 4 Born in United States to Irish parents, has dual U.S. and Irish citizenship.
 Ireland  United States Jim Moran* 2015–present 1 Born in United States to Irish parents, has dual U.S. and Irish citizenship.
 Italy  United States Mike D'Antoni* 1997–1998; 2002–2003; 2015–present 3 Born in United States to Italian parents, has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship. [3]
 Italy — Ettore Messina* 2014–present 2 —
 Nigeria  United States Ime Udoka* 2012–present 4 Born in United States to Nigerian parents, has dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship.
 Philippines  United States Chip Engelland* 1999–2000; 2003–present 14 Born in the United States, became a naturalized Filipino citizen.
 Russia  United States Becky Hammon* 2014–present 2 Born in the United States, became a naturalized Russian citizen.
 Serbia  SFR Yugoslavia[D]
(now  Serbia)		 Aleksandar Džikić 2005–2007 2 —
 Serbia  SFR Yugoslavia[D]
(now  Serbia)		 Igor Kokoškov* 2000–present 16 — [7]
 Serbia  SFR Yugoslavia[D]
(now  Serbia)		 Darko Rajaković* 2014–present 2 — [8]
 Swaziland — Jama Mahlalela* 2012–present 4 —
 Ukraine  Soviet Union[E]
(now  Ukraine)		 Vitaly Potapenko* 2010–2011; 2013–present 4 —
 United States  Jamaica Patrick Ewing* 2002–present 14 Born in Jamaica, moved to the United States at the age of 11, became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

See also

Notes

References

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