List of Women's National Basketball Association head coaches

This is an all-time list of Women's National Basketball Association head coaches.

Coaches

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
W–L %	Win–Loss percentage

Note: Coaching records are correct as of the end of the 2020 season.

Coach	Team(s)	Year(s)	Reg. season GC	Reg. season W	Reg. season L	Reg. season W–L%	Playoff GC	Playoff W	Playoff L	Playoff W–L%	Titles
Michael Adams	Washington	2004	34	17	17	.500	3	1	2	.250
Richie Adubato	New York Washington	1999–2004 2005–2007	250	134	116	.536	29	14	15	.483
Brian Agler	Minnesota Seattle Los Angeles Dallas	1999–2002 2008–2014 2015–2018 2019–2020	545	287	258	.527	43	24	19	.558	2 ('10, '16)
Sonny Allen	Sacramento	1998–2001	76	46	30	.605	3	0	3	–
Henry Bibby	Los Angeles	2005	29	13	16	.448	0	0	0	–
Muggsy Bogues	Charlotte	2005–2006	44	14	30	.318	0	0	0	–
Jenny Boucek	Sacramento Seattle	2007–2009 2015–2017	175	76	99	.434	7	2	5	.286
Sandy Brondello	San Antonio Phoenix	2010 2014–present	260	145	115	.558	34	18	16	.529	1 ('14)
Dee Brown	Orlando San Antonio	2002 2004	56	22	34	.393	0	0	0	–
Joe Bryant	Los Angeles	2005–2006 2011	63	40	23	.635	7	2	5	.286
Van Chancellor	Houston	1997–2006	322	211	111	.655	34	20	14	.588	4 ('97-'00)
Pokey Chatman	Chicago Indiana	2011–2016 2017–2019	306	134	172	.438	20	7	12	.368
Nicki Collen	Atlanta	2018–present	90	38	52	.422	5	2	3	.400
Cynthia Cooper	Phoenix	2001–2002	42	19	23	.452	0	0	0	–
Michael Cooper	Los Angeles Los Angeles Atlanta	2000–2004 2007–2009 2014–2017	388	230	158	.593	43	27	16	.628	2 ('01-'02)
Dave Cowens	Chicago	2006	34	5	29	.147	0	0	0	–
Pat Coyle	New York	2004–2009	171	81	90	.474	16	6	10	.375
Shell Dailey	San Antonio	2003 2004	22	9	13	.409	0	0	0	–
Nancy Darsch	New York Washington	1997–1998 1999–2000	110	56	54	.509	2	1	1	.500
Anne Donovan	Indiana Charlotte Seattle New York Connecticut	2000 2001–2002 2003–2007 2009–2010 2013–2015	419	205	214	.489	31	14	17	.452	1 ('04)
Lin Dunn	Seattle Indiana	2000–2002 2008–2014	334	168	166	.503	43	23	20	.535	1 ('12)
T. R. Dunn	Charlotte	2000	32	8	24	.250	0	0	0	–
Teresa Edwards	Tulsa	2011	23	2	21	.087	0	0	0	–
Derek Fisher	Los Angeles	2019–present	56	37	19	.661	5	1	4	.200
Nell Fortner	Indiana	2001–2003	98	42	56	.429	3	1	2	.333
Corey Gaines	Phoenix	2008–2013	191	90	101	.471	20	11	9	.550	1 ('09)
Jennifer Gillom	Minnesota Los Angeles	2009 2010–2011	78	31	47	.397	2	0	2	.000
Carrie Graf	Phoenix	2004–2005	68	33	35	.485	0	0	0	–
Linda Hargrove	Portland	2000–2002	96	37	59	.385	0	0	0	–
Candi Harvey	Utah San Antonio	2001–2002 2003	73	40	33	.548	7	2	5	.286
Linda Hill-MacDonald	Cleveland	1997–1999	90	42	48	.467	3	1	2	.333
Walt Hopkins	New York	2020–present	22	2	20	.091	0	0	0	–
Dan Hughes	Charlotte Cleveland San Antonio San Antonio Seattle	1999 2000–2003 2005–2009 2011–2016 2018–present	592	281	311	.475	50	22	28	.440	1 ('18)
Carolyn Jenkins	Minnesota	2006	11	2	9	.182	0	0	0	–
Vickie Johnson	San Antonio Dallas	2017 2021–present	34	8	26	.235	0	0	0	–
Jessie Kenlaw	Washington	2008	12	2	10	.167	0	0	0	–
Steven Key	Chicago	2008–2010	102	42	60	.412	0	0	0	–
Gary Kloppenburg	Tulsa Seattle Seattle	2012–2013 2017 2020	98	43	55	.439	7	6	1	.857	1 ('20)
Trudi Lacey	Charlotte Washington	2003–2006 2011–2012	160	48	112	.300	2	0	2	.000
Bill Laimbeer	Detroit New York New York Las Vegas	2002–2009 2013–2014 2015–2017 2018–present	489	282	207	.577	63	35	28	.556	3 ('03, '06, '08)
Frank Layden	Utah	1998–1999	15	4	11	.267	0	0	0	–
Jim Lewis	Washington	1998	18	2	16	.111	0	0	0	–
Nancy Lieberman	Detroit	1998–2000	94	46	48	.489	1	0	1	.000
Tom Maher	Washington	2001	32	10	22	.313	0	0	0	–
Rick Mahorn	Detroit	2009	30	17	13	.567	5	3	2	.600
Suzie McConnell-Serio	Minnesota	2003–2006	125	58	67	.464	5	1	4	.200
Maura McHugh	Sacramento	2001–2003	70	35	35	.500	5	3	2	.600
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	Dallas	2018	3	1	2	.333	1	0	1	.000
Marynell Meadors	Charlotte Atlanta	1997–1999 2008–2012	230	111	119	.483	20	8	12	.400
Cheryl Miller	Phoenix	1997–2000	122	70	52	.574	9	3	6	.333
Curt Miller	Connecticut	2016–present	158	89	69	.563	17	9	8	.529
Mary Murphy	Sacramento	1997	15	5	10	.333	0	0	0	–
Bo Overton	Chicago	2007	34	14	20	.412	0	0	0	–
Cathy Parson	Washington	1998	12	1	11	.083	0	0	0	–
Carolyn Peck	Orlando	1999–2001	96	44	52	.458	3	1	2	.333
Russ Pennell	Phoenix	2013	13	9	4	.692	5	2	3	.400
Julie Plank	Washington	2009–2010	68	38	30	.559	4	0	4	.000
Cheryl Reeve	Minnesota	2010–present	362	245	117	.677	57	41	20	.672	4 ('11,'13,'15,'17)
Nolan Richardson	Tulsa	2010–2011	45	7	38	.156	0	0	0	–
Tree Rollins	Washington	2007–2008	52	24	28	.462	0	0	0	–
Carol Ross	Los Angeles	2012–2014	90	58	32	.644	7	3	4	.429
Ron Rothstein	Miami	2000–2002	96	48	48	.500	3	1	2	.333
Julie Rousseau	Los Angeles	1997–1998	37	17	20	.459	0	0	0	–
Linda K. Sharp	Los Angeles Phoenix	1997 2002	33	9	24	.273	0	0	0	–
John Shumate	Phoenix	2003	34	8	26	.235	0	0	0	–
Katie Smith	New York	2018–2019	68	17	51	.250	0	0	0	–
Marianne Stanley	Washington Indiana	2002–2003 2020–present	88	32	56	.364	5	3	2	.600
Amber Stocks	Chicago	2017–2018	68	25	43	.368	0	0	0	–
Denise Taylor	Utah	1997–1998	47	13	34	.277	0	0	0	–
Karleen Thompson	Los Angeles Houston	2004 2007–2008	82	41	41	.500	3	1	2	.333
Mike Thibault	Connecticut Washington	2003–2012 2013–present	600	345	255	.575	70	34	36	.486	1 ('19)
Penny Toler	Los Angeles	2014	12	6	6	.500	2	0	2	.000
Heidi VanDerveer	Sacramento Minnesota	1997–1998 2002	56	17	39	.304	0	0	0	–
James Wade	Chicago	2019–present	56	32	24	.571	3	1	2	.333
Darrell Walker	Washington	2000	12	5	7	.417	0	0	0	–
Paul Westhead	Phoenix	2006–2007	68	41	27	.603	9	7	2	.778	1 ('07)
John Whisenant	Sacramento Sacramento New York	2003–2006 2009 2011–2012	207	119	88	.575	34	20	14	.588	1 ('05)
Stephanie White	Indiana	2015–2016	68	37	31	.544	12	6	6	.500
Fred Williams	Utah Atlanta Tulsa Dallas	1999–2001 2012–2013 2014–2015 2016–2018	284	131	153	.461	14	5	9	.357
Greg Williams	Detroit	2001–2002	42	10	32	.238	0	0	0	–
Brian Winters	Indiana	2004–2007	136	78	58	.574	12	5	7	.417
Orlando Woolridge	Los Angeles	1998–1999	42	25	17	.595	4	2	2	.500
Don Zierden	Minnesota	2007–2009	68	26	42	.382	0	0	0	–

External links

• WNBA.com Coaches Page