When was the last time each NBA team had a coach win Coach of the Year?

Having been awarded since 1963, the annual accolade honors the best regular season coach across the league each year.

While the NBA Finals are right around the corner as most fans are starting to think of this year’s draft and offseason, awards are still in the process of wrapping up – with Coach of the Year voting results released on Tuesday.

Providing perfect evidence that the honor is fully a regular season award, it was Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics to take home the award this year, honoring the coach’s consistency throughout the season, much of which was played in the absence of franchise centerpiece Jayson Tatum.

As is the case with other significant awards across the four major North American professional sports leagues, the awards are voted on upon the conclusion of the regular season – leaving anything that happens in the playoffs out of consideration.

That likely made Mazzulla’s win feel slightly out of place, as the Celtics squandered a 3-1 series lead to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs en route to elimination.

Although the league’s best team and most successful coach can often coincide, the NBA specifies that the Coach of the Year award is reserved for the coach who was deemed the “most integral to their team’s success in the regular season.”

Therefore, it shouldn’t come as too much of a shock that Phil Jackson only won the award on one occasion throughout the Chicago Bulls’ six championship seasons in the 1990’s, while Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra came up empty-handed during the LeBron James-led “Heatles” era.

Dating back to the first time the award was handed out after the 1962-63 NBA season, 41 different coaches have won the award – with Don Nelson, Pat Riley and Gregg Popovich sharing the record for most wins with three apiece.

The wealth has also been spread out fairly well over the years, with 26 of the league’s 30 teams having had a coach win the award on at least one occasion. As of the conclusion of the 2025-26 NBA season, only the Los Angeles Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves have never had a head coach take home the honor.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, no team has won the award more than the Atlanta Hawks, who boast six Coach of the Year victories – the most recent coming under Mike Budenholzer following the 2014-15 season.

For the 26 clubs that have done it at least once, here’s a look at the most recent Coach of the Year win for each team, beginning with the most recent occurrences:

1. Boston Celtics: 2025-26, Joe Mazzulla
2. Cleveland Cavaliers: 2024-25, Kenny Atkinson
3. Oklahoma City Thunder: 2023-24, Mark Daigneault
4. Sacramento Kings: 2022-23, Mike Brown
5. Phoenix Suns: 2021-22, Monty Williams
6. New York Knicks: 2020-21, Tom Thibodeau
7. Toronto Raptors: 2019-20, Nick Nurse
8. Milwaukee Bucks: 2018-19, Mike Budenholzer
9. Houston Rockets: 2016-17, Mike D’Antoni
10. Golden State Warriors: 2015-16, Steve Kerr*
11. Atlanta Hawks: 2014-15, Mike Budenholzer
12. San Antonio Spurs: 2013-14, Gregg Popovich
13. Denver Nuggets: 2012-13, George Karl
14. Chicago Bulls: 2010-11, Tom Thibodeau
15. New Orleans Pelicans: 2007-08, Byron Scott**
16. Dallas Mavericks: 2005-06, Avery Johnson
17. Memphis Grizzlies: 2003-04, Hubie Brown
18. Detroit Pistons: 2001-02, Rick Carlisle
19. Philadelphia 76ers: 2000-01, Larry Brown
20. Orlando Magic: 1999-00, Doc Rivers
21. Portland Trail Blazers: 1998-99, Mike Dunleavy
22. Indiana Pacers: 1997-98, Larry Bird
23. Miami Heat: 1996-97, Pat Riley
24. Los Angeles Lakers: 1994-95, Del Harris
25. Utah Jazz: 1983-84, Frank Layden
26. Washington Wizards: 1981-82, Gene Shue***

*Luke Walton coached the 43 of 82 games for the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors as Kerr recovered from back surgery complications.

**denotes team was known as the New Orleans Hornets at the time.

***denotes team was known as the Washington Bullets at the time.