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#8 K.C. Jones
774 NBA games | 522-252 W-L record | .674 win percentage
K.C. Jones coached 774 NBA games in 10 seasons, and he had an extraordinary winning percentage after coaching the Capital/Washington Bullets, the Boston Celtics, and the Seattle Supersonics.
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Jones' .674 win percentage is eighth in NBA history among all coaches. In the 10 NBA seasons he coached, Jones' teams did not have a single losing season.
In the NBA Playoffs, Jones coached 138 games and had an 81-57 record. he won two NBA championships (with Boston) and recorded five NBA Finals appearances (four with Boston and one with the Bullets).
#7 David Blatt
123 NBA games | 83-40 W-L record | .675 win percentage
After a great coaching career in European basketball, David Blatt was an NBA head coach for two years during LeBron James' second stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the 2014-15 season, Blatt guided Cleveland to a 53-29 record in the regular season, and the team reached the NBA Finals. Though they fell to the Golden State Warriors in six games in The Finals, the team suffered injuries and missed two of their top 3 players in that series.
The following season, Blatt was fired after starting the year with a 30-11 record. The Cavs explained the decision by alluding to "a lack of fit" with the team's personnel and "vision".
Still, his win percentage is seventh in history among NBA head coaches.
#6 Gregg Popovich
1891 NBA games | 1277-614 W-L record | .675 win percentage
Gregg Popovich has a case to be considered the greatest NBA head coach ever, and his coaching career is certainly a successful one.
Pop has guided the San Antonio Spurs to six NBA Finals appearances and five championships, and the team went on a 22-year stretch with winning seasons.
His 1277 regular-season wins rank third among NBA head coaches in history, while he is third among NBA Playoffs wins too. Popovich is the only coach to be in the top 3 in regular season and playoff wins.
#5 Larry Bird
214 NBA games | 147-67 W-L record | .687 win percentage
Larry Bird is probably the most successful individual both at playing and coaching in the NBA.
Already a legendary NBA player, Larry Bird coached the Indiana Pacers during three seasons, from the 1997-98 campaign until the 1999-00 season. In those three years, the Reggie Miller-led Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals and played the 2000 NBA Finals against the Shaq-Kobe LA Lakers.
Bird coached 214 games and won 147, achieving the fifth-best win percentage by an NBA head coach in history (.687).
