List of foreign NBA coaches

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 2016–17 season.

List of head coaches

Nationality[A]	Birthplace[B]	Head Coach	Career[C]	Yrs	Notes	Ref.
Canada	—	Triano, JayJay Triano	2008–2011	3	—	[1]
Israel	United States	Blatt, DavidDavid Blatt	2014–2016	2	Born in United States to Jewish parents, has dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship.	[2]
Italy	United States	D'Antoni, MikeMike D'Antoni*	1998–1999; 2003–2014; 2016–present	13	Born in United States to Italian parents, has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship.	[3]
United States	Lebanon	Kerr, SteveSteve Kerr*	2014–present	3	Born in Lebanon to Malcolm H. Kerr, a Lebanese-born American citizen.[4]	[5]
United States	West Germany (now  Germany)	Vandeweghe, KikiKiki 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.
Belize	United States	Garnett, MarlonMarlon Garnett*	2015–present	2	Born in United States to Belizeans parents, has dual U.S. and Belize citizenship.
Canada	—	Herbert, GordonGordon Herbert	2008–2009	1	—
Canada	—	Magloire, JamaalJamaal Magloire	2013–2016	3	—
Canada	—	Triano, JayJay Triano*	2002–2008; 2012–present	11	—	[1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Zaire (now  Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Mutombo, PatrickPatrick Mutombo*	2012–2015; 2016–present	4	Also holds Belgian citizenship.
Croatia	SFR Yugoslavia[D] (now  Croatia)	Spahija, NevenNeven Spahija*	2014–present	3	—
Germany	West Germany[F] (now  Germany)	Schrempf, DetlefDetlef Schrempf	2005–2007	2	—
Great Britain  Scotland	—	McKechnie, AlexAlex McKechnie*	2013–present	4	—
Ireland	United States	Larrañaga, JayJay Larrañaga*	2012–present	5	Born in United States to Irish parents, has dual U.S. and Irish citizenship.
Ireland	United States	Moran, JimJim Moran*	2015–present	2	Born in United States to Irish parents, has dual U.S. and Irish citizenship.
Israel	United States	Oppenheimer, JoshJosh Oppenheimer*	2013–present	4	Born in United States, has dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship.
Italy	United States	D'Antoni, MikeMike D'Antoni	1997–1998; 2002–2003; 2015–2016	3	Born in United States to Italian parents, has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship.	[3]
Italy	—	Messina, EttoreEttore Messina*	2014–present	3	—
Jordan	United States	Trakh, MazMaz Trakh*	2010–2014; 2016–present	5	Born in the United States, has dual U.S. and Jordanian citizenship.
Nigeria	United States	Udoka, ImeIme Udoka*	2012–present	5	Born in United States to Nigerian parents, has dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship.
Philippines	United States	Engelland, ChipChip Engelland*	1999–2000; 2003–present	15	Born in the United States, became a naturalized Filipino citizen.
Russia	United States	Hammon, BeckyBecky Hammon*	2014–present	3	Born in the United States, became a naturalized Russian citizen.
Serbia	SFR Yugoslavia[D] (now  Serbia)	Džikić, AleksandarAleksandar Džikić	2005–2007	2	—
Serbia	SFR Yugoslavia[D] (now  Serbia)	Kokoškov, IgorIgor Kokoškov*	2000–present	17	—	[7]
Serbia	SFR Yugoslavia[D] (now  Serbia)	Rajaković, DarkoDarko Rajaković*	2014–present	3	—	[8]
Serbia	SFR Yugoslavia[D] (now  Serbia)	Stojaković, OgnjenOgnjen Stojaković*	2016–present	1	—	[9]
Spain	—	Fernández, JordiJordi Fernández*	2016–present	1	—	[10]
Swaziland	—	Mahlalela, JamaJama Mahlalela*	2012–present	5	—
Turkey	—	Okur, MehmetMehmet Okur*	2016–present	1	—
Ukraine	Soviet Union[E] (now  Ukraine)	Potapenko, VitalyVitaly Potapenko*	2010–2011; 2013–present	5	—
United States	Cuba	De La Grana, OctavioOctavio De La Grana*	2010–2012 2016–present	3	Born in Cuba, moved to the United States at the age of 6, became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
United States	Jamaica	Ewing, PatrickPatrick Ewing*	2002–present	15	Born in Jamaica, moved to the United States at the age of 11, became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

See also

• List of foreign NBA players
• Race and ethnicity in the NBA
• List of current NBA head coaches

Notes

• ^A Nationality indicates a coach's representative nationality.
• ^B Birthplace indicates a coach's country of birth. A blank column indicates that the coach's birth country is the same to his nationality.
• ^C Career in the NBA
• ^D SFR Yugoslavia dissolved in 1992 into five independent countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia was renamed into Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003 and dissolved in June 2006 into two independent countries, Montenegro and Serbia.
• ^E Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991 into 15 independent countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
• ^F Germany was previously divided into two independent countries, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany), from 1949 to 1990.

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