List of NBA player-coaches

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), there have been 40 players who also served as their teams' head coaches at the same time.

In the BAA's inaugural season, he played for the Toronto Huskies and also served as the team's first head coach.

[7] Buddy Jeannette was the first player-coach to win the championship; he won the 1948 BAA Finals with the Baltimore Bullets.

[10][11] Dave DeBusschere became the youngest head coach in the league's history when he was appointed as the Detroit Pistons' player-coach at the age of 24 in 1964.

[17] He is the only player-coach (along with Russell) who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.

Hannum spent 11 seasons as a full-time head coach, winning two NBA championships with two different teams.

[23] Wilkens and Holzman were named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.