In the National Basketball Association (NBA), foreign coaches—also known as international coaches—are those who were born outside the United States.
In 2000, Igor Kokoškov from Serbia became the first non-American to hold a full-time assistant coach position in the NBA.
[1] In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff.
[2] In 2018, he became the first fully European head coach in the NBA.
[3] Note: These lists are correct through the start of the 2023–24 season.