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Cobra

Years ago

Best coach in NBL history

Anon 496972 - if you are trying to pick the coach with the worst record, you should have said Pete Mathieson (coach of the 1988 Geelong Supercats who went 0-24).

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Cobra

Years ago

I could add that, but that will require me to do some serious digging around. I could get most of them, but it isn't as easy as you would think to get all the correct data online. Kind of disappears into a black hole.

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Wilson Sting

Years ago

Thanks for the stats Cobra. Can you add championships as a column too?

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Cobra

Years ago

I have Beveridge at 104-85 55.03% Paul. But I might be a game here and there off.

Doesn't help that the NBL hasn't given out an update on the coaching record list.

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Cobra

Years ago

Alan Westover: 134-74 64.42% (2nd highest win percentage of all coaches with at least 100 wins - behind Brian Goorjian).

My figures above don't seem to match those of Boti's in his season preview, which doesn't surprise me due to the incorrect data being displayed in the nbl archive database.

I downloaded the coaching records a few seasons ago when the nbl website had it up and have been updating it manually ever since, so either I have doubled up on some figures or Boti hasn't updated his to include last season's records (as some of the coaches records have been what I had before last season began).

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Cobra

Years ago

Not saying the wins are an indication of who the best coach is. But here are the top 10 coaching records, ordered by number of wins then percentage (as of before 2014/15 season):

1. Brian Goorjian 514-221 69.93%
2. Lindsay Gaze 339-312 52.07%
3. Brian Kerle 282-174 61.84%
4. Alan Black 279-218 56.14%
5. Bob Turner 224-145 60.70%
6. Brendan Joyce 217-216 50.12%
7. Phil Smyth 205-160 56.16%
8. Barry Barnes 191-156 55.04%
9. Joey Wright 187-133 58.44% - Active coach
10. Bruce Palmer 184-113 61.95%

Other active coaches:
11. Gordie McLeod 184-225 44.99%
18. Trevor Gleeson 127-96 56.95%
27. Aaron Fearne 68-78 46.58%
38. Shawn Dennis 40-74 35.09%
49. Chris Anstey 28-31 47.46%
76. Dean Vickerman 11-17 39.29%
124. Damian Cotter 0-0 0.00% - last by default

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Steve

Years ago

Does Brian Kerle rate a mention?

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Years ago

Goorjian.

The question should be: Who is the 2nd best coach in NBL history?

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Wilson Sting

Years ago

Is everyone just listing every coach they can remember from the last 30 years?

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NikeAl79

Years ago

Cal Bruton

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Mystro

Years ago

Lemanis ranks a small mention?

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Train

Years ago

I'd give Brett Brown and Lindsay Gaze some consideration but i think Goorjian was definitely the most successful.

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Young Gun

Years ago

Goorj... not sure there's any contest as far as results go. There are the usual arguments against him that financial ruin typically followed & that his defensive focus made the league unpalatable to watch as other teams followed his blueprint.

I think Rob Beveridge could have challenged if he had stayed in the league a little longer.

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