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This list includes the date of hiring and the performance record of current National Basketball Association head coaches. The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff.

Gregg Popovich has served as the San Antonio Spurs head coach for 20 seasons, longer than any other current head coach. Popovich has also coached the most games (1,574), won the most games (1,089), and lost the most games (485) among active coaches with their current team. Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra are the second longest-tenured head coaches, having been appointed as head coaches since the 2008–09 season. None of the active head coaches have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.

All active head coaches are American. 14 coaches have spent their entire head coaching careers with their current teams: Mike Budenholzer with the Atlanta Hawks, Brad Stevens with the Boston Celtics, Kenny Atkinson with the Brooklyn Nets, Tyronn Lue with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Steve Clifford with the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets, Fred Hoiberg with the Chicago Bulls, Steve Kerr with the Golden State Warriors, Luke Walton with the Los Angeles Lakers, Erik Spoelstra with the Miami Heat, Billy Donovan with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Earl Watson with the Phoenix Suns, Brett Brown with the Philadelphia 76ers, Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio Spurs, and Quin Snyder with the Utah Jazz.

After the end of the 2014–15 regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder fired head coach Scott Brooks and replaced him with former college coach Billy Donovan.

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in August 2015. While Saunders had hoped to remain as Minnesota's head coach and president for the 2015–16 season, he died on October 25, 2015. The Timberwolves then promoted assistant coach Sam Mitchell to head coach.

Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015–16 regular season.