# Who is the best coach in Chicago Bulls history?

> Dynasties get the headlines, but this field also holds an expansion-year pioneer, a few rebuild specialists and the men who made deep playoff runs feel routine in Chicago again.

*By YPB Team · Published November 13, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-coach-in-chicago-bulls-history*

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1. **Phil Jackson** — score 1000/1000
   Coached the Bulls from 1989 to 1998, going 545-193 and winning six NBA championships, including the 72-10 season of 1995-96.
2. **Tom Thibodeau** — score 513/1000
   Bulls head coach from 2010 to 2015 who went 255-139 and was named NBA Coach of the Year after a 62-20 debut season.
3. **Dick Motta** — score 444/1000
   Coached Chicago from 1968 to 1976, posting a 356-300 record, winning Coach of the Year for 1970-71 and reaching the Western Conference finals in 1974 and 1975.
4. **Doug Collins** — score 363/1000
   Led the young Michael Jordan Bulls from 1986 to 1989, going 137-109 and reaching the 1989 Eastern Conference finals.
5. **Billy Donovan** — score 363/1000
   Coached the Bulls from 2020 to 2026, compiling a 226-256 record and reaching the 2022 playoffs after a 46-win season.
6. **Vinny Del Negro** — score 363/1000
   Bulls coach from 2008 to 2010 who went 82-82 with two playoff trips, including the seven-game 2009 first-round series against the Celtics that featured seven overtime periods.
7. **Scott Skiles** — score 266/1000
   Bulls coach from 2003 to 2007 who took the team to three straight playoffs and swept the defending champion Miami Heat in the 2007 first round.
8. **Jerry Sloan** — score 0/1000
   Former Bulls guard who coached the team from 1979 to 1982 and led the 1980-81 squad to a 45-37 record and a first-round playoff sweep of the Knicks.
9. **Johnny Kerr** — score 0/1000
   The franchise's first head coach, he took the expansion Bulls to the playoffs in their debut 1966-67 season and was named Coach of the Year.

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