Championship banners, 1990s grind-it-out defense and a modern title run: every era at the Garden has its own bench boss worth defending.
1Red HolzmanHall of Fame coach who led the Knicks to their 1970 and 1973 NBA championships and won 613 regular-season games with the team.1000pts
2Joe LapchickFormer Original Celtic who coached the Knicks from 1947 to 1956 and took them to three straight NBA Finals from 1951 to 1953.622pts
3Tom ThibodeauCoached the Knicks from 2020 to 2025, won NBA Coach of the Year in 2021 and reached the 2025 Eastern Conference finals.466pts
4Mike WoodsonTook over in March 2012 and led the Knicks to 54 wins, the Atlantic Division title and a playoff series win in 2012-13.466pts
5Hubie BrownCoached the Knicks from 1982 to 1987 and reached the Eastern Conference semifinals in 1983 and 1984 with Bernard King.466pts
6Pat RileyCoached the Knicks from 1991 to 1995, won at least 50 games in all four seasons and reached the 1994 NBA Finals.0pts
7Jeff Van GundyLongtime assistant promoted in 1996 who coached the Knicks to the 1999 NBA Finals as the first eighth seed to get there.0pts
8Mike BrownHired in July 2025, he guided the Knicks to the 2025 NBA Cup and the 2026 NBA championship, the franchise's first title since 1973.0pts
9Rick PitinoCoached the Knicks for two seasons and led them to 52 wins and the Atlantic Division title in 1988-89.0pts
10Mike D'AntoniCoached the Knicks from 2008 to 2012, the stretch that included the arrival of Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony and the Linsanity run.0pts
Photo credits
- Tom Thibodeau — Chrishmt0423, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Woodson — Marc-Gregor Campredon, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hubie Brown — Jim Accordino at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyack205/, CC BY 2.0
- Jeff Van Gundy — Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Brown — Chris!, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rick Pitino — Adam Glanzman, CC BY 2.0
- Mike D'Antoni — [1] Matt Hickey, CC BY-SA 2.0
