The

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are an American professional

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franchise based in

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. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the

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(NBA). The team plays their home games at the

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. The Bucks are owned by

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and

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, with Jon Horst as their general manager. Since the team was formed in , there have been 15 head coaches for the Bucks franchise. The franchise won its first

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in the

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under the leadership of its first coach,

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, and another in the 2021 NBA Finals under Coach Mike Budenholzer (the only other Bucks' coach other than Don Nelson to have won coach of the year). Don Nelson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (884), most regular season games won (540), most playoff games coached (88), and most playoff games won (42). Nelson is also the only Bucks coach to win an

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while also being one of the

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and

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are the only people to have spent their entire head coaching career with the Bucks. Mike Dunleavy, Krystkowiak, and

Scott Skiles Scott Allen Skiles Sr. (born March 5, 1964) is an American former basketball coach and player. He coached the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic. A first-round draft pick out of Michigan State University, Skiles played ...

have played and coached for the Bucks. Skiles was the head coach of the Bucks from 2008 until he and the team mutually agreed to part ways in 2013.

Key

Coaches

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was the head coach for the Bucks from to . File:Jason Kidd Nets coach cropped.jpg,

Jason Kidd Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest point guards a ...

served as the Bucks head coach from to . File:CMuwGzp.jpg,

Mike Budenholzer Michael Vincent Budenholzer (born August 6, 1969) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before joining the Bucks, he spent five seasons as head coac ...

served as Bucks head coach from to .

Notes

* A running total of the number of coaches of the Milwaukee Bucks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. * Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

;General * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Milwaukee Bucks head coaches Lists of National Basketball Association head coaches by team *

Head coaches A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in asso ...