NBA Players Who Served as Coach at the Same Time
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In the history of professional basketball, several players had served in a dual role of player and coach. Players like Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Lenny Wilkens and Bob Pettit have coached their respective sides while still being playing for the team. However, it’s now against the rules of NBA.
An active player can no longer serve as a team’s head coach under the league’s salary cap. The policy has been put in place to make sure that players won’t be paid more than their agreed upon salary. Nevertheless, the practice worked well for many teams in the past and helped them won championships as well. Here is the list of NBA player-coaches.
| Player-Coach | Team | Years |
| Ed Sadowski | Toronto Huskies | 1946 |
| Dick Fitzgerald | Toronto Huskies | 1946 |
| Buddy Jeannette | Baltimore Bullets | 1947-1950 |
| Grady Lewis | St. Louis Bombers | 1948-1949 |
| Curly Armstrong | Fort Wayne Pistons | 1948-1949 |
| Bruce Hale | Indianapolis Jets | 1948 |
| Nat Hickey | Providence Steamrollers | 1948 |
| Charles Shipp | Waterloo Hawks | 1949-1950 |
| Howie Schultz | Anderson Packers | 1949-1950 |
| Jimmy Darden | Denver Nuggets | 1949-1950 |
| Bob Feerick | Washington Capitols | 1949-1950 |
| Al Cervi | Syracuse Nationals | 1949-1953 |
| Johnny Logan | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 1950 |
| Jack Smiley | Waterloo Hawks | 1950 |
| Bones McKinney | Washington Capitols | 1950-1951 |
| Mike Todorovich | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 1950-1951 |
| Walt Budko | Baltimore Bullets | 1951 |
| Fred Scolari | Baltimore Bullets | 1951-1952 |
| Andrew Levane | Milwaukee Hawks | 1952-1953 |
| Red Holzman | Milwaukee Hawks | 1954 |
| Bobby Wanzer | Rochester Royals | 1955-1957 |
| Paul Seymour | Syracuse Nationals | 1956-1960 |
| Slater Martin | St. Louis Hawks | 1957 |
| Alex Hannum | St. Louis Hawks | 1957 |
| Tom Marshall | Cincinnati Royals | 1958-1959 |
| Ed Macauley | St. Louis Hawks | 1958-1959 |
| Carl Braun | New York Knicks | 1959-1961 |
| Dick McGuire | Detroit Pistons | 1959-1960 |
| Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 1962 |
| Bobby Leonard | Chicago Zephyrs | 1962-1963 |
| Dolph Schayes | Philadelphia 76ers | 1963-1964 |
| Dave DeBusschere | Detroit Pistons | 1964-1967 |
| Richie Guerin | St. Louis Hawks
Atlanta Hawks |
1964-1967
1968-1970 |
| Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 1966-1969 |
| Lenny Wilkens | Seattle SuperSonics
Portland Trail Blazers |
1969-1972
1974-1975 |
| Bob Cousy | Cincinnati Royals | 1969-1970 |
| Al Attles | San Francisco Warriors | 1970-1971 |
| Terry Dischinger | Detroit Pistons | 1971 |
| Kevin Loughery | Philadelphia 76ers | 1973 |
| Dave Cowens | Boston Celtics | 1978-1979 |
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