Looking back at the New York Knicks’ coaches since there were Knicks coaches, who were the most successful?
A successful coach takes his (or her) team to the playoffs. For the purposes of this piece, we will highlight the coaches who not only made it to the playoffs but had winning seasons of 50 games or more or went past the first round in the playoffs.
5. Rick Pitino
At age 35, Rick Pitino coached the Knicks for two years and took them to the playoffs both years. The first year with a meager (at the time) record of 38-44 and the Knicks landed the eighth seed.