Ten Highest Paid NBA Coaches in 2023

G'day tribe! Today I'm going to go down the route of some NBA. Our topic is about the highest paid NBA coaches. They're as luck as theirr NFL counterparts. NBA coaches earn good money, and at one stage was the only league where the average coaches salary was more than the players.

Let’s take a look at the top ten NBA coaching salaries in 2023 and why they're paid so much.

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10. Tyronn Lue - Los Angeles Clippers ($6.5 million)


The cool, calm and collected Tyronn Lue won two NBA championships as a player with the Lakers, and then one as the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in his first season as a coach in 2016.

Lue then led the same team to the NBA Finals in the 2016–17 and in 2017–18 seasons, but were defeated by the Golden State Warriors on both occasions.

He became the head coach of the Clippers in 2019 and led them to their first Conference Finals appearance in franchise history. He's known to to be able to get the most out of his players whilst empowering them to be themselves in his own system.

LeBron James on Tyronn Lue: "As a coach, he doesn't have a weakness." pic.twitter.com/kh1dFsZ3JS

— Ryan Ward (@RyanWardLA) December 4, 2021

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9. Rick Carlisle - Indiana Pacers ($7.25 million)


Rick Carlisle is another coach who has won an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach. As a pro player, Carlisle played for the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets and the Boston Celtics, where he won an NBA championship in 1986.

He started his coaching career as an assistant coach with the Nets, Blazers, and Pacers. Carlisle became Detroit Pistons head coach in 2001 and then returned to Indiana to coach the Pacers. In 2008 he replaced Avery Johnson as the Maverick's head coach and won an NBA championship with the team in 2011.

Carlsle stepped down as head coach of Dallas in 2021 and then was hired by the Pacers again. He's known for his ability to make the right adjustments at the right times, and is one of the highest paid NBA coaches.

HBD Rick Carlisle!

1986 Champion (Celtics) 2002 Coach Of The Year (Pistons) 2004 AS Game Coach (Pacers) 2011 Champion (Mavs) pic.twitter.com/vHBSlHDCjo — Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 27, 2020

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8. Jason Kidd - Dallas Mavericks ($8 million)


Jason Kidd is regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time and he's one of the highest paid NBA coaches to match. During his playing days, he won an NBA championship with the Mavericks, was a 10-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA First Team, nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team and NBA Rookie of the Year in 1995.

Kidd became the head coach of the Nets in 2013, then with the Bucks, and then won an NBA championship in 2020 as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was reunited with the Dallas Mavericks in 2021 and led them to the Western Conference Finals in his first season.

"Luka signed off and endorsed [the hiring of Jason Kidd]. If it wasn't for Luka and Dirk Nowitzki, he wouldn't be the head coach in Dallas."@stephenasmith on what he's hearing from sources in Dallas. pic.twitter.com/Q9kF6HwFjF

— First Take (@FirstTake) June 25, 2021

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Jason Kidd is another hall of famer coach in the making. Just a few more years and I can see him wearing a championship as a coach. + I didn't know Carlisle have been coaching the NBA for so long!

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big time I agree. What I do love seeing is the players I grew up watching, become coaches. It makes me feel old though!!!

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Hahaha you're right. But it's great to reminisce the good old times. Now, we're seeing how their brain works.

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