Editing Dallas Mavericks (section)

==Head coaches==
{{Main|List of Dallas Mavericks head coaches}}
[[File:Rick Carlisle.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Rick Carlisle]], head coach from 2008 to 2021]]
There have been nine [[head coach]]es for the Mavericks franchise. The franchise's first head coach was [[Dick Motta]], who served for two non-consecutive stints and coached for nine seasons with the Mavericks. Motta is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (738); [[Don Nelson]], [[Donnie Nelson]]'s father, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season game wins (339); [[Avery Johnson]] is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (47), the most playoff-game wins (23), and the highest [[winning percentage]] in the regular season (.735). Nelson is also named one of the [[50 Greatest Players#Coaches|top 10 coaches in NBA history]].<ref name="topten">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html |title=Top 10 Coaches in NBA History |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=July 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209033542/http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Johnson was the first coach to win the Western Conference championship, losing the [[2006 NBA Finals]] to the [[Miami Heat]].<ref name="a2006">{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html |title=2005–07 Dallas Mavericks Statistics |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=December 8, 2008 |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217153006/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Johnson is also the only Mavericks coach to have won the [[NBA Coach of the Year Award]], having won it in the [[2005–06 NBA season|2005–06 season]].<ref name="coy">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html |title=NBA postseason awards&nbsp;– Coach of the Year |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=December 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808130322/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html |archive-date=August 8, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Quinn Buckner]] and [[Jim Cleamons]] have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Mavericks. Only one of the Mavericks coaches, [[Don Nelson]], has been elected into the [[List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame (coaches)|Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-halloffamers-category.html#coaches |title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinees By Category |work=Basketball Hall of Fame |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=December 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009111036/http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-halloffamers-category.html |archive-date=October 9, 2008}}</ref> [[Rick Carlisle]] was the head coach of the Mavericks from 2008 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/coaches.html |title=Dallas Mavericks Coach Register |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=December 8, 2008 |archive-date=December 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229004019/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/coaches.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nba.com"/><ref name="Carlisle exit" /> Carlisle led the team to their first championship in franchise history in 2011, against their 2006 Finals opponent, the [[Miami Heat]], in a rematch. In 2015, he passed Motta as the winningest coach in franchise history. Currently, the head coach is [[Jason Kidd]], who in 2022 led the Mavericks to the team's first playoff series win since the 2011 championship season that he won as a player.