NBA Hot Seat Rankings: Doc Rivers, Jamahl Mosley, more

Being an NBA head coach is a thankless job, one filled with stress, long hours and the heavy burden of expectations. Making matters worse is that in today's reactionary, need-it-now society, results aren't just expected - they're expected as soon as possible. And if they aren't met, changes are made without hesitation.

Just look at the case of current New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown , who formerly held the same title with the Sacramento Kings. Brown won Coach of the Year in 2022-23 after leading Sacramento to a 48-34 regular season and a third-place finish in the vaunted Western Conference. Even though the team fell short of expectations in the playoffs, as well as the following campaign, going 46-36 the year after and missing the playoffs (they lost in the Play-In Tournament), for Brown to have been fired just 31 games into the 2024-25 season, just one-plus campaign after winning Coach of the Year, was nothing short of shocking.

And quite frankly, a little ridiculous. Well, thankfully for Brown, he's now in a much more stable team environment, and shouldn't feel any sort of pressure about his security now after the job he's done thus far this season with the Knicks, leading the team to a 48-25 record and a third-place spot in the East. But the same can't be said for a lot of his counterparts in the profession, who we are about to discuss now.

Below, check out our current hot-seat ranking for 2025-26 NBA head coaches. 1. Doc Rivers (Milwaukee) Team record: 29-43 Career record with Bucks: 94-96 It's almost a surprise that Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has even made it this far into Milwaukee's disastrous 2025-26 campaign, with the team currently sitting at 29-43 and 12th in the Eastern Conference.