title: John MacLeod (basketball)
text: John Matthew MacLeod (October 3, 1937 – April 14, 2019) was an American basketball coach in the NCAA and the National Basketball Association, most notably with the Phoenix Suns. After coaching for the University of Oklahoma, MacLeod was hired to coach the Suns in 1973. In 1976, he led them to their second postseason in team history, which culminated with an appearance in the 1976 NBA Finals; he would lead the team to eight further postseason appearances in his tenure. In fourteen years, MacLeod led them to 579 wins, which is the most in franchise history.
  
  Career
  MacLeod was a star high school basketball player before playing at Bellarmine College.
  
  MacLeod coached the Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team for six years before being hired to coach the Phoenix Suns in 1973, a position he held until 1987. During this stint, MacLeod was named the head coach of the Western Conference All-Star Team in 1981. After his departure from Phoenix, MacLeod went on to coach the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks. In 1991, he was hired to be the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he won Big East Coach of the Year in 1997. In 1999, MacLeod resigned from his position and returned to Phoenix for one season as an assistant coach. MacLeod spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets before ending his coaching career as an assistant for the Golden State Warriors.
  
  MacLeod was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 and to the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
  
  MacLeod was inducted into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor on April 18, 2012, as the winningest coach in franchise history.
  
  Head coaching record
  
  NBA
  
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  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||30||52|||| align="center" |4th in Pacific||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |Missed Playoffs
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  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||32||50|||| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||42||40|||| align="center" |3rd in Pacific||19||10||9||
  | align="center" |Lost in NBA Finals
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||34||48|||| align="center" |5th in Pacific||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||49||33|||| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||2||0||2||
  | align="center" |Lost in First Round
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||50||32|||| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||15||9||6||
  | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Finals
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||55||27|||| align="center" |3rd in Pacific||8||3||5||
  | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||57||25|||| align="center" |1st in Pacific||7||3||4||
  | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||46||36|||| align="center" |3rd in Pacific||7||2||5||
  | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||53||29|||| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||3||1||2||
  | align="center" |Lost in First Round
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||41||41|||| align="center" |4th in Pacific||17||9||8||
  | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Finals
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||36||46|||| align="center" |4th in Pacific||3||0||3||
  | align="center" |Lost in First Round
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |82||32||50|||| align="center" |5th in Pacific||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | align="left" |Phoenix
  | align="left" |
  |56||22||34|||| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |—
  |-
  | align="left" |Dallas
  | align="left" |
  |82||53||29|||| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||17||10||7||
  | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Finals
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  | align="left" |Dallas
  | align="left" |
  |82||38||44|||| align="center" |4th in Pacific||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | align="left" |Dallas
  | align="left" |
  |11||5||6|||| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||—
  | align="center" |—
  |-
  | align="left" |New York
  | align="left" |
  |67||32||35|||| align="center" |4th in Atlantic||3||0||3||
  | align="center" |Lost in First Round
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  | align="left" |Career
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  College
  
  Personal
  On April 14, 2019, McLeod died of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  
  References
  
  External links
   BasketballReference.com: John MacLeod
   Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Page
  
  1937 births
  2019 deaths
  American men's basketball coaches
  American men's basketball players
  Basketball coaches from Indiana
  Basketball players from Indiana
  Bellarmine Knights men's basketball players
  College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
  Dallas Mavericks head coaches
  Detroit Pistons announcers
  High school basketball coaches in the United States
  New York Knicks head coaches
  Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball coaches
  Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coaches
  People from Clarksville, Indiana
  People from New Albany, Indiana
  Phoenix Suns assistant coaches
  Phoenix Suns head coaches