Returns biography, current team / college refs, and counts of career record entries + per-season coaching entries for one MBB head coach.
Returns biography, current team / college refs, and counts of career
record entries + per-season coaching entries for one NBA coach. Backed
by sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/nba/coaches/{coach_id}.
Value
A single-row tibble. See espn_nba_coach() for column schema.
A single-row tibble.
| col_name | types | description |
| coach_id | character | ESPN coach identifier. |
| uid | character | ESPN UID string. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth (ISO 8601). |
| birth_city | character | Birth city. |
| birth_state | character | Birth state / region. |
| n_career_records | integer | Count of career-records entries. |
| n_coach_seasons | integer | Count of seasons coached. |
| college_ref | character | $ref to the coach's college. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to the coach's current team. |
| league | character | League slug ("nba"). |
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach_record(),
espn_mbb_coach_season(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_franchises(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_odds(),
espn_mbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_game_play(),
espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_game_player_box(),
espn_mbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_game_propbets(),
espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_news(),
espn_mbb_player_awards(),
espn_mbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_player_info(),
espn_mbb_player_overview(),
espn_mbb_player_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_rankings(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_season(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp()
Other ESPN NBA Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach_record(),
espn_mbb_coach_season(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_franchises(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_odds(),
espn_mbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_game_play(),
espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_game_player_box(),
espn_mbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_game_propbets(),
espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_news(),
espn_mbb_player_awards(),
espn_mbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_player_info(),
espn_mbb_player_overview(),
espn_mbb_player_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_season(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp(),
espn_nba_draft_pick(),
espn_nba_freeagents(),
espn_nba_player_contracts(),
espn_nba_team_depthchart(),
espn_nba_transactions()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_mbb_coach(coach_id = 32116)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Coach Detail ──────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:46:48 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 12
#> coach_id uid first_name last_name date_of_birth birth_city birth_state
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 32116 s:40~l:41~… Steven Pearl 1987-09-14T0… Knoxville TN
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: n_career_records <int>, n_coach_seasons <int>,
#> # college_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>, league <chr>
# }
# \donttest{
espn_nba_coach(coach_id = 52120)
#> ── ESPN NBA Coach Detail ──────────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:46:48 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 12
#> coach_id uid first_name last_name date_of_birth birth_city birth_state
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 52120 s:40~l:46~… Quin Snyder NA NA NA
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: n_career_records <int>, n_coach_seasons <int>,
#> # college_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>, league <chr>
# }