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.
| 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 NBA Functions:
espn_nba_athlete_awards(),
espn_nba_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_nba_athlete_contract(),
espn_nba_athlete_contracts(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_nba_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_nba_athlete_info(),
espn_nba_athlete_overview(),
espn_nba_athlete_seasons(),
espn_nba_athlete_splits(),
espn_nba_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_nba_athlete_stats(),
espn_nba_athletes_index(),
espn_nba_award(),
espn_nba_betting(),
espn_nba_calendar(),
espn_nba_coach_season(),
espn_nba_coaches(),
espn_nba_conferences(),
espn_nba_draft(),
espn_nba_draft_athletes(),
espn_nba_draft_pick(),
espn_nba_draft_rounds(),
espn_nba_draft_status(),
espn_nba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_nba_event_odds(),
espn_nba_event_officials(),
espn_nba_event_powerindex(),
espn_nba_event_predictor(),
espn_nba_event_probabilities(),
espn_nba_event_propbets(),
espn_nba_event_situation(),
espn_nba_franchise(),
espn_nba_franchises(),
espn_nba_freeagents(),
espn_nba_futures(),
espn_nba_game_all(),
espn_nba_game_rosters(),
espn_nba_injuries(),
espn_nba_leaders(),
espn_nba_news(),
espn_nba_pbp(),
espn_nba_player_box(),
espn_nba_player_stats(),
espn_nba_powerindex(),
espn_nba_scoreboard(),
espn_nba_season_awards(),
espn_nba_season_group(),
espn_nba_season_group_children(),
espn_nba_season_group_teams(),
espn_nba_season_groups(),
espn_nba_season_info(),
espn_nba_season_leaders(),
espn_nba_season_ranking(),
espn_nba_season_rankings(),
espn_nba_season_type(),
espn_nba_season_types(),
espn_nba_season_week(),
espn_nba_season_weeks(),
espn_nba_seasons(),
espn_nba_standings(),
espn_nba_team(),
espn_nba_team_box(),
espn_nba_team_current_roster(),
espn_nba_team_depthchart(),
espn_nba_team_injuries(),
espn_nba_team_leaders(),
espn_nba_team_news(),
espn_nba_team_odds_records(),
espn_nba_team_record(),
espn_nba_team_roster(),
espn_nba_team_schedule(),
espn_nba_team_season_profile(),
espn_nba_team_season_roster(),
espn_nba_team_stats(),
espn_nba_teams(),
espn_nba_tournament(),
espn_nba_tournament_seasons(),
espn_nba_tournaments(),
espn_nba_transactions(),
espn_nba_venues(),
espn_nba_week_ranking(),
espn_nba_week_rankings(),
espn_nba_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_nba_coach(coach_id = 2562)
#> ── ESPN NBA Coach Detail ──────────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:45 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 2562 s:40~l:46~… Marlon Garnett 1975-07-03T0… Los Angel… CA
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: n_career_records <int>, n_coach_seasons <int>,
#> # college_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>, league <chr>
# }