Get ESPN NBA Coach-in-Season Detail

Per-season coach detail (name, birth info, $refs to team/college/ person). ESPN's coverage of this endpoint is sparse; many (coach × season) combinations return 404.

Usage

espn_nba_coach_season(coach_id, season = most_recent_nba_season(), ...)

Arguments

coach_id

ESPN coach identifier.

season

Season year. Defaults to most recent NBA season.

...

Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A single-row tibble.

col_name	types	description
league	character	League slug.
season	integer	Season year.
coach_id	character	ESPN coach id.
uid	character	ESPN UID string.
first_name	character	First name.
last_name	character	Last name.
date_of_birth	character	Date of birth.
birth_city	character	Birth city.
birth_state	character	Birth state / region.
n_records	integer	Count of records entries.
person_ref	character	$ref to person resource.
college_ref	character	$ref to college.
team_ref	character	$ref to team-in-season.

Details

Get ESPN NBA Coach-in-Season Detail

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(), 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()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_nba_coach_season(coach_id = 6385, season = 2025)
#> ✖ 2026-05-19 01:33:45.948929: Failed to retrieve ESPN nba coach-in-season detail for coach_id=6385, season=2025
#> ✖ Args: league = "nba", coach_id = 6385, season = 2025
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> NULL
# }