Our front-office rankings continue with a look at the NBA's 30 current head coaches -- the league's on-court decision-makers.

We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate every team's coach. In particular, we asked the voters to rate each coach on his guidance and leadership in terms of how it affects overall on-court success, both in the short and long term.

(On Tuesday, we unveiled our overall front-office rankings. On Wednesday, we broke down our rankings of team presidents and GMs. On Friday, we'll reveal our owner rankings.)

Here's how the 30 coaches rank, according to our panel:

Coach rankings

Rank Team Rating 1 San Antonio Spurs

Gregg Popovich 9.70 2 Atlanta Hawks

Mike Budenholzer 8.78 3 Golden State Warriors

Steve Kerr 8.39 4 Dallas Mavericks

Rick Carlisle 8.22 5 Chicago Bulls

Tom Thibodeau 7.87 6 Miami Heat

Erik Spoelstra 7.48 7 Portland Trail Blazers

Terry Stotts 7.17 8 Los Angeles Clippers

Doc Rivers 7.13 9

(tie) Boston Celtics

Brad Stevens 7.04 9

(tie) Indiana Pacers

Frank Vogel 7.04 11 Memphis Grizzlies

Dave Joerger 7.00 12 Milwaukee Bucks

Jason Kidd 6.78 13 Toronto Raptors

Dwane Casey 6.74 14 Houston Rockets

Kevin McHale 6.39 15 Phoenix Suns

Jeff Hornacek 6.35 16 Sacramento Kings

George Karl 6.22 17 Detroit Pistons

Stan Van Gundy 6.17 18 Utah Jazz

Quin Snyder 6.00 19 Cleveland Cavaliers

David Blatt 5.83 20 Oklahoma City Thunder

Scott Brooks 5.52 21 Charlotte Hornets

Steve Clifford 5.35 22 Philadelphia 76ers

Brett Brown 5.26 23 Brooklyn Nets

Lionel Hollins 4.91 24 New Orleans Pelicans

Monty Williams 4.78 25 Minnesota Timberwolves

Flip Saunders 4.65 26 Washington Wizards

Randy Wittman 4.26 27 Orlando Magic

James Borrego (interim) 4.22 28 Denver Nuggets

Melvin Hunt (interim) 4.17 29 Los Angeles Lakers

Byron Scott 3.04 30 New York Knicks

Derek Fisher 2.91

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