John MacLeod

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This article is about the basketball coach. For the Scottish physician, see John James Richard Macleod; for the Scottish football (soccer) player, see Johnny MacLeod; for the Scottish minister, see John MacLeod (Minister, Scotland).

John Matthew MacLeod (born October 3, 1937 in New Albany, Indiana) is a former basketball coach in the National Basketball Association. He has coached three different NBA teams; from 1973 through 1987, he coached the Phoenix Suns. The next year, he was hired by the Dallas Mavericks as head coach, a position he held for a bit over two years. In addition, he coached the New York Knicks for part of the 1990-1991 season.

MacLeod had considerable success with Phoenix, but his teams did not win it all in the playoffs - they lost once in the NBA Finals, and twice at the Western Conference level.

Preceded by Bob Stevens	Oklahoma Head Men's Basketball Coach 1967–1974	Succeeded by Joe Ramsay
Preceded by Jerry Colangelo	Phoenix Suns Head Coach 1974–1987	Succeeded by Dick Van Arsdale
Preceded by Dick Motta	Dallas Mavericks Head Coach 1987–1989	Succeeded by Richie Adubato
Preceded by Stu Jackson	New York Knicks Head Coach 1990–1991	Succeeded by Pat Riley
Preceded by Digger Phelps	Notre Dame Head Men's Basketball Coach 1991–1999	Succeeded by Matt Doherty