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The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Month award has been presented monthly by the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1982–83 NBA season. It recognizes coaches for their outstanding performance during a given month. Since the 2002-2003 NBA season, the award has honored two coaches each month—one from the Eastern Conference and one from the Western Conference—to equally recognize both conferences. The first recipient of the award in November 1982 was Scotty Robertson, coach of the Detroit Pistons, whose team held an 11–6 record that month.
As of March 2025, the most recent winners of the Coach of the Month award are Mark Daigneault of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Western Conference) and J.B. Bickerstaff of the Detroit Pistons (Eastern Conference).
Like the Coach of the Year award, the Coach of the Month award is determined through evaluation of a team's win-loss record, scoring, defense, and other performance factors. Over 23 years, the award has been presented 362 times, with several coaches receiving it multiple times within a single season. A total of 99 coaches have received the award, with coach Gregg Popovich earning it a record seventeen times.
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