Career

He first started coaching for the Oklahoma Sooners' basketball team. He has coached three different NBA teams; from 1973 through 1987, he coached the Phoenix Suns. This head coaching stint is considered one of the longest in the NBA. He also ended up coaching the Western Conference All-Star team in the 1981 NBA All-Star Game. 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. After he was fired from the Knicks, he coached the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1991 to 1999. He has also been an assistant head coach for the Suns during Scott Skiles' first season as head coach before officially retiring from coaching.

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. Due to the success that he had as their longest tenured head coach with 579 wins for the Suns, MacLeod was inducted into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor on April 18, 2012 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W-L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW-L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W-L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW-L%	Result
Phoenix	1973-74	82	30	52	.366	4th in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Phoenix	1974-75	82	32	50	.390	2nd in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Phoenix	1975-76	82	42	40	.512	3rd in Pacific	19	10	9	.526	Lost in NBA Finals
Phoenix	1976-77	82	34	48	.415	5st in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Phoenix	1977-78	82	49	33	.598	2nd in Pacific	2	0	2	.000	Lost in First Round
Phoenix	1978-79	82	50	32	.610	2nd in Pacific	15	9	6	.600	Lost in Conf. Finals
Phoenix	1979-80	82	55	27	.671	3rd in Pacific	8	3	5	.375	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Phoenix	1980-81	82	57	25	.695	1st in Pacific	7	3	4	.429	Lost in First Round
Phoenix	1981-82	82	46	36	.561	3rd in Pacific	7	2	5	.286	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Phoenix	1982-83	82	53	29	.646	2nd in Pacific	3	1	2	.333	Lost in First Round
Phoenix	1983-84	82	41	41	.500	4st in Pacific	17	9	8	.529	Lost in Conf. Finals
Phoenix	1984-85	82	36	46	.439	4st in Pacific	3	0	3	.000	Lost in First Round
Phoenix	1985-86	82	32	50	.390	5st in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Phoenix	1986-87	56	22	34	.393	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
Dallas	1987-88	82	53	29	.646	2nd in Pacific	17	10	7	.588	Lost in Conf. Finals
Dallas	1985-86	82	38	44	.463	4st in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Dallas	1986-87	11	5	6	.455	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
New York	1990-91	67	32	35	.478	4st in Pacific	3	0	3	.000	Lost in First Round
Career		1364	707	657	.518		101	47	54	.465

Personal

A high school star in Indiana and member of the team at Bellarmine University, as well as a former high school coach, in 1997, MacLeod was named the Big East Coach of the Year.

He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]