The Atlanta Hawks’ Mike Budenholzer, who guided the team to the best regular season in franchise history, is the recipient of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the 2014-15 NBA Coach of the Year, the NBA announced today.

Budenholzer received 67 first-place votes and 513 total points from a panel of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. The Golden State Warriors’ Steve Kerr, who led the Pacific Division champions to a franchise-record and NBA-high 67 victories in his first season as an NBA coach, finished second with 56 first-place votes and 471 total points. Jason Kidd of the Milwaukee Bucks was third with one first-place vote and 57 total points. Coaches were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.

Budenholzer led Atlanta to a 60-22 record in his second season, three games better than the previous team high of 57-25 set in 1986-87 and matched in 1993-94. The Hawks earned both the No. 1 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference and a division title (Southeast Division) for the first time since 1993-94 -- the last season they had the NBA Coach of the Year (Lenny Wilkens). Atlanta made the playoffs for the eighth consecutive year, the longest active streak in the East. - Via NBA 

2014-15 NBA COACH OF THE YEAR RESULTS

Coach, Team                                      1st                       2nd                3rd                  Pts

Mike Budenholzer, Atlanta                67                 58                 4                   513

Steve Kerr, Golden State                      56                 61                 8                   471

Jason Kidd, Milwaukee                       1                   5                    37                   57
Brad Stevens, Boston                         2                   4                   28                   50

Gregg Popovich, San Antonio             3                   --                   23                 38

Kevin McHale, Houston                      --                   --                   13                 13
Tom Thibodeau, Chicago                    1                   1                   2                   10
Quin Snyder, Utah                               --                   1                   4                   7

David Blatt, Cleveland                         --                   --                   3                    3
Doc Rivers, L.A. Clippers                    --                   --                   2                   2
Terry Stotts, Portland                            --                  --                 2                   2

Rick Carlisle, Dallas                            --                   --                   1                   1
Dwane Casey, Toronto                        --                   --                  1                  1
Jeff Hornacek, Phoenix                       --                   --                   1                   1
Monty Williams, New Orleans             --                   --                   1                  1

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