List of New Orleans Pelicans head coaches
The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The team was born out of the original Hornets' relocation to New Orleans in 2002.[2] The team has had three names since its inception; it was called the New Orleans Hornets (2002–2005; 2007–2013), the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–2007), and the New Orleans Pelicans (2013–present).[3] The Pelicans have never been to the NBA Finals since its inception.[4] The team has played their home games at the New Orleans Arena since 2002.[5] The Pelicans are owned by Tom Benson, with Dell Demps as their general manager.
There have been five head coaches for the Pelicans. The franchise's first head coach was Paul Silas, who coached for one season. Byron Scott is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (419), the most regular-season game wins (203), the most playoff games coached (17), and the most playoff-game wins (8). Paul Silas has franchise record for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.573). Jeff Bower is the only coach to have not reached the playoffs with the Pelicans. Scott is the only Pelicans coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the 2007–08 season.[6] Bower and Monty Williams have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Pelicans. No Pelicans head coach has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. The Pelicans' current head coach is Monty Williams, who was appointed on June 7, 2010.[7]
On May 31, 2015, the Pelicans hired Alvin Gentry as the franchise's 6th head coach.[8]
Contents
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches[a] |
* | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Hornets / Pelicans |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2014–15 season.
# | Name | Term[b] | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference |
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Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
1 | Paul Silas | 2002–2003 | 82 | 47 | 35 | .573 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [9] | |
2 | Tim Floyd | 2003–2004 | 82 | 41 | 41 | .500 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | [10] | |
3 | Byron Scott | 2004–2009 | 419 | 203 | 216 | .484 | 17 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2007–08 NBA Coach of the Year[6] | [11] |
4 | Jeff Bower* | 2009–2010 | 73 | 34 | 39 | .466 | — | — | — | — | [12] | |
5 | Monty Williams* | 2010–2015 | 394 | 173 | 221 | .439 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | [13] | |
6 | Alvin Gentry | 2015–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | [8] |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Pelicans. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
References
- General
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