List of Chicago Bulls head coaches
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf and was most recently coached by Tom Thibodeau. They play their home games in the United Center. The Bulls first joined the NBA in the 1966–67 season as an expansion team. Coached by Johnny Kerr, the team finished its first season with a 33–48 record, the best record achieved by an expansion team in its first year of play, and secured a playoff berth.[1] The Bulls won their first NBA championship in the 1991 NBA Finals while coached by Phil Jackson.[1] They won five additional NBA championships in the 1990s under Jackson.[1]
There have been 21 head coaches for the Bulls franchise. Phil Jackson is also the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won.[2] Jackson and Jerry Sloan are the only Bulls coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[2][3] Kerr, Dick Motta, Jackson, and Thibodeau have won NBA Coach of the Year with the team.[4] Ed Badger, Bill Berry, Bill Cartwright, Pete Myers and Jim Boylan have all spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Bulls.[5][6][7][8][9] Sloan, Cartwright, and Myers formerly played for the Bulls.[10][11][12]
Key
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| * | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Bulls |
 |
Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015–16 season.
| # | Name | Term[b] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| 1 | Kerr, JohnnyJohnny Kerr | 1966–1968 | 163 | 62 | 101 | .380 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 1966–67 NBA Coach of the Year | [13] |
| 2 | Motta, DickDick Motta | 1968–1976 | 656 | 356 | 300 | .543 | 47 | 18 | 29 | .383 | 1970–71 NBA Coach of the Year | [14] |
| 3 | Badger, EdEd Badger* | 1976–1978 | 164 | 84 | 80 | .512 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | [5] | |
| 4 | Costello, LarryLarry Costello | 1978–1979 | 56 | 20 | 36 | .357 | — | — | — | — | [15] | |
| 5 | Robertson, ScottyScotty Robertson | 1979 | 26 | 11 | 15 | .423 | — | — | — | — | [16] | |
| 6 | Sloan, JerryJerry Sloan |
1979–1982 | 215 | 94 | 121 | .437 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [3] | |
| 7 | Johnson, PhilPhil Johnson | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | — | — | — | — | [17] | |
| 8 | Thorn, RodRod Thorn | 1982 | 30 | 15 | 15 | .500 | — | — | — | — | [18] | |
| 9 | Westhead, PaulPaul Westhead | 1982–1983 | 82 | 28 | 54 | .341 | — | — | — | — | [19] | |
| 10 | Loughery, KevinKevin Loughery | 1983–1985 | 164 | 65 | 99 | .396 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | [20] | |
| 11 | Albeck, StanStan Albeck | 1985–1986 | 82 | 30 | 52 | .366 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | [21] | |
| 12 | Collins, DougDoug Collins | 1986–1989 | 246 | 137 | 109 | .557 | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | [22] | |
| 13 | Jackson, PhilPhil Jackson |
1989–1998 | 738 | 545 | 193 | .738 | 152 | 111 | 41 | .730 | 1995–96 NBA Coach of the Year 6 championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[23] |
[2] |
| 14 | Floyd, TimTim Floyd | 1998–2001 | 239 | 49 | 190 | .205 | — | — | — | — | [24] | |
| 15 | Berry, BillBill Berry* | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | — | — | — | — | [6] | |
| 16 | Cartwright, BillBill Cartwright* | 2001–2003 | 151 | 51 | 100 | .336 | — | — | — | — | [7] | |
| 17 | Myers, PetePete Myers* | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | — | — | — | — | [8] | |
| 18 | Skiles, ScottScott Skiles | 2003–2007 | 337 | 165 | 172 | .490 | 22 | 10 | 12 | .455 | [25] | |
| — | Myers, PetePete Myers* | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | — | — | — | — | [8] | |
| 19 | Boylan, JimJim Boylan | 2007–2008 | 56 | 24 | 32 | .429 | — | — | — | — | [9] | |
| 20 | Del Negro, VinnyVinny Del Negro | 2008–2010 | 164 | 82 | 82 | .500 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | [26] | |
| 21 | Thibodeau, TomTom Thibodeau* | 2010–2015 | 394 | 255 | 139 | .647 | 51 | 23 | 28 | .451 | 2010–11 NBA Coach of the Year | [27] |
| 22 | Hoiberg, FredFred Hoiberg* | 2015–present | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [28] | |
Doug Collins coached the Bulls from 1986 to 1989.
Tim Floyd coached the Bulls for four seasons and posted a record of 49-190 with the team.
Vinny Del Negro coached the Bulls to back to back playoff appearances during his two-year tenure with the team.
Tom Thibodeau coached Chicago from 2010 to 2015
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Bulls. 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
- "Chicago Bulls Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- Specific
- 1 2 3 "Chicago Bulls History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Phil Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- 1 2 "Jerry Sloan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- 1 2 "Ed Badger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- 1 2 "Bill Berry Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- 1 2 "Bill Cartwright Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Pete Myers Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- 1 2 "Jim Boylan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Jerry Sloan Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Bill Cartwright Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Pete Myers Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Red Kerr Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Dick Motta Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Larry Costello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Scotty Robertson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Phil Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Rod Thorn Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Paul Westhead Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Doug Collins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Tim Floyd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Scott Skiles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Vinny Del Negro Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Tom Thibodeau Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ↑ "BULLS NAME FRED HOIBERG HEAD COACH". NBA.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.