List of Los Angeles Clippers head coaches

The Clippers have played their home games at the Staples Center since 1999.

The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The Clippers joined the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team. The team has had three names since its inception: the Buffalo Braves (1970–1978), the San Diego Clippers (1978–1984), and the Los Angeles Clippers (1984–present). The Clippers are the oldest franchise in the NBA to have never reached the league finals.^[2] The team has played its home games at the Staples Center since 1999.^[3] The Clippers are owned by Steve Ballmer, and Dave Wohl is their general manager.

There have been 25 head coaches for the Clippers. The franchise's first head coach was Dolph Schayes, who coached for 83 games in two seasons. Mike Dunleavy is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (492) and regular-season games won (194). Jack Ramsay is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff games coached (22), and playoff games won (9). Ramsay, Larry Brown, Bill Fitch, Dunleavy, Vinny Del Negro, and Doc Rivers are the only coaches to have reached the playoffs with the Clippers. Ramsay and Fitch were also named as two of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996.^[4] Ramsay and Brown are the only Clippers coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.^[5][6] The most recent head coach of the Clippers is Doc Rivers.

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches
*	Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Braves/Clippers
	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	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
Buffalo Braves
1	Schayes, DolphDolph Schayes	1970–1971	83	22	61	.265	0	0	0	–		[7]
2	McCarthy, JohnnyJohnny McCarthy*	1971–1972	81	22	59	.272	0	0	0	–		[8]
3	Ramsay, JackJack Ramsay	1972–1976	328	158	170	.482	22	9	13	.409	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[4]	[5]
4	Locke, TatesTates Locke*	1976–1977	46	16	30	.348	0	0	0	–		[9]
5	MacKinnon, BobBob MacKinnon	1977	7	3	4	.429	0	0	0	–		[10]
6	Mullaney, JoeJoe Mullaney	1977	29	11	18	.379	0	0	0	–		[11]
7	Fitzsimmons, CottonCotton Fitzsimmons	1977–1978	82	27	55	.329	0	0	0	–		[12]
San Diego Clippers
8	Shue, GeneGene Shue	1978–1980	164	78	86	.476	0	0	0	–		[13]
9	Silas, PaulPaul Silas	1980–1983	246	78	168	.317	0	0	0	–		[14]
10	Lynam, JimJim Lynam	1983–1984	82	30	52	.366	0	0	0	–		[15]
Los Angeles Clippers
—	Lynam, JimJim Lynam	1984–1985	61	22	39	.361	0	0	0	–		[15]
11	Chaney, DonDon Chaney	1985–1987	185	53	132	.286	0	0	0	–		[16]
—	Shue, GeneGene Shue	1987–1989	120	27	93	.225	0	0	0	–		[13]
12	Casey, DonDon Casey	1989–1990	126	41	85	.325	0	0	0	–		[17]
13	Schuler, MikeMike Schuler	1990–1992	127	52	75	.409	0	0	0	–		[18]
14	Calvin, MackMack Calvin*	1992	2	1	1	.500	0	0	0	–		[19]
15	Brown, LarryLarry Brown	1992–1993	117	64	53	.547	10	4	6	.400		[6]
16	Weiss, BobBob Weiss	1993–1994	82	27	55	.329	0	0	0	–		[20]
17	Fitch, BillBill Fitch	1994–1998	328	99	229	.302	3	0	3	.000	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[4]	[21]
18	Ford, ChrisChris Ford	1998–2000	95	20	75	.211	0	0	0	–		[22]
19	Todd, JimJim Todd*	2000	37	4	33	.108	0	0	0	–		[23]
20	Gentry, AlvinAlvin Gentry	2000–2003	222	89	133	.401	0	0	0	–		[24]
21	Johnson, DennisDennis Johnson*	2003	24	8	16	.333	0	0	0	–		[25]
22	Dunleavy, Sr., MikeMike Dunleavy, Sr.	2003–2010	541	215	326	.397	12	7	5	.583		[26]
23	Hughes, KimKim Hughes*	2010	33	8	25	.242	0	0	0	–		[27]
24	Del Negro, VinnyVinny Del Negro	2010–2013	230	128	102	.557	17	6	11	.353		[28]
25	Rivers, DocDoc Rivers	2013–present	246	166	80	.675	32	15	17	.469		[29]

• 
  Dennis Johnson coached the Clippers for 24 games.
• 
  Vinny Del Negro coached the Clippers to back to back playoff appearances during his three-year tenure with the team.
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  Doc Rivers is the current Clippers head coach.

References

General

• "Los Angeles Clippers Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2009.

Specific

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2. "Team Index". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
3. "About Staples Center". Staples Center. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
4. "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
5. "Jack Ramsay Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
6. "Larry Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
7. "Dolph Schayes Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
8. "Johnny McCarthy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
9. "Tates Locke Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
10. "Bob MacKinnon Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
11. "Joe Mullaney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
12. "Cotton Fitzsimmons Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
13. "Gene Shue Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
14. "Paul Silas Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
15. "Jim Lynam Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
16. "Don Chaney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
17. "Don Casey Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
18. "Mike Schuler Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
19. "Mack Calvin Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
20. "Bob Weiss Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
21. "Bill Fitch Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
22. "Chris Ford Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
23. "Jim Todd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
24. "Alvin Gentry Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
25. "Dennis Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
26. "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
27. "Kim Hughes Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
28. "Vinny Del Negro Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
29. "Doc Rivers Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.