List of Chicago Bulls head coaches explained

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 Billy Donovan is the current head coach. They play their home games in the United Center. The Bulls first joined the NBA in the 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

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win%Winning percentage
Number of coaches
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 April 13, 2024.

NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
1–16362101817 NBA Coach of the Year[13]
2–656356300471829 NBA Coach of the Year[14]
3–1648480312
4562036————[15]
5261115————[16]
6–21594121624
7101————[17]
8301515————[18]
9822854————[19]
10–1646599413[20]
11823052303[21]
12–246137109301317[22]
13–73854519315211141 NBA Coach of the Year
6 championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[23]
14–23949190————[24]
15202————
16–15151100————
17202————
18–337165172221012[25]
—101————
19562432————
20–16482821248[26]
21–394255139512328 NBA Coach of the Year[27]
22–270115155624[28]
23–1233984———[29]
24–present317156162514[30]

Notes

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chicago Bulls History. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 22, 2008. November 4, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104175906/http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/Chicago_Bulls_History-24393-42.html. live.
  2. Web site: Phil Jackson Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. February 11, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110211185058/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/jacksph01c.html. live.
  3. Web site: Jerry Sloan Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. May 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200527132441/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/sloanje01c.html. live.
  4. Web site: Coach of the Year. June 2, 2008. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915001144/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html. September 15, 2010. dead.
  5. Web site: Ed Badger Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720224230/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/badgeed99c.html. live.
  6. Web site: Bill Berry Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720034358/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/berrybi99c.html. live.
  7. Web site: Bill Cartwright Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. September 6, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100906231751/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cartwbi01c.html. live.
  8. Web site: Pete Myers Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720212227/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/myerspe01c.html. live.
  9. Web site: Jim Boylan Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. January 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117193245/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/boylaji99c.html. live.
  10. Web site: Jerry Sloan Playing Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 22, 2008. May 31, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531193917/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sloanje01.html. live.
  11. Web site: Bill Cartwright Playing Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 22, 2008. September 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100927055311/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cartwbi01.html. live.
  12. Web site: Pete Myers Playing Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 22, 2008. July 9, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080709013402/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/myerspe01.html. live.
  13. Web site: Red Kerr Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. March 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110309125625/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/kerrre01c.html. live.
  14. Web site: Dick Motta Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. March 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323195556/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mottadi99c.html. live.
  15. Web site: Larry Costello Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. March 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323195545/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/costela01c.html. live.
  16. Web site: Scotty Robertson Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. January 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117193025/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/robersc99c.html. live.
  17. Web site: Phil Johnson Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. February 10, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110210010445/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/johnsph99c.html. live.
  18. Web site: Rod Thorn Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720032843/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/thornro01c.html. live.
  19. Web site: Paul Westhead Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. February 25, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110225112136/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/westhpa99c.html. live.
  20. Web site: Kevin Loughery Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. August 5, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805040500/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/loughke01c.html. live.
  21. Web site: Stan Albeck Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. May 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516090229/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/albecst99c.html. live.
  22. Web site: Doug Collins Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. September 6, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100906091714/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/collido01c.html. live.
  23. Web site: Top 10 Coaches in NBA History. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119011709/http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html. January 19, 2010. dead.
  24. Web site: Tim Floyd Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. June 3, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080603111601/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/floydti99c.html. live.
  25. Web site: Scott Skiles Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 21, 2008. October 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004003228/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/skilesc01c.html. live.
  26. Web site: Vinny Del Negro Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. November 13, 2008. December 23, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081223235732/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/delnevi01c.html. live.
  27. Web site: Tom Thibodeau Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. May 1, 2011. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629045652/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/thiboto99c.html. live.
  28. Web site: Fred Hoiberg Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 27, 2021. July 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726190043/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/hoibefr99c.html. live.
  29. Web site: Jim Boylen Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 27, 2021. December 4, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181204215425/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/boyleji02c.html. live.
  30. Web site: Billy Donovan Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 27, 2021. December 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211228101742/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/donovbi99c.html. live.

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