List of Portland Trail Blazers head coaches explained

The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise entered the NBA in 1970. The Trail Blazers sold out 814 consecutive home games from through, the longest such streak in American professional sports.[1] The team has played their home games at the Moda Center (formerly the Rose Garden) since the 1995–96 NBA season. The Trail Blazers are owned by Jody Allen, and Joe Cronin is their general manager.[2]

There have been 15 head coaches for the Trail Blazers franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Rolland Todd, who coached for two seasons. Jack Ramsay is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (820), and the most regular season game wins (453). Rick Adelman is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.654), playoff games coached (69), and most playoff game wins (36). Ramsay is the only coach to win an NBA championship with the Trail Blazers, in the 1977 NBA Finals. Ramsay and Lenny Wilkens are the only Trail Blazers coaches to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and were both named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in and respectively, with the Trail Blazers. Todd, Stu Inman, Jack McCloskey, Kevin Pritchard, and Kaleb Canales have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Trail Blazers. Canales was named interim coach of the Trail Blazers toward the end of the season. Terry Stotts was named as head coach on August 7, 2012. The announcement was made by General Manager Neil Olshey.[3] At this time, his NBA coaching record was 115-168.

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win%Winning percentage
Number of coaches
Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Trail Blazers
Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .

NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
1–1384197.297————[4]
226620.231————[5]
3–16448116.293————[6]
4 (as player-coach)
1647589.457————One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[7] [8]
5–820453367.552592930.4921 NBA championship (1977)[9]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history		[10]
6–21112784.602826.250 NBA Coach of the Year[11] [12]
7–445291154.654693633.5222 NBA Finals (1990, 1992)[13]
8–246137109.5571239.250[14]
9–296190106.642361818.500 NBA Coach of the Year[15]
10–301162139.5381037.300[16]
1127522.185————[17]
12–535266269.49718612.333[18]
1323815.348————[19]
14–2021720402318622240[20]
15–present24681135[21]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bulls still winning off the court. December 2, 2004. ESPN. November 17, 2008. March 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110327140222/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?id=1937242. live.
  2. Neil Olshey Named Trail Blazers General Manager. Portland Trail Blazers. June 5, 2012. June 5, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010412/http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/itemId/3131/Default.aspx. June 6, 2012.
  3. Web site: Terry Stotts named Trail Blazers head coach . 2012-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810023009/http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/itemId/3200/Default.aspx . 2012-08-10 . dead .
  4. Web site: Rolland Todd Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. December 24, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224002049/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/toddro99c.html. live.
  5. Web site: Stu Inman Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. October 5, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081005133341/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/inmanst99c.html. live.
  6. Web site: Jack McCloskey Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. April 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180401014918/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mccloja01d.html. live.
  7. Web site: Top 10 Coaches in NBA History. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. July 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119011709/http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html. January 19, 2010. dead.
  8. Web site: Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. January 8, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108224137/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/wilkele01c.html. live.
  9. Web site: Walton, Lucas Ignite 'Blazermania'. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. July 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223215047/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19761977.html. February 23, 2012. dead.
  10. Web site: Jack Ramsay Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. November 16, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091116231922/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/ramsaja99c.html. live.
  11. Web site: Coach of the Year. November 16, 2008. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915001144/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html. September 15, 2010. dead.
  12. Web site: Mike Schuler Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. January 17, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230117125652/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/schulmi99c.html. live.
  13. Web site: Rick Adelman Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. March 1, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110301134631/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/adelmri01c.html. live.
  14. Web site: P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. July 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110704061053/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/carlepj99c.html. live.
  15. Web site: Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. June 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080601054642/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/dunlemi01c.html. live.
  16. Web site: Maurice Cheeks Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. September 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100901003125/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cheekma01c.html. live.
  17. Web site: Kevin Pritchard Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. November 16, 2008. December 29, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081229003943/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/pritcke01c.html. live.
  18. Web site: Nate McMillan Coaching Record . basketball-reference.com . June 5, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614021942/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mcmilna01c.html . June 14, 2012 .
  19. Web site: Kaleb Canales Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. June 5, 2012. May 9, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509135414/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/canalka99c.html. live.
  20. Web site: Terry Stotts Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. August 7, 2012. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201202357/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/stottte99c.html. live.
  21. Web site: Chauncey Billups Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. June 29, 2021. June 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629133735/https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/billuch01c.html. live.

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