List of Los Angeles Clippers head coaches

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 Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) since 1999.^[3] The Clippers are owned by Steve Ballmer, and Dave Wohl is their general manager.

The Clippers have played their home games at the Crypto.com Arena since 1999.

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 (541). Doc Rivers is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games won (307), playoff games coached (46), and playoff games won (22). Jack Ramsay, Larry Brown, Bill Fitch, Mike Dunleavy, Vinny Del Negro, Doc Rivers, and Tyronn Lue, 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, Brown and Fitch are the only Clippers coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.^[5]^[6]^[7] The current head coach of the Clippers is Tyronn Lue.

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 2023–24 season.

#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
#	Name	Term	Regular season				Playoffs				Achievements	Reference
Buffalo Braves
1	Dolph Schayes	1970–1971	83	22	61	.265	—	—	—	—		^[8]
2	Johnny McCarthy*	1971–1972	81	22	59	.272	—	—	—	—		^[9]
3	Jack Ramsay†	1972–1976	328	158	170	.482	22	9	13	.409	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)^[4]	^[5]
4	Tates Locke*	1976–1977	46	16	30	.348	—	—	—	—		^[10]
5	Bob MacKinnon	1977	7	3	4	.429	—	—	—	—		^[11]
6	Joe Mullaney	1977	29	11	18	.379	—	—	—	—		^[12]
7	Cotton Fitzsimmons	1977–1978	82	27	55	.329	—	—	—	—		^[13]
San Diego Clippers
8	Gene Shue	1978–1980	164	78	86	.476	—	—	—	—		^[14]
9	Paul Silas	1980–1983	246	78	168	.317	—	—	—	—		^[15]
10	Jim Lynam	1983–1984	82	30	52	.366	—	—	—	—		^[16]
Los Angeles Clippers
—	Jim Lynam	1984–1985	61	22	39	.361	—	—	—	—		^[16]
11	Don Chaney	1985–1987	185	53	132	.286	—	—	—	—		^[17]
—	Gene Shue	1987–1989	120	27	93	.225	—	—	—	—		^[14]
12	Don Casey	1989–1990	126	41	85	.325	—	—	—	—		^[18]
13	Mike Schuler	1990–1992	127	52	75	.409	—	—	—	—		^[19]
14	Mack Calvin*	1992	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—		^[20]
15	Larry Brown†	1992–1993	117	64	53	.547	10	4	6	.400	One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021)	^[6]
16	Bob Weiss	1993–1994	82	27	55	.329	—	—	—	—		^[21]
17	Bill Fitch†	1994–1998	328	99	229	.302	3	0	3	.000	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)^[4]	^[22]
18	Chris Ford	1998–2000	95	20	75	.211	—	—	—	—		^[23]
19	Jim Todd*	2000	37	4	33	.108	—	—	—	—		^[24]
20	Alvin Gentry	2000–2003	222	89	133	.401	—	—	—	—		^[25]
21	Dennis Johnson*	2003	24	8	16	.333	—	—	—	—		^[26]
22	Mike Dunleavy, Sr.	2003–2010	541	215	326	.397	12	7	5	.583		^[27]
23	Kim Hughes*	2010	33	8	25	.242	—	—	—	—		^[28]
24	Vinny Del Negro	2010–2013	230	128	102	.557	17	6	11	.353		^[29]
25	Doc Rivers	2013–2020	564	356	208	.631	59	27	32	.458		^[30]
26	Tyronn Lue	2020–present	318	184	134	.579	24	11	13	.458		^[31]

Dennis Johnson coached the Clippers for 24 games.
Alvin Gentry coached the Clippers from 2000-2003.
Vinny Del Negro coached the Clippers to back to back playoff appearances during his three-year tenure with the team.
Doc Rivers was the Clippers head coach from 2013-2020.
Tyronn Lue is the current head coach of the Clippers since 2020.

References

General

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

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