List of Los Angeles Clippers head coaches

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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 Clippers play at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, as of the 2024–25 NBA season. Previously, the team played its home games at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) from 1999 to 2024. [3] The Clippers are owned by Steve Ballmer, and Trent Redden is their general manager.

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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

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
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.

#NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
Buffalo Braves
Dolph Schayes 1970–1971 832261.265———— [8]
Johnny McCarthy * 1971–1972 812259.272———— [9]
Jack Ramsay † 1972–1976 328158170.48222913.409One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996) [4] [5]
Tates Locke * 1976–1977 461630.348———— [10]
Bob MacKinnon 1977 734.429———— [11]
Joe Mullaney 1977 291118.379———— [12]
Cotton Fitzsimmons 1977–1978 822755.329———— [13]
San Diego Clippers
Gene Shue 1978–1980 1647886.476———— [14]
Paul Silas 1980–1983 24678168.317———— [15]
Jim Lynam 1983–1984 823052.366———— [16]
Los Angeles Clippers
Jim Lynam 1984–1985 612239.361———— [16]
Don Chaney 1985–1987 18553132.286———— [17]
Gene Shue 1987–1989 1202793.225———— [14]
Don Casey 1989–1990 1264185.325———— [18]
Mike Schuler 1990–1992 1275275.409———— [19]
Mack Calvin * 1992 211.500———— [20]
Larry Brown † 1992–1993 1176453.5471046.400One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021) [6]
Bob Weiss 1993–1994 822755.329———— [21]
Bill Fitch † 1994–1998 32899229.302303.000One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996) [4] [22]
Chris Ford 1998–2000 952075.211———— [23]
Jim Todd * 2000 37433.108———— [24]
Alvin Gentry 2000–2003 22289133.401———— [25]
Dennis Johnson * 2003 24816.333———— [26]
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. 2003–2010 541215326.3971275.583 [27]
Kim Hughes * 2010 33825.242———— [28]
Vinny Del Negro 2010–2013 230128102.55717611.353 [29]
Doc Rivers 2013–2020 564356208.631592732.458One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021) [30]
Tyronn Lue 2020–present318184134.579241113.458 [31]

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