List of Portland Trail Blazers head coaches

Jack Ramsay coached the Blazers to their only NBA Championship in 1977.

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 1977 through 1995, 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. ^[3] 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). ^[4] 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). ^[5] Ramsay is the only coach to win an NBA championship with the Trail Blazers, in the 1977 NBA Finals. ^[6] 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. ^[7] Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1986–87 and 1998–99 respectively, with the Trail Blazers. ^[8] Todd, Stu Inman, Jack McCloskey, Kevin Pritchard, and Kaleb Canales have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Trail Blazers. ^{[3] [9] [10] [11]} Canales was named interim coach of the Trail Blazers toward the end of the 2011–12 season. ^[12] Terry Stotts was named as head coach on August 7, 2012. The announcement was made by General Manager Neil Olshey. ^[13] At this time, his NBA coaching record was 115–168.

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches [a]
*	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 2023–24 season.

#	Name	Term [b]	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
1	Rolland Todd *	1970–1972	138	41	97	.297	—	—	—	—		[3]
2	Stu Inman *	1972	26	6	20	.231	—	—	—	—		[9]
3	Jack McCloskey *	1972–1974	164	48	116	.293	—	—	—	—		[10]
4	Lenny Wilkens †	1974–1975 (as player-coach) 1975–1976	164	75	89	.457	—	—	—	—	One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [7]	[14]
5	Jack Ramsay †	1976–1986	820	453	367	.552	59	29	30	.492	1 NBA championship (1977) [6] One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [7]	[4]
6	Mike Schuler	1986–1988	211	127	84	.602	8	2	6	.250	1986–87 NBA Coach of the Year [8]	[15]
7	Rick Adelman †	1988–1994	445	291	154	.654	69	36	33	.522	2 NBA Finals (1990, 1992) [5]	[5]
8	P. J. Carlesimo	1994–1997	246	137	109	.557	12	3	9	.250		[16]
9	Mike Dunleavy	1997–2001	296	190	106	.642	36	18	18	.500	1998–99 NBA Coach of the Year [8]	[17]
10	Maurice Cheeks	2001–2005	301	162	139	.538	10	3	7	.300		[18]
11	Kevin Pritchard *	2005	27	5	22	.185	—	—	—	—		[11]
12	Nate McMillan	2005–2012	535	266	269	.497	18	6	12	.333		[19]
13	Kaleb Canales *	2012	23	8	15	.348	—	—	—	—		[12]
14	Terry Stotts	2012–2021	720	402	318	.558	62	22	40	.355		[20]
15	Chauncey Billups *	2021–present	283	91	192	.322				–		[21]

• 
  Rick Adelman was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from 1988 to 1994, and led them to their Second NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992
• 
  Maurice Cheeks was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from 2001 to 2005
• 
  Nate McMillan was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from 2005 to 2012
• 
  Terry Stotts was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from 2012 to 2021
• 
  Chauncey Billups, the current head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers since 2021

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Trail Blazers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

General

• "Portland Trail Blazers Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2008.

Specific

1. "Bulls still winning off the court". ESPN. December 2, 2004. Archived from the original on March 27, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
2. "Neil Olshey Named Trail Blazers General Manager" (Press release). Portland Trail Blazers. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
3. "Rolland Todd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
4. "Jack Ramsay Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
5. "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
6. "Walton, Lucas Ignite 'Blazermania'". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
7. "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
8. "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
9. "Stu Inman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
10. "Jack McCloskey Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
11. "Kevin Pritchard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
12. "Kaleb Canales Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
13. "Terry Stotts named Trail Blazers head coach". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
14. "Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
15. "Mike Schuler Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
16. "P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
17. "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
18. "Maurice Cheeks Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
19. "Nate McMillan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
20. "Terry Stotts Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
21. "Chauncey Billups Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.