List of Memphis Grizzlies head coaches

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The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1995 along with the Toronto Raptors as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. The Grizzlies and the Raptors became the first non-United States teams to join the NBA since 1946. [1] After spending six seasons in Vancouver, the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in the 2001–02 season. [2] The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum since 2004. [3] The Grizzlies were owned by Michael Heisley and several locals including J. R. Hyde, Andy Cates, and Elliot Perry. [4]

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There have been 11 head coaches for the Grizzlies franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Brian Winters, who coached for two seasons. [5] Lionel Hollins is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (415), and the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season game wins (214). [6] Hubie Brown is the only Grizzlies head coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award. [7] Brown was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor, [a] in 2005. [8] Tony Barone and Marc Iavaroni have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Grizzlies. [9] [10] [11] Iavaroni was fired by the Grizzlies on January 22, 2009. Hollins was named as Iavaroni's successor, though Johnny Davis was the head coach for two games before Hollins' third term with the team. [12] On May 7, 2016, Dave Joerger was fired by the Grizzlies. [13] On May 29, 2016, David Fizdale was hired by the Grizzlies. [14] Fizdale was fired on November 27, 2017.

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win% Winning percentage
#Number of coaches [a]
*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Grizzlies

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2022–23 season.

#NameTerm [b] GCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
Vancouver Grizzlies
Brian Winters 1995–1997 12523102.184000– [5]
Stu Jackson 1997 39633.154000– [15]
Brian Hill 1997–1999 15431123.201000– [16]
Lionel Hollins 1999–2000 601842.300000– [6]
Sidney Lowe 2000–2001 822359.280000– [17]
Memphis Grizzlies
Sidney Lowe 2001–2002 902367.256000– [17]
Hubie Brown 2002–2004 1688385.494404.000 NBA Coach of the Year

(2003–04) [7]

[8]
Lionel Hollins 2004 404.000000– [6]
Mike Fratello 2004–2006 1789583.534808.000 [18]
Tony Barone * 2006–2007 521636.308000– [9]
Marc Iavaroni * 2007–2009 1233390.268000– [10]
Johnny Davis 2009 202.000000– [19]
Lionel Hollins 2009–2013 351196155.558351817.514 [6]
Dave Joerger 2013–2016 24614799.59822913.409 [11]
David Fizdale 2016–2017 1015051.495624.333 [20]
J. B. Bickerstaff 2017–2019 1454897.331———– [21]
Taylor Jenkins 2019–present309179130.57923914.391 [22]

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