College Park Skyhawks
{{short description|American professional basketball team of the NBA G League}}
{{Infobox basketball club
| name = College Park Skyhawks
| logo = College Park Skyhawks logo.svg
| imagesize = 200px
| founded = 2017
| league = NBA G League
| history = Erie BayHawks
2017–2019
College Park Skyhawks
2019–present
| arena = Gateway Center Arena
| location = College Park, Georgia, U.S.
| colors = Black, red, yellow, gray{{cite web|title=College Park Skyhawks Reproduction Guideline Sheet|url=https://mediacentral.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/logos/nba%20g%20league/cps/College_Park_Skyhawks_Logosheet.jpg|publisher=NBA Properties, Inc.|access-date=May 17, 2019}}
{{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#C8102E}} {{color box|#FDB927}} {{color box|#9EA2A2}}
| coach = Steve Klei
| owner = Atlanta Hawks
| league_champs = 0
| div_champs = 1 (2017–18)
| affiliations = Atlanta Hawks
| website = {{url|https://cpskyhawks.gleague.nba.com/}}
| conference = Eastern}}
The College Park Skyhawks are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in College Park, Georgia, and are affiliated with the Atlanta Hawks. The Skyhawks play their home games at Gateway Center Arena at College Park after the franchise played its first two seasons in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Erie Insurance Arena as the Erie BayHawks.{{cite press release|title=Atlanta Hawks NBA D-League Team to Begin Play in 2017-18 Season in Erie, Pa.|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/atlanta-hawks-nba-dleague-team-erie-2017-18-season/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=May 28, 2019}}{{cite news |url=http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/south_metro/news/gateway-center-college-park-m-arena-begins/article_4807bd46-103f-11e8-a5ca-af02dae771b2.html |title=Gateway Center @ College Park $45M arena begins |access-date= February 12, 2018}} The team became the sixteenth D-League team to be owned by an NBA team.{{cite press release|title=Atlanta Hawks Purchase NBA Development League Team|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/atlanta-hawks-purchase-nba-development-league-team/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Atlanta Hawks Purchase D-League Team To Play In College Park|url=http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/atlanta-hawks-purchase-d-league-team-play-college-park|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Hawks.com|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2017}}
History
On November 10, 2016, the Atlanta Hawks announced that they had bought and established a new NBA D-League team to play in a new arena in nearby College Park beginning with the 2019–20 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/11/10/atlanta-hawks-buy-nba-d-league-team-that-will-play.html |title=Atlanta Hawks buy NBA D-League team that will play in College Park |newspaper=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=November 10, 2016}} In December 2016, the Orlando Magic purchased the original BayHawks franchise with the intent of relocating it to Florida for the 2017–18 season, eventually becoming the Lakeland Magic. In February 2017, the original BayHawks owners negotiated with the Atlanta Hawks to activate their franchise early and play as the BayHawks until the new arena in College Park is completed.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/atlanta-hawks-nba-d-league-team-to-begin-play-in-2017/n-5231984 |title=Atlanta Hawks' NBA D-League Team to Begin Play in 2017 |publisher=OurSports Central |date=January 31, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Winderman|first=Jake|title=27 Teams In 27 Days: Meet The Erie BayHawks|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/27-teams-in-27-days-meet-the-erie-bayhawks/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com|date=August 27, 2018}} The new Hawks' minor league franchise then became the BayHawks and began play in the rebranded NBA G League for the 2017–18 season.
The Hawks announced on February 21, 2019, that their G League affiliate would be known as the College Park Skyhawks when the team moved to Georgia for the 2019–20 season.{{cite news|title=Atlanta Hawks' College Park NBA G League Affiliate Set To Become The Skyhawks|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/atlanta-hawks-college-park-nba-g-league-affiliate-set-to-become-the-skyhawks/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com|date=February 21, 2019|access-date=May 28, 2019}} On May 10, 2019, the Hawks announced that rapper and College Park native 2 Chainz would join the Skyhawks' ownership group.{{cite news|title=Hip-Hop Superstar 2 Chainz To Join Ownership Group Of College Park Skyhawks|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/hip-hop-superstar-2-chainz-to-join-ownership-group-of-college-park-skyhawks/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 28, 2019}}
Season-by-season
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" | ||||||
| rowspan=2|Season
!rowspan=2|Division !colspan=4|Regular season !rowspan=2|Postseason results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Win % | |||
| colspan=10 style="{{NBA color cell|Erie BayHawks|border=2}};"|Erie BayHawks | ||||||
| 2017–18 | Southeast | 1st | 28 | 22 | {{winpct|28|22}} | align=left|Won First Round (Lakeland) 96–90 Won Conference Semifinal (Fort Wayne) 119–116 Lost Conference Final (Raptors 905) 106–118 |
| 2018–19 | Southeast | 4th | 24 | 26 | {{winpct|24|26}} | align=left| |
| colspan=10 style="{{NBA color cell|College Park Skyhawks|border=2}};"|College Park Skyhawks | ||||||
| 2019–20 | Southeast | 3rd | 20 | 23 | {{winpct|20|23}} | align=left|Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | colspan="7"| Opted out of single-site season | |||||
| 2021–22 | Eastern | 3rd | 20 | 13 | {{winpct|20|13}} | align=left|Lost Conference Quarterfinal (Capital City) 122–131 |
| 2022–23 | Eastern | 11th | 15 | 17 | {{winpct|15|17}} | align=left| |
| 2023–24 | Eastern | 7th | 17 | 17 | {{winpct|17|17}} | align=left| |
| 2024–25 | Eastern | 9th | 17 | 17 | {{winpct|17|17}} | align=left| |
| colspan=3| Regular season record || 141 || 135 || {{winpct|141|135}} || colspan=2| | ||||||
| colspan=3| Playoff record || 2 || 2 || {{winpct|2|2}} || colspan=2| |
Current roster
{{College Park Skyhawks roster}}
Head coaches
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
!scope="col" style="width:20px" rowspan="2"|# !scope="col" style="width:120px" rowspan="2"|Head coach !scope="col" style="width:50px" rowspan="2"|Term !scope="col" style="width:80px" colspan="4"|Regular season !scope="col" style="width:80px" colspan="4"|Playoffs !scope="col" style="width:300px" rowspan="2"|Achievements | |||||||||||
| G | W | L | Win% | G | W | L | Win% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|1 | align=left | {{sortname|Josh|Longstaff}} | align=left | 2017–2018 | 50 | 28 | 22 | {{winpct|28|22}} | 3 | 2 | 1 | {{winpct|2|1}} | align=left | |
| align=left|2 | align=left | {{sortname|Noel|Gillespie}} | align=left | {{nowrap|2018–2021}} | 93 | 44 | 49 | {{winpct|44|49}} | — | — | — | — | align=left | |
| align=left|3 | align=left | {{sortname|Steve|Gansey}} | align=left | 2021–2023 | 65 | 35 | 30 | {{winpct|35|30}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | {{winpct|0|1}} | align=left | |
| align=left|4 | align=left | {{sortname|Ryan|Schmidt}} | align=left | 2023–2024 | 34 | 17 | 17 | {{winpct|17|17}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | {{winpct|0|0}} | align=left | |
| align=left|5 | align=left | {{sortname|Steve|Klei}} | align=left | 2024–present | 34 | 17 | 17 | {{winpct|17|17}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | {{winpct|0|0}} | align=left | |
NBA affiliates
=Erie BayHawks (2017–19)=
- Atlanta Hawks (2017–2019)
=College Park Skyhawks=
- Atlanta Hawks (2019–present)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.cpskyhawks.com/ College Park Skyhawks website]
{{NBA G League}}
{{Atlanta Hawks}}
{{Sports in Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Atlanta Sports}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:College Park Skyhawks}}
Category:2016 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)