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).{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Div.html |title=2008-2009 Division Regular Season Standings |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |work=NBA.com |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108044514/http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Div.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ |title=Team Index |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=November 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501192747/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.staplescenter.com/doublecol.php?section=about&page=aboutstaplescenter |title=About Staples Center |publisher=Staples Center |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914162353/http://www.staplescenter.com/doublecol.php?section=about&page=aboutstaplescenter |archive-date=September 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The Clippers are owned by Steve Ballmer, and Trent Redden is their general manager.
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. Ramsay, Brown and Fitch are the only Clippers coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/ramsaja99c.html |title=Jack Ramsay Coaching Record |work=basketball-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=November 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116231922/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/ramsaja99c.html |archive-date=November 16, 2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownla01c.html |title=Larry Brown Coaching Record |work=basketball-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=November 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006040659/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/brownla01c.html |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/fitchbi99c.html |title=Bill Fitch Coaching Record |work=basketball-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414154459/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/fitchbi99c.html |url-status=live }} The current head coach of the Clippers is Tyronn Lue.
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Key
| class="wikitable" |
| GC
|Games coached |
| W
|Wins |
| L
|Losses |
| Win% |
| #
|Number of coaches |
| style="background:#dfd; width:6em;"|*
| Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Braves/Clippers |
| style="background:#ffe6bd; width:6em;"|{{dagger}}
|Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the {{nbay|2024|app=season}}.
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| rowspan="2"|#
! rowspan="2"|Name ! rowspan="2"|Term ! GC ! W ! L ! Win% ! GC ! W ! L ! Win% ! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Achievements ! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Reference | |
|---|---|
| class="unsortable"
! colspan="4"|Regular season ! colspan="4"|Playoffs | |
| align="center" colspan="16" style="{{NBA color cell|Buffalo Braves|border=2}};"|Buffalo Braves | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|1}}1
|{{sortname|Dolph|Schayes}} |83 |22 |61 |{{winpct|22|61}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|2}}2
| style="background:#dfd;"|{{sortname|Johnny|McCarthy}}* |81 |22 |59 |{{winpct|22|59}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|3}}3
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Jack|Ramsay}}{{dagger}} |328 |158 |170 |{{winpct|158|170}} |22 |9 |13 |{{winpct|9|13}} |One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996) | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|4}}4
| style="background:#dfd;"|{{sortname|Tates|Locke}}* |46 |16 |30 |{{winpct|16|30}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|5}}5
|{{sortname|Bob|MacKinnon}} |1977 |7 |3 |4 |{{winpct|3|4}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|6}}6
|{{sortname|Joe|Mullaney|dab=basketball}} |1977 |29 |11 |18 |{{winpct|11|18}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|7}}7
|{{sortname|Cotton|Fitzsimmons}} |82 |27 |55 |{{winpct|27|55}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align="center" colspan="16" style="background-color:#3E8ED3; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E24301;"|San Diego Clippers | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|8}}8
|{{sortname|Gene|Shue}} |164 |78 |86 |{{winpct|78|86}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|9}}9
|{{sortname|Paul|Silas}} |246 |78 |168 |{{winpct|78|168}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|10}}10
|{{sortname|Jim|Lynam}} |82 |30 |52 |{{winpct|30|52}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align="center" colspan="16" style="{{NBA color cell|Los Angeles Clippers|border=2}};"|Los Angeles Clippers | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|11}}—
|{{sortname|Jim|Lynam}} |{{nbats|1984|LAC|full=y}} |61 |22 |39 |{{winpct|22|39}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|12}}11
|{{sortname|Don|Chaney}} |{{nbats|1984|LAC|end}}–{{nbats|1986|LAC|end}} |185 |53 |132 |{{winpct|53|132}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|13}}—
|{{sortname|Gene|Shue}} |{{nbats|1987|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|1988|LAC|end}} |120 |27 |93 |{{winpct|27|93}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|14}}12
|{{sortname|Don|Casey}} |{{nbats|1988|LAC|end}}–{{nbats|1989|LAC|end}} |126 |41 |85 |{{winpct|41|85}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|15}}13
|{{sortname|Mike|Schuler}} |{{nbats|1990|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|1991|LAC|end}} |127 |52 |75 |{{winpct|52|75}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|16}}14
| style="background:#dfd;"|{{sortname|Mack|Calvin}}* |{{nbats|1991|LAC|end}} |2 |1 |1 |{{winpct|1|1}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|17}}15
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Larry|Brown|Larry Brown (basketball)}}{{dagger}} |{{nbats|1991|LAC|end}}–{{nbats|1992|LAC|end}} |117 |64 |53 |{{winpct|64|53}} |10 |4 |6 |{{winpct|4|6}} |One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021) | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|18}}16
|{{sortname|Bob|Weiss}} |{{nbats|1993|LAC|full=y}} |82 |27 |55 |{{winpct|27|55}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|19}}17
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|{{sortname|Bill|Fitch}}{{dagger}} |{{nbats|1994|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|1997|LAC|end}} |328 |99 |229 |{{winpct|99|229}} |3 |0 |3 |{{winpct|0|3}} |One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996) | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|20}}18
|{{sortname|Chris|Ford}} |{{nbats|1998|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|1999|LAC|end}} |95 |20 |75 |{{winpct|20|75}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|21}}19
| style="background:#dfd;"|{{sortname|Jim|Todd}}* |{{nbats|1999|LAC|end}} |37 |4 |33 |{{winpct|4|33}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|22}}20
|{{sortname|Alvin|Gentry}} |{{nbats|2000|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|2002|LAC|end}} |222 |89 |133 |{{winpct|89|133}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|23}}21
| style="background:#dfd;"|{{sortname|Dennis|Johnson}}* |{{nbats|2002|LAC|end}} |24 |8 |16 |{{winpct|8|16}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|24}}22
|{{sortname|Mike|Dunleavy, Sr.}} |{{nbats|2003|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|2009|LAC|end}} |541 |215 |326 |{{winpct|215|326}} |12 |7 |5 |{{winpct|7|5}} | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|25}}23
| style="background:#dfd;"|{{sortname|Kim|Hughes|Kim Hughes (basketball)}}* |{{nbats|2009|LAC|end}} |33 |8 |25 |{{winpct|8|25}} |— |— |— |— | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|26}}24
|{{sortname|Vinny|Del Negro}} |{{nbats|2010|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|2012|LAC|end}} |230 |128 |102 |{{winpct|128|102}} |17 |6 |11 |{{winpct|6|11}} | | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|27}}25
|{{sortname|Doc|Rivers}} |{{nbats|2013|LAC|start}}–{{nbats|2019|LAC|end}} |564 |356 |208 |{{winpct|356|208}} |59 |27 |32 |{{winpct|27|32}} |One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021) | |
| align=center|{{ntsh|28}}26
|{{sortname|Tyronn|Lue}} | {{nbay|2020|start}}–present
|400 |234 |166 |{{Winning percentage|234|166}} |37 |16 |21 |{{Winning percentage|16|21}} | |
File:Dennis Johnson Lipofsky.jpg|Dennis Johnson coached the Clippers for 24 games.
Alvin Gentry cropped.JPG|Alvin Gentry coached the Clippers from 2000 to 2003.
File:Vinny Del Negro.jpg|Vinny Del Negro coached the Clippers to back to back playoff appearances during his three-year tenure with the team.
File:Doc Rivers.JPG|Doc Rivers was the Clippers head coach from 2013 to 2020.
Tyronn Lue (30761766161) (cropped).jpg|Tyronn Lue is the current head coach of the Clippers since 2020.
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