List of Charlotte Hornets head coaches

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The Hornets has been playing their home games in the Time Warner Cable Arena since 2005.

The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Hornets began playing in 1988 as an expansion team, before relocating to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2002 and renaming themselves as the Pelicans in 2013. Charlotte was then awarded a new expansion team named the Bobcats in 2004, which reassumed the Hornets name in 2014. In a deal with the NBA and Pelicans, the renamed Hornets also reclaimed the history and records of the original Hornets from 1988 to 2002, while all of the original Hornets' records from 2002 to 2013 will remain with the Pelicans.[2][3]

The Hornets franchise have played their home games at the Time Warner Cable Arena, formerly known as the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, since 2005.[4] The Hornets are owned by Michael Jordan, and Rich Cho is their general manager.[5][6]

There have been 10 head coaches for the Hornets franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Dick Harter, who coached for two seasons. Allan Bristow is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (410), and the most regular-season game wins (207); Dave Cowens is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.609); Paul Silas is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (23), and the most playoff-game wins (11). Harter, Bristow, Sam Vincent and Mike Dunlap have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Hornets franchise. Larry Brown is the only coach of the franchise to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[7] Currently, the head coach of the Hornets is Steve Clifford.

Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Hornets
dagger Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Dave Cowens coached the Hornets for three seasons.

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2013–14 season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
1 Dick Harter* 1988–1990 122 28 94 .230 — — — — [8]
2 Gene Littles 1990–1991 124 37 87 .298 — — — — [9]
3 Allan Bristow* 1991–1996 410 207 203 .505 13 5 8 .385 [10]
4 Dave Cowens 1996–1999 179 109 70 .609 12 4 8 .333 [11]
5 Paul Silas 1999–2002 281 161 120 .573 23 11 12 .478 [12]
6 Bernie Bickerstaff 2004–2007 246 77 169 .313 — — — — [13]
7 Sam Vincent* 2007–2008 82 32 50 .390 — — — — [14]
8 Larry Browndagger 2008–2010 192 88 104 .458 4 0 4 .000 [7]
— Paul Silas 2010–2012 120 32 88 .267 — — — — [12]
9 Mike Dunlap* 2012–2013 82 21 61 .256 — — — — [15]
10 Steve Clifford* 2013–present 164 76 88 .463 4 0 4 .000 [16]

Notes

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Hornets. 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
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