List of Memphis Grizzlies head coaches

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The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum since 2004.

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]

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, Marc Iavaroni, and David Joerger 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]


Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
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 2014–15 season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
1 Brian Winters 1995–1997 184 36 148 .196 — — — — [5]
2 Stu Jackson 1997 39 6 33 .154 — — — — [13]
3 Brian Hill 1997–1999 154 31 123 .201 — — — — [14]
4 Lionel Hollins 1999–2000 60 18 42 .300 — — — — [6]
5 Sidney Lowe 2000–2002 172 46 126 .267 — — — — [15]
6 Hubie Brown 2002–2004 168 83 85 .494 4 0 4 .000 NBA Coach of the Year (2003–04)[7] [8]
— Lionel Hollins 2004 4 0 4 .000 — — — — [6]
7 Mike Fratello 2004–2006 182 95 87 .522 8 0 8 .000 [16]
8 Tony Barone* 2006–2007 52 16 36 .308 — — — — [9]
9 Marc Iavaroni* 2007–2009 123 33 90 .268 — — — — [10]
10 Johnny Davis 2009 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [17][18]
— Lionel Hollins 2009–2013 351 196 155 .558 35 18 17 .514 [6][19]
11 David Joerger* 2013–present 164 105 59 .640 18 9 9 .500 [11]

Notes

  • a A person who has made a significant contribution to the game of basketball.[20]
  • b A running total of the number of coaches of the Grizzlies. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

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