List of Phoenix Suns head coaches

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The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] Founded in 1968, the Suns are chronologically the second-oldest team in the Western Conference. The Suns are also chronologically the third-oldest team in the NBA to have never won an NBA Championship while having played in the NBA Finals at least once.[2][3] The Suns play their home games at the US Airways Center.[1]

The Phoenix Suns franchise has had 16 head coaches. John MacLeod is the franchise's all-time leader in coaching years and games won, winning the most regular-season and playoff games.[4] Cotton Fitzsimmons and Mike D'Antoni are the only coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Suns. The Suns never have been coached by a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Paul Westphal has the highest all-time winning percentage with the Suns with a .685 percentage.[5] Alvin Gentry was named head coach after Terry Porter was dismissed by the Suns after 51 games in 2008.[6] Gentry left the Phoenix Suns under mutual agreement to part ways on January 18, 2013.[7] He was replaced by Lindsey Hunter halfway through the 2012-13 NBA season. He has since been replaced by former Suns player Jeff Hornacek.


Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Suns

Coaches

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Jerry Colangelo coached the Suns in 1970 and in the 1972–1973 season.
Mike D'Antoni coached the Phoenix Suns the 2003–2008.
Terry Porter coached the Suns for the first 51 games of the 2008–09 season.
Lindsey Hunter coached the Suns in only 41 games in the 2012-13 season.

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 Johnny Kerr 1968–1969 120 31 89 .258 — — — — [8]
2 Jerry Colangelo* 1970 44 24 20 .545 7 3 4 .429 [9]
3 Cotton Fitzsimmons 1970–1972 164 97 67 .591 — — — — [10]
4 Butch van Breda Kolff 1972 7 3 4 .429 — — — — [11]
— Jerry Colangelo* 1972–1973 75 35 40 .467 — — — — [9]
5 John MacLeod 1973–1987 1122 579 543 .516 81 37 44 .457 [4]
6 Dick Van Arsdale* 1987 26 14 12 .538 — — — — [12]
7 John Wetzel* 1987–1988 82 28 54 .341 — — — — [13]
— Cotton Fitzsimmons 1988–1992 328 217 111 .662 40 21 19 .525 1988–89 NBA Coach of the Year[14] [10]
8 Paul Westphal 1992–1996 279 191 88 .685 44 25 19 .568 [5]
— Cotton Fitzsimmons 1996 49 27 22 .551 4 1 3 .250 [10]
9 Danny Ainge* 1996–1999 226 136 90 .602 12 3 9 .250 [15]
10 Scott Skiles 1999–2002 195 116 79 .595 13 5 8 .385 [16]
11 Frank Johnson* 2002–2003 134 63 71 .470 6 2 4 .333 [17]
12 Mike D'Antoni 2003–2008 389 253 136 .650 51 26 25 .510 2004–05 NBA Coach of the Year [18]
13 Terry Porter 2008–2009 51 28 23 .549 — — — — [19]
14 Alvin Gentry 2009–2013 261 145 116 .556 16 10 6 .625 [20]
15 Lindsey Hunter* 2013 41 12 29 .293 — — — — [21]
16 Jeff Hornacek* 2013–present 164 87 77 ..530 — — — — [22]

Notes

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

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