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List of Chicago Bulls head coaches
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The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf and Billy Donovan is the current head coach. They play their home games in the United Center. The Bulls first joined the NBA in the as an expansion team. Coached by Johnny Kerr, the team finished its first season with a 33–48 record, the best record achieved by an expansion team in its first year of play, and secured a playoff berth. The Bulls won their first NBA championship in the 1991 NBA Finals while coached by Phil Jackson. They won five additional NBA championships in the 1990s under Jackson.
There have been 21 head coaches for the Bulls franchise. Phil Jackson is also the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won. Jackson and Jerry Sloan are the only Bulls coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Kerr, Dick Motta, Jackson, and Thibodeau have won NBA Coach of the Year with the team. Ed Badger, Bill Berry, Bill Cartwright, Pete Myers and Jim Boylan have all spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Bulls. Sloan, Cartwright, and Myers formerly played for the Bulls.
Key
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through April 13, 2025.
| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | Regular season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | 163 | 62 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 7 | NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||
| 2 | – | 656 | 356 | 300 | 47 | 18 | 29 | NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||
| 3 | * | – | 164 | 84 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 56 | 20 | 36 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 5 | 26 | 11 | 15 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 6 | – | 215 | 94 | 121 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 8 | 30 | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 9 | 82 | 28 | 54 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 10 | – | 164 | 65 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 11 | 82 | 30 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 12 | – | 246 | 137 | 109 | 30 | 13 | 17 | |||||||
| 13 | – | 738 | 545 | 193 | 152 | 111 | 41 | NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||
| 6 championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) | ||||||||||||||
| One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | – | 239 | 49 | 190 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 15 | * | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 16 | * | – | 151 | 51 | 100 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 17 | * | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 18 | – | 337 | 165 | 172 | 22 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
| — | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 19 | 56 | 24 | 32 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 20 | – | 164 | 82 | 82 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 21 | – | 394 | 255 | 139 | 51 | 23 | 28 | NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||
| 22 | * | – | 270 | 115 | 155 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 23 | * | – | 123 | 39 | 84 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 24 | –present | 400 | 200 | 205 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
File:Doug Collins gestures.jpg|Doug Collins coached the Bulls from 1986 to 1989. File:Phil Jackson Lipofsky.JPG|alt=Phil Jackson at a game|Phil Jackson won six championships with the Bulls from –. File:Vinny Del Negro.jpg|Vinny Del Negro coached the Bulls to back to back playoff appearances during his two-year tenure with the team. File:Tom Thibodeau cropped.jpg|Tom Thibodeau coached the Bulls from 2010 to 2015 File:Fred Hoiberg 2010.jpg|Fred Hoiberg coached the Bulls from 2015 to 2018
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Bulls. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
References
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References
- "Chicago Bulls History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Phil Jackson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jerry Sloan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Ed Badger Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Berry Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Cartwright Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Pete Myers Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim Boylan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jerry Sloan Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Cartwright Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Pete Myers Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Red Kerr Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dick Motta Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Costello Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Scotty Robertson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Phil Johnson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Rod Thorn Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Paul Westhead Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doug Collins Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Tim Floyd Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Scott Skiles Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Vinny Del Negro Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tom Thibodeau Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Fred Hoiberg Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim Boylen Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Billy Donovan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
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