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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). 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. 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. 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. The current head coach of the Clippers is Tyronn Lue.
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| Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
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Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .
| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | Regular season | Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Braves | border=2}};" | Buffalo Braves | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1970–1971 | 83 | 22 | 61 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2 | * | 1971–1972 | 81 | 22 | 59 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 3 | 1972–1976 | 328 | 158 | 170 | 22 | 9 | 13 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996) | ||||||||
| 4 | * | 1976–1977 | 46 | 16 | 30 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 5 | 1977 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 6 | 1977 | 29 | 11 | 18 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 7 | 1977–1978 | 82 | 27 | 55 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| San Diego Clippers | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1978–1980 | 164 | 78 | 86 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 9 | 1980–1983 | 246 | 78 | 168 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 10 | 1983–1984 | 82 | 30 | 52 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Los Angeles Clippers | border=2}};" | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||||||||||||
| — | 61 | 22 | 39 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 11 | – | 185 | 53 | 132 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | – | 120 | 27 | 93 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 12 | – | 126 | 41 | 85 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 13 | – | 127 | 52 | 75 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 14 | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 15 | – | 117 | 64 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 6 | One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021) | ||||||||
| 16 | 82 | 27 | 55 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 17 | – | 328 | 99 | 229 | 3 | 0 | 3 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996) | ||||||||
| 18 | – | 95 | 20 | 75 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 19 | * | 37 | 4 | 33 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 20 | – | 222 | 89 | 133 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 21 | * | 24 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 22 | – | 541 | 215 | 326 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| 23 | * | 33 | 8 | 25 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 24 | – | 230 | 128 | 102 | 17 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
| 25 | – | 564 | 356 | 208 | 59 | 27 | 32 | One of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History (2021) | ||||||||
| 26 | –present | 400 | 234 | 166 | 37 | 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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- "2008-2009 Division Regular Season Standings". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Team Index". Sports Reference LLC.
- "About Staples Center". [[Staples Center]].
- "Jack Ramsay Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Fitch Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dolph Schayes Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Johnny McCarthy Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive.
- "Tates Locke Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bob MacKinnon Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Joe Mullaney Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Cotton Fitzsimmons Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Gene Shue Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Paul Silas Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim Lynam Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Don Chaney Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Don Casey Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Mike Schuler Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Mack Calvin Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bob Weiss Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Fitch Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Chris Ford Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim Todd Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Alvin Gentry Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dennis Johnson Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kim Hughes Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Vinny Del Negro Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doc Rivers Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tyronn Lue Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
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