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List of New Orleans Pelicans head coaches

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Summary

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The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

History

The team was born out of the original Hornets' relocation to New Orleans in 2002. The team has had three names since its inception; it was called the New Orleans Hornets (2002–2005; 2007–2013), the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–2007), and the New Orleans Pelicans (2013–present). The Pelicans have never been to the NBA Finals since its inception. The team has played their home games at the Smoothie King Center(formerly the New Orleans Arena) since 2002. The Pelicans are owned by Gayle Benson, with Trajan Langdon as their general manager.

Coaches

There have been seven head coaches for the Pelicans. The franchise's first head coach was Paul Silas, who coached for one season. Byron Scott is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (419), the most regular-season game wins (203), the most playoff games coached (17), and the most playoff-game wins (8). Paul Silas has franchise record for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.573). Scott is the only Pelicans coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the . Bower's only head coaching job was with the Pelicans. No Pelicans head coach has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. The Pelicans' fifth head coach was Monty Williams, who was appointed on June 7, 2010.

On June 16, 2021, the Pelicans mutually parted ways with Stan Van Gundy who coached the team for one season.

Statistics

Key

*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Hornets / PelicansElected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach --

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .

#NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReferenceRegular seasonPlayoffs
New Orleans Hornetsborder=2}};"New Orleans Hornets
1824735624
2824141734
3–41920321617892007–08 NBA Coach of the Year
4*733439————
5–23094136624
New Orleans Pelicansborder=2}};"New Orleans Pelicans
—–1647985404
6–400175225954
7723141————
8*–3401501901028
9–present000000

File:Byron Scott (cropped).jpg|Byron Scott was the head coach of the Hornets from to . File:Monty Williams 2014 (cropped).jpg|Monty Williams was the head coach of the Hornets/Pelicans from to . File:Alvin Gentry cropped.JPG|Alvin Gentry was the head coach of the Pelicans from to .

Notes

  • A running total of the number of coaches of the Hornets/Pelicans. 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

  1. "2008-2009 Division Regular Season Standings". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  2. "Teams Index". Sports Reference LLC.
  3. "New Orleans Hornets". Sports Reference LLC.
  4. "NBA Finals: All-Time Champions". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  5. "New Orleans Hornets". [[New Orleans Arena]].
  6. (June 7, 2010). "Monty Williams Named New Orleans Hornets Head Coach". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  7. (June 16, 2021). "New Orleans Pelicans and Stan Van Gundy mutually agree to part ways".
  8. "Paul Silas Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  9. "Tim Floyd Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  10. "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  11. "Byron Scott Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  12. "Jeff Bower Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  13. "Monty Williams Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  14. (May 30, 2015). "New Orleans Pelicans Name Alvin Gentry Head Coach". NBA Media Ventures, LLC.
  15. "Stan Van Gundy Coaching Record".
  16. "Willie Green Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  17. (November 15, 2025). "New Orleans Pelicans relieve Willie Green of head coaching duties".
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