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List of Philadelphia 76ers head coaches
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The Philadelphia 76ers are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia,. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Formerly known as the Syracuse Nationals, the 76ers joined the NBA when it was founded in 1949. The Nationals had a record of 51–13 in their first NBA season under coach Al Cervi and won the Eastern Division crown. The franchise were purchased by Philadelphian Irv Kosloff and Ike Richma in the spring of 1963; the NBA approved their franchise shift on May 22 and name change to the Philadelphia 76ers on August 6. This brought professional basketball back to the city, which had been without a team since the Golden State Warriors left Philadelphia in 1962. After coaching the 76ers since , Doug Collins resigned as head coach on April 18, 2013, following the 2012–13 season. Brett Brown was hired to be the head coach of the 76ers on August 15, 2013, prior to the start of the 2013–14 season. Brown was released as head coach after a 4–0 loss to the Celtics in the 2020 playoffs. On October 3, 2020 Doc Rivers was announced as his replacement.
There have been 24 head coaches for the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. The franchise won their first NBA championship as the Syracuse Nationals in the 1955 NBA Finals under coach Cervi. Their second title was won as the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, coached by Alex Hannum, who has the highest career winning percentage for the 76ers. Billy Cunningham, who played and coached with the 76ers for 17 years, is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins. He coached the team to their most recent title in 1983.
Hannum, Jack Ramsay, and Larry Brown are the only members of the franchise to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches. Cervi, Paul Seymour, and Kevin Loughery served as a player-coaches, and Cervi, after retiring as a player, continued to coach the team for the rest of the season that he retired during and five additional seasons. Six other former players, Hannum, Dolph Schayes, Cunningham, Matt Guokas, Fred Carter, and Maurice Cheeks went on to coach for the franchise.
Key
| Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
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Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the . The list does not include NBL seasons.
| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | Regular season | Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Nationals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ^ | – (as player-coach) | ||||||||||||||
| – | 495 | 294 | 201 | 60 | 34 | 26 | 1 championship (1955) | |||||||||
| 2 | – (as player-coach) | 279 | 155 | 124 | 20 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3 | – | 239 | 127 | 112 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
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| 4 | (as player-coach) | |||||||||||||||
| – | 240 | 129 | 111 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1965–66 NBA Coach of the Year | |||||||||
| — | – | 163 | 130 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 1 championship (1967) | ||||||||
| 5 | – | 328 | 174 | 154 | 17 | 5 | 12 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||
| 6 | * | 51 | 4 | 47 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 7 | (as player-coach) | 31 | 5 | 26 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 8 | – | 334 | 157 | 177 | 22 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| 9 | * | – | 650 | 454 | 196 | 105 | 66 | 39 | 1 championship (1983) | |||||||
| 10 | – | 207 | 119 | 88 | 17 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||
| 11 | – | 367 | 194 | 173 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
| 12 | 56 | 19 | 37 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 13 | * | – | 108 | 32 | 76 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 14 | – | 164 | 42 | 122 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 15 | 82 | 22 | 60 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 16 | – | 460 | 255 | 205 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 2000–01 NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||||
| 17 | 52 | 21 | 31 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 18 | 30 | 12 | 18 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 19 | 82 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 20 | – | 269 | 122 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 21 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 82 | 27 | 55 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 23 | – | 230 | 110 | 120 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
| 24 | * | – | 565 | 221 | 344 | 26 | 12 | 14 | ||||||||
| 25 | – | 236 | 154 | 82 | 35 | 20 | 15 | |||||||||
| 26 | –present | 164 | 71 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
File:Larry Brown 2005.jpg|Larry Brown was the Philadelphia 76ers head coach for 518 games from –, including one trip to the NBA Finals in 2001. File:Maurice Cheeks.jpg|Maurice Cheeks was the head coach for 252 games from –. File:Doug Collins gestures.jpg|Doug Collins was the head coach for 248 games from –.
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Nationals/76ers. Thus, any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
- Cervi served as a player-coach during part of his tenure with the Nationals. He player-coached for 279 games during four of his six seasons.
- Seymour served as a player-coach during part of his tenure with the Nationals. He player-coached for 202 games during his first four seasons.
- Schayes served as a player-coach during part of his tenure with the 76ers. He player-coached for 24 games during the .
- Loughery served as a player-coach during his entire tenure with the 76ers.
References
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References
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- "2007-08 Warriors Media Guide: Warriors History (pg. 170)". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- (April 18, 2013). "Doug Collins resigns as 76ers coach". ESPN Internet Ventures.
- "Sixers Name Brett Brown Head Coach {{!}} THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS".
- "Team Names Doc Rivers Head Coach".
- "Billy Cunningham Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Philadelphia 76ers". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Al Servi Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Al Cervi Statistics". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Paul Seymour Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Paul Seymour Statistics". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Alex Hannum Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Dolph Schayes Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dolph Schayes Statistics". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Jack Ramsay Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Roy Rubin Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Kevin Loughery Statistics". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Gene Shue Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Billy Cunningham Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Matt Guokas Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim Lynam Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doug Moe Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Fred Carter Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "John Lucas Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Johnny Davis Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Larry Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Randy Ayers Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Chris Ford Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim O'Brien Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Maurice Cheeks Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tony DiLeo Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Eddie Jordan Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doug Collins Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Brett Brown Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doc Rivers Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Nick Nurse, Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
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