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List of Toronto Raptors head coaches
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The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Raptors are the only Canadian-based NBA team. The team joined the NBA in 1995 as an expansion team with the Vancouver Grizzlies (which relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001). The Raptors first played their home games at the SkyDome (now known as the Rogers Centre), before moving to Scotiabank Arena (formerly the Air Canada Centre) in 1999, where they have played since. The Raptors are owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Bobby Webster is their general manager.
There have been ten head coaches for the Raptors franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Brendan Malone, who coached for one season. Dwane Casey is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (397) and the most regular-season game wins (210). Casey is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (51), as well as the most playoff-game wins (21).
Lenny Wilkens is the only Raptors coaches to have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.
Sam Mitchell, Dwane Casey and Nick Nurse are the only Raptors coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the , 2017–18 season, and 2019–20 season respectively.
Butch Carter and Kevin O'Neill have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Raptors. Jay Triano was the interim head coach of the Raptors since Mitchell was fired. Triano is the first Canadian head coach in NBA history.
Nick Nurse is the only Raptors coach to have won an NBA Championship with the team (2018–19 NBA season) and holds the franchise's highest winning percentage in the regular season (.707) and playoffs (.667).
Key
| Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
|---|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 82 | 21 | 61 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2 | – | 131 | 41 | 90 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 3 | * | – | 165 | 73 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | – | 246 | 113 | 133 | 17 | 8 | 9 | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||
| 5 | * | 82 | 33 | 49 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 6 | – | 345 | 156 | 189 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2006–07 NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||
| 7 | – | 229 | 87 | 142 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 8 | – | 558 | 320 | 238 | 51 | 21 | 30 | 2017–18 NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||
| 9 | – | 390 | 227 | 163 | 41 | 25 | 16 | NBA champion (2019) | ||||||
| 2019–20 NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | –present | 164 | 55 | 109 |
File:Brendan Malone in 2008.jpg|Brendan Malone was the first head coach of the Raptors from to . File:Sam Mitchell (1705066) (cropped).jpg|Sam Mitchell was the head coach for the Raptors from to . File:Jay Triano.jpg|Jay Triano was the head coach from to . File:Dw.ca.PNG|Dwane Casey was the longest-serving head coach from to . File:NICK NURSE (Crop).jpg|Nick Nurse was the coach of the Raptors from to . The Raptors won the 2019 NBA Finals under his tenure.
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Raptors. 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
- "Teams". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Grizzlies History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Laying the Groundwork for the NBA in Toronto". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Management". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- release, Official. "Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey named NBCA Coach of the Year".
- "Toronto Raptors Coach Register". Sports Reference.
- (December 3, 2008). "Mitchell Relieved Of Duties, Jay Triano Takes Over On Interim Basis". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- (December 4, 2008). "Struggling Raptors fire Mitchell just 17 games into season". ESPN Internet Ventures.
- "Brendan Malone Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Darrell Walker Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Butch Carter Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive.
- "Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Kevin O'Neill Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Coach of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Sam Mitchell Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Jay Triano Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Dwane Casey Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Nick Nurse Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
- "Darko Rajaković Coaching Record". Sports Reference.
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