List of Atlanta Hawks head coaches

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Mike Woodson was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks for 6 seasons, from 2004–2010.
Hall-of-Famer Red Auerbach coached the Blackhawks for one season.

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The team began playing in 1946 as a member of the National Basketball League (NBL), and joined the NBA in 1949. The team has had five names since its inception; the Buffalo Bisons (1946), the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1951), the Milwaukee Hawks (1951–1955), the St. Louis Hawks (1955–1968), and the Atlanta Hawks (1968–present).[2] The Hawks won their only NBA championship in 1958, and have not returned to the NBA Finals since 1960.[3][4] The team has played its home games at the Philips Arena since 1999.[5] The Hawks are owned by Atlanta Spirit, LLC, and Rick Sund is their general manager.[6]

There have been 27 head coaches for the Hawks franchise since joining the NBA. The team's first head coach while in the NBA was Roger Potter, who coached for seven games. Richie Guerin, who coached the Hawks for eight seasons, is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (618), regular-season games won (327), playoff games coached (60), and playoff games won (26). Alex Hannum is the only head coach to have won an NBA championship with the Hawks, doing so in the 1958 NBA Finals.[3] Five Hawks coaches have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award,[7] four have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches,[8][9][10][11] and three were listed among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996.[12] Larry Drew was the latest head coach of the Hawks; he was appointed on June 13, 2010.[13]

Contents

Key[edit]

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Hawks
dagger Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches[edit]

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2012–13 season. This list does not include NBL seasons.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
70001000000000000001 Potter, RogerRoger Potter* 1949 7 1 6 .143 — — — — [14]
70002000000000000002 Auerbach, RedRed Auerbachdagger 1949–1950 57 28 29 .491 3 1 2 .333 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [8]
70003000000000000003 MacMillan, DaveDave MacMillan* 1950 23 9 14 .391 — — — — [15]
70004000000000000004 Logan, JohnnyJohnny Logan* 1950 (as player-coach) 3 2 1 .667 — — — — [16]
70005000000000000005 Todorovich, MikeMike Todorovich* 1950–1951 (as player-coach) 42 14 28 .333 — — — — [17]
70006000000000000006 Moore, DoxieDoxie Moore 1951–1952 66 17 49 .258 — — — — [18]
70007000000000000007 Levane, AndrewAndrew Levane 1952–1953 (as player-coach)
1953–1954		 117 38 79 .325 — — — — [19]
70008000000000000008 Holzman, RedRed Holzmandagger 1954 (as player-coach)
1954–1957		 203 83 110 .409 9 4 5 .444 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [9]
70009000000000000009 Martin, SlaterSlater Martin 1957 (as player-coach) 8 5 3 .625 — — — — [20]
700110000000000000010 Hannum, AlexAlex Hannumdagger 1957 (as player-coach)
1957–1958		 103 56 47 .544 23 16 7 .696 NBA championship (1957–58)[3] [10]
700111000000000000011 Phillip, AndyAndy Phillip* 1958 10 6 4 .600 — — — — [21]
700112000000000000012 Macauley, EdEd Macauley* 1958–1959 (as player-coach)
1959–1960		 137 89 48 .650 20 9 11 .450 [22]
700113000000000000013 Seymour, PaulPaul Seymour 1960–1961 93 56 37 .602 12 5 7 .417 [23]
7001140000000000000— Levane, AndrewAndrew Levane 1961–1962 60 20 40 .333 — — — — [19]
700115000000000000014 Pettit, BobBob Pettit* 1962 (as player-coach) 6 4 2 .667 — — — — [24]
700116000000000000015 Gallatin, HarryHarry Gallatin 1962–1964 193 111 82 .575 23 12 11 .522 1962–63 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [25]
700117000000000000016 Guerin, RichieRichie Guerin* 1964–1970 (as player-coach)
1970–1972		 618 327 291 .529 60 26 34 .434 1967–68 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [26]
700118000000000000017 Fitzsimmons, CottonCotton Fitzsimmons 1972–1976 320 140 180 .438 6 2 4 .333 [27]
700119000000000000018 Tormohlen, BumperBumper Tormohlen* 1976 8 1 7 .125 — — — — [28]
700120000000000000019 Brown, HubieHubie Brown 1976–1981 407 199 208 .489 16 6 10 .375 1977–78 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [29]
700121000000000000020 Fratello, MikeMike Fratello 1981 3 0 3 .000 — — — — [30]
700122000000000000021 Loughery, KevinKevin Loughery 1981–1984 164 85 79 .518 5 1 4 .200 [31]
7001230000000000000— Fratello, MikeMike Fratello 1984–1990 574 324 250 .564 40 18 22 .450 1985–86 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [30]
700124000000000000022 Weiss, BobBob Weiss 1990–1993 246 124 122 .504 8 2 6 .250 [32]
700125000000000000023 Wilkens, LennyLenny Wilkensdagger 1993–2000 542 310 232 .572 47 17 30 .362 1993–94 NBA Coach of the Year[7]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12]		 [11]
700126000000000000024 Kruger, LonLon Kruger* 2000–2002 191 69 122 .361 — — — — [33]
700127000000000000025 Stotts, TerryTerry Stotts 2002–2004 137 52 85 .380 — — — — [34]
700128000000000000026 Woodson, MikeMike Woodson 2004–2010 492 206 286 .419 29 11 18 .379 [35]
700129000000000000027 Drew, LarryLarry Drew* 2010–2013 230 128 102 .557 24 10 14 .417 [36]
700129000000000000028 Budenholzer, MikeMike Budenholzer* 2013–present － － － .000 － － － .000 [37]

Notes[edit]

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Hawks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References[edit]

General
Specific
  1. ^ "2008-2009 Division Regular Season Standings". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2009. 
  2. ^ Peterson, Robert W. (2002). Cages to Jump Shots. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-8772-0. 
  3. ^ a b c "Hawks History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Atlanta Hawks". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2009. 
  5. ^ "Facts and Figures". Philips Arena. Retrieved January 24, 2009.  Text "4" ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Hawks Staff Directory". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2009. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2009. 
  8. ^ a b "Red Auerbach Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  9. ^ a b "Red Holzman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  10. ^ a b "Alex Hannum Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  11. ^ a b "Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  12. ^ a b c d "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  13. ^ "Larry Drew Named Atlanta Hawks Head Coach". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 13, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010. 
  14. ^ "Roger Potter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  15. ^ "Dave McMillan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  16. ^ "John Logan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  17. ^ "Mike Todorovich Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  18. ^ "Doxie Moore Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  19. ^ a b "Andrew Levane Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  20. ^ "Slater Martin Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  21. ^ "Andy Phillip Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  22. ^ "Ed Macauley Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  23. ^ "Paul Seymour Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  24. ^ "Bob Pettit Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  25. ^ "Harry Gallatin Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  26. ^ "Richie Guerin Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  27. ^ "Cotton Fitzsimmons Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  28. ^ "Bumper Tormohlen Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  29. ^ "Hubie Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  30. ^ a b "Mike Fratello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  31. ^ "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  32. ^ "Bob Weiss Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  33. ^ "Lon Kruger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  34. ^ "Terry Stotts Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  35. ^ "Mike Woodson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2010. 
  36. ^ "Larry Drew Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012. 
  37. ^ "Larry Drew Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2012. 
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