List of Chicago Bulls head coaches

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Tom Thibodeau is the current Bulls head coach.

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf and coached by Tom Thibodeau. They play their home games in the United Center. The Bulls first joined the NBA in the 1966–67 season as an expansion team. Coached by Johnny Kerr, the team finished its first season with a 33–48 record, the best record achieved by an expansion team in its first year of play, and secured a playoff berth.[1] The Bulls won their first NBA championship in the 1991 NBA Finals while coached by Phil Jackson.[1] They won five additional NBA championships in the 1990s under Jackson.[1]

There have been 21 head coaches for the Bulls franchise. Phil Jackson is also the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won.[2] Jackson and Jerry Sloan are the only Bulls coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[2][3] Kerr, Dick Motta, Jackson, and Thibodeau have won NBA Coach of the Year with the team.[4] Ed Badger, Bill Berry, Bill Cartwright, Pete Myers and Jim Boylan have all spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Bulls.[5][6][7][8][9] Sloan, Cartwright, and Myers formerly played for the Bulls.[10][11][12]


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Key [edit]

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

Coaches [edit]

Doug Collins coached the Bulls from 1986 to 1989.
Phil Jackson at a game
Phil Jackson won six championships with the Bulls from 1991 to 1998.
Tim Floyd coached the Bulls for four seasons and posted a record of 49-190 with the team.
Vinny Del Negro coached the Bulls to back to back playoff appearances during his two-year tenure with the team.

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2012–13 regular season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
70001000000000000001 Kerr, JohnnyJohnny Kerr 1966–1968 163 62 101 .380 8 1 7 .125 1966–67 NBA Coach of the Year [13]
70002000000000000002 Motta, DickDick Motta 1968–1976 656 356 300 .543 47 18 29 .383 1970–71 NBA Coach of the Year [14]
70003000000000000003 Badger, EdEd Badger* 1976–1978 164 84 80 .512 3 1 2 .333 [5]
70004000000000000004 Costello, LarryLarry Costello 1978–1979 56 20 36 .357 — — — — [15]
70005000000000000005 Robertson, ScottyScotty Robertson 1979 26 11 15 .423 — — — — [16]
70006000000000000006 Sloan, JerryJerry Sloandagger 1979–1982 215 94 121 .437 6 2 4 .333 [3]
70007000000000000007 Johnson, PhilPhil Johnson 1982 1 0 1 .000 — — — — [17]
70008000000000000008 Thorn, RodRod Thorn 1982 30 15 15 .500 — — — — [18]
70009000000000000009 Westhead, PaulPaul Westhead 1982–1983 82 28 54 .341 — — — — [19]
700110000000000000010 Loughery, KevinKevin Loughery 1983–1985 164 65 99 .396 4 1 3 .250 [20]
700111000000000000011 Albeck, StanStan Albeck 1985–1986 82 30 52 .366 3 0 3 .000 [21]
700112000000000000012 Collins, DougDoug Collins 1986–1989 246 137 109 .557 30 13 17 .433 [22]
700113000000000000013 Jackson, PhilPhil Jacksondagger 1989–1998 738 545 193 .738 152 111 41 .730 1995–96 NBA Coach of the Year
6 championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[23]		 [2]
700114000000000000014 Floyd, TimTim Floyd 1998–2001 239 49 190 .205 — — — — [24]
700115000000000000015 Berry, BillBill Berry* 2001 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [6]
700116000000000000016 Cartwright, BillBill Cartwright* 2001–2003 151 51 100 .338 — — — — [7]
700117000000000000017 Myers, PetePete Myers* 2003 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [8]
700118000000000000018 Skiles, ScottScott Skiles 2003–2007 337 165 172 .490 22 10 12 .455 [25]
7001190000000000000— Myers, PetePete Myers* 2007 1 0 1 .000 — — — — [8]
700120000000000000019 Boylan, JimJim Boylan 2007–2008 56 24 32 .429 — — — — [9]
700121000000000000020 Del Negro, VinnyVinny Del Negro 2008–2010 164 82 82 .500 12 4 8 .333 [26]
700122000000000000021 Thibodeau, TomTom Thibodeau* 2010–present 230 157 73 .683 28 14 14 .500 2010–11 NBA Coach of the Year [27]

Notes [edit]

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Bulls. 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. ^ a b c "Chicago Bulls History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  2. ^ a b c "Phil Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "Jerry Sloan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  4. ^ "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 2, 2008. 
  5. ^ a b "Ed Badger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  6. ^ a b "Bill Berry Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  7. ^ a b "Bill Cartwright Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  8. ^ a b c "Pete Myers Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  9. ^ a b "Jim Boylan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  10. ^ "Jerry Sloan Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  11. ^ "Bill Cartwright Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  12. ^ "Pete Myers Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  13. ^ "Red Kerr Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  14. ^ "Dick Motta Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  15. ^ "Larry Costello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  16. ^ "Scotty Robertson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  17. ^ "Phil Johnson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  18. ^ "Rod Thorn Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  19. ^ "Paul Westhead Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  20. ^ "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  21. ^ "Stan Albeck Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  22. ^ "Doug Collins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  23. ^ "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2008. 
  24. ^ "Tim Floyd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  25. ^ "Scott Skiles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  26. ^ "Vinny Del Negro Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2008. 
  27. ^ "Tom Thibodeau Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2011. 
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