List of Memphis Grizzlies head coaches

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The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum since 2004.

The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1995 along with the Toronto Raptors as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. The Grizzlies and the Raptors became the first non-United States teams to join the NBA since 1946.[1] After spending six seasons in Vancouver, the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in the 2001–02 season.[2] The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum since 2004.[3] The Grizzlies were owned by Michael Heisley and several locals including J. R. Hyde, Andy Cates, and Elliot Perry.[4]

There have been ten head coaches for the Grizzlies franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Brian Winters, who coached for two seasons.[5] Winters is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (184),[5] and Mike Fratello is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season game wins (95).[6] Hubie Brown is the only Grizzlies head coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award.[7] Brown was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor,[a] in 2005.[8] Lionel Hollins, Tony Barone, and Marc Iavaroni have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Grizzlies.[9][10][11] Iavaroni was fired by the Grizzlies on January 22, 2009. Hollins was named as Iavaroni's successor, though Johnny Davis was the head coach for two games before Hollins' third term with the team.[12]


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 Grizzlies

Coaches[edit]

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

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
70001000000000000001 Winters, BrianBrian Winters 1995–1997 184 36 148 .196 — — — — [5]
70002000000000000002 Jackson, StuStu Jackson 1997 39 6 33 .154 — — — — [13]
70003000000000000003 Hill, BrianBrian Hill 1997–1999 154 31 123 .201 — — — — [14]
70004000000000000004 Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins* 1999–2000 60 18 42 .300 — — — — [9]
70005000000000000005 Lowe, SidneySidney Lowe 2000–2002 172 46 126 .267 — — — — [15]
70006000000000000006 Brown, HubieHubie Brown 2002–2004 168 83 85 .494 4 0 4 .000 NBA Coach of the Year (2003–04)[7] [8]
7000700000000000000— Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins* 2004 4 0 4 .000 — — — — [9]
70008000000000000007 Fratello, MikeMike Fratello 2004–2006 182 95 87 .522 8 0 8 .000 [6]
70009000000000000008 Barone, TonyTony Barone* 2006–2007 52 16 36 .308 — — — — [10]
70011000000000000009 Iavaroni, MarcMarc Iavaroni* 2007–2009 123 33 90 .268 — — — — [11]
700111000000000000010 Davis, JohnnyJohnny Davis 2009 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [16][17]
7001120000000000000— Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins* 2009–2013 351 196 155 .558 35 18 17 .514 [9]

Notes[edit]

  • a A person who has made a significant contribution to the game of basketball.[18]
  • b A running total of the number of coaches of the Grizzlies. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References[edit]

General
Specific
  1. ^ "The NBA Settles North of the Border". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved February 20, 2009. 
  2. ^ "Grizzlies History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 4, 2008. 
  3. ^ "About FedExForum". FedExForum.com. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  4. ^ Williams, David (March 27, 2008). "Grizzlies partners truly in minority". The Commercial Appeal. The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved December 5, 2008. 
  5. ^ a b c "Brian Winters Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  6. ^ a b "Mike Fratello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  7. ^ a b "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 5, 2008. 
  8. ^ a b "Hubie Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  9. ^ a b c d "Lionel Hollins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  10. ^ a b "Tony Barone Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  11. ^ a b "Marc Iavaroni Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  12. ^ Tillery, Ronald. "Grizzlies introduce Lionel Hollins as new coach". The Commercial Appeal. The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved February 2, 2009. 
  13. ^ "Stu Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  14. ^ "Brian Hill Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  15. ^ "Sidney Lowe Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 
  16. ^ "Johnny Davis Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2009. 
  17. ^ Tillery, Ronald. "Grizzlies fire coach Marc Iavaroni; Lionel Hollins to take over". The Commercial Appeal. The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved January 23, 2009. 
  18. ^ "Guidelines For Nomination and Election Into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2010. 
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