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List of Houston Rockets head coaches

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Toyota Center, home of the Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They have played their home games at Toyota Center since 2003. Founded by Robert Breitbard in San Diego, the team first joined the NBA in 1967 as an expansion team.[1] After four losing seasons,[2] however, the team was sold to a group of investors based in Houston.[1] The group subsequently relocated the team to Houston, where the Rockets have remained for 37 seasons.[2] The franchise won its only two NBA titles in 1994 and 1995.[3]

There have been 11 head coaches for the Houston Rockets franchise. Jack McMahon, the team's first head coach, compiled a 61–129 record during his tenure.[4] Rudy Tomjanovich, who led the Rockets to their two championships, is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular-season and playoff games coached and wins.[5][3] Alex Hannum is the only Rockets coach to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.[6] Tom Nissalke and Don Chaney were named Coach of the Year during their tenures as head coaches. Both Tex Winter and Johnny Egan have spent their entire coaching career with the Rockets.[7][8][9] Egan, Tomjanovich, and Rick Adelman formerly played for the Rockets.[10][11][12] The Rockets are owned by Leslie Alexander and coached by Adelman.

Key

# Number of coaches[a]
GC Games Coached
W Wins
L Loses
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
† Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Rockets

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007–08 season.

# Name Term[b] Regular Season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L W–L % GC W L
San Diego Rockets
1 Jack McMahon 1968–1970 190 61 129 .321 6 2 4 [4]
2 Alex Hannum† 1970–1971 138 58 80 .420 — — — [13]
Houston Rockets
3 Tex Winter* 1971–1973 129 51 78 .395 — — — [7]
4 Johnny Egan* 1973–1976 281 129 152 .459 8 3 5 [8]
5 Tom Nissalke 1976–1979 246 124 122 .504 14 6 8 1976–77 NBA Coach of the Year[14] [9]
6 Del Harris 1979–1983 328 141 187 .430 31 15 16 [15]
7 Bill Fitch 1983–1988 410 216 194 .527 39 21 18 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[16] [17]
8 Don Chaney 1988–1992 298 164 134 .550 1 2 9 1990–91 NBA Coach of the Year[14] [18]
9 Rudy Tomjanovich 1992–2003 900 503 397 .559 90 51 39 2 Championships (1994, 1995) [3]
10 Jeff Van Gundy 2003–2007 328 182 146 .555 19 7 12 [19]
11 Rick Adelman 2007–present 82 55 27 .671 6 2 4 [20]

Notes

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Rockets. 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

General
  • "Houston Rockets Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  • "2008-09 Houston Rockets Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Rockets. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Owners, fans waited years before Rockets took off". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers. September 20, 2001. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  2. ^ a b "Houston Rockets". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  3. ^ a b c "Rudy Tomjanovich Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  4. ^ a b "Jack McMahon Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  5. ^ "Houston Rockets Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  6. ^ "Alexander M. "Alex" Hannum". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  7. ^ a b "Tex Winter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  8. ^ a b "Johnny Egan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  9. ^ a b "Tom Nissalke Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  10. ^ "Johnny Egan Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  11. ^ "Rudy Tomjanovich Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  12. ^ "Rick Adelman Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  13. ^ "Alex Hannum Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  14. ^ a b "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  15. ^ "Del Harris Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  16. ^ "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  17. ^ "Bill Fitch Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  18. ^ "Don Chaney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  19. ^ "Jeff Van Gundy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  20. ^ "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
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