List of Atlanta Hawks head coaches

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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 Danny Ferry is their general manager.[6]

There have been 28 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] Mike Budenholzer was the latest head coach of the Hawks; he was appointed on May 28, 2013.


Key

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

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015–16 season. This list does not include NBL seasons.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1 Roger Potter* 1949 7 1 6 .143 0 0 0 – [13]
2 Red Auerbachdagger 1949–1950 57 28 29 .491 3 1 2 .333 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [8]
3 Dave MacMillan* 1950 23 9 14 .391 0 0 0 – [14]
4 Johnny Logan* 1950 (as player-coach) 3 2 1 .667 0 0 0 – [15]
5 Mike Todorovich* 1950–1951 (as player-coach) 42 14 28 .333 0 0 0 – [16]
Milwaukee Hawks
6 Doxie Moore 1951–1952 66 17 49 .258 0 0 0 – [17]
7 Andrew Levane 1952–1953 (as player-coach)
1953–1954		 117 38 79 .325 0 0 0 – [18]
8 Red Holzmandagger 1954 (as player-coach)
1954–1955		 98 36 62 .367 0 0 0 – One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [9]
St. Louis Hawks
— Red Holzmandagger 1955–1956 105 47 58 .448 9 4 5 .444 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [9]
9 Slater Martin 1957 (as player-coach) 8 5 3 .625 0 0 0 – [19]
10 Alex Hannumdagger 1957 (as player-coach)
1957–1958		 103 56 47 .544 23 16 7 .696 NBA championship (1957–58)[3] [10]
11 Andy Phillip* 1958 10 6 4 .600 0 0 0 – [20]
12 Ed Macauley* 1958–1959 (as player-coach)
1959–1960		 137 89 48 .650 20 9 11 .450 [21]
13 Paul Seymour 1960–1961 93 56 37 .602 12 5 7 .417 [22]
— Andrew Levane 1961–1962 60 20 40 .333 0 0 0 – [18]
14 Bob Pettit* 1962 (as player-coach) 6 4 2 .667 0 0 0 – [23]
15 Harry Gallatin 1962–1964 193 111 82 .575 23 12 11 .522 1962–63 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [24]
16 Richie Guerin* 1964–1968 (as player-coach) 290 159 131 .548 29 14 15 .483 1967–68 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [25]
Atlanta Hawks
— Richie Guerin* 1968–1972 328 168 160 .512 31 12 19 .387 1967–68 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [25]
17 Cotton Fitzsimmons 1972–1976 320 140 180 .438 6 2 4 .333 [26]
18 Bumper Tormohlen* 1976 8 1 7 .125 0 0 0 – [27]
19 Hubie Brown 1976–1981 407 199 208 .489 16 6 10 .375 1977–78 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [28]
20 Mike Fratello 1981 3 0 3 .000 0 0 0 – [29]
21 Kevin Loughery 1981–1984 164 85 79 .518 5 1 4 .200 [30]
— Mike Fratello 1984–1990 574 324 250 .564 40 18 22 .450 1985–86 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [29]
22 Bob Weiss 1990–1993 246 124 122 .504 8 2 6 .250 [31]
23 Lenny 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]
24 Lon Kruger* 2000–2002 191 69 122 .361 0 0 0 – [32]
25 Terry Stotts 2002–2004 137 52 85 .380 0 0 0 – [33]
26 Mike Woodson 2004–2010 492 206 286 .419 29 11 18 .379 [34]
27 Larry Drew 2010–2013 230 128 102 .557 24 10 14 .417 [35]
28 Mike Budenholzer* 2013–present 246 146 100 .593 29 15 14 .517 2014–15 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [36]

  • Hall-of-Famer Red Auerbach coached the Blackhawks for one season.

  • Mike Fratello was the coach for the Hawks from 1981 and 1984–1990.

  • Mike Woodson was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks for 6 seasons, from 2004–2010.

  • Mike Budenholzer coached the Hawks from 2013–14 to

Notes

  • 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

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