List of Oklahoma City Thunder head coaches
The
KeyArena in 2007. After failing to do so, he decided to move the team to Oklahoma City.[2] Seattle sued Bennett's group to enforce the lease that required the team to stay until 2010. The two sides reached a $45 million settlement to pay off the team's lease with KeyArena in July 2008.[3][4]
There have been 16
Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[5] He is also the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached, regular-season games won, playoff games coached, and playoff games won. Wilkens, Paul Westphal, Nate McMillan and Bob Weiss formerly played for the team in Seattle.[6][7][8] Former head coach Scott Brooks is the only coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award with the franchise.[9]
Key
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches |
* | Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the SuperSonics/Thunder |
† | Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
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Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.
# | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | |||
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Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||
1 | Al Bianchi | 1967–1969 | 164 | 53 | 111 | .323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [10] | ||||
2 | Lenny Wilkens† | player-coach )
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246 | 121 | 125 | .492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[11] | [5] | |||
3 | Tom Nissalke | 1972 | 45 | 13 | 32 | .289 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [12] | ||||
4 | Bucky Buckwalter | 1973 | 37 | 13 | 24 | .351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [13] | ||||
5 | Bill Russell† | 1973–1977 | 328 | 162 | 166 | .494 | 15 | 6 | 9 | .400 | [14] | ||||
6 | Bob Hopkins* | 1977 | 22 | 5 | 17 | .227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [15] | ||||
— | Lenny Wilkens† | 1977–1985 | 634 | 357 | 277 | .563 | 69 | 37 | 32 | .536 | 1 NBA championship (1979) One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[11] |
[5] | |||
7 | Bernie Bickerstaff | 1985–1990 | 410 | 202 | 208 | .493 | 27 | 12 | 15 | .444 | [16] | ||||
8 | K. C. Jones | 1990–1991 | 118 | 59 | 59 | .500 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | [17] | ||||
9 | Bob Kloppenburg | 1991 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [18] | ||||
10 | George Karl† | 1991–1998 | 534 | 384 | 150 | .719 | 80 | 40 | 40 | .500 | [19] | ||||
11 | Paul Westphal | 1998–2000 | 147 | 76 | 71 | .517 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | [20] | ||||
12 | Nate McMillan | 2000–2005 | 395 | 212 | 183 | .537 | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | [21] | ||||
13 | Bob Weiss | 2005 | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [22] | ||||
14 | Bob Hill | 2006–2007 | 134 | 53 | 81 | .396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [23] | ||||
15 | P. J. Carlesimo | 2007–2008 | 82 | 20 | 62 | .244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [24] | ||||
Oklahoma City Thunder | |||||||||||||||
— | P. J. Carlesimo | 2008 | 13 | 1 | 12 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [24] | ||||
16 | Scott Brooks | 2008–2015 | 545 | 338 | 207 | .620 | 73 | 39 | 34 | .534 | 2009–10 NBA Coach of the Year[9] | [25] | |||
17 | Billy Donovan | 2015–2020 | 400 | 243 | 157 | .608 | 41 | 18 | 23 | .439 | [26] | ||||
18 | Mark Daigneault | 2020–present | 236 | 143 | 175 | .450 | — | — | — | – |
Gallery
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George Karl was the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics from 1991 to 1998, and led them to their third NBA Finals in 1996.
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Scott Brooks was the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008 to 2015, and led them to their first NBA Finals in 2012.
References
- General
- "Oklahoma City Thunder Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "City Preparing Ford Center For NBA Team". KOCO Oklahoma City. Hearst Television Inc. July 3, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ^ Johns, Greg (November 2, 2007). "Bennett says Sonics going to Oklahoma". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Hearst Seattle Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
- ^ "SuperSonics, Seattle reach last-minute settlement". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. July 3, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ "Sonics, city reach settlement". The Seattle Times. July 2, 2008. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Lenny Wilkens Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ^ "Nate McMillan Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Weiss Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ^ a b "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ "Al Bianchi Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ a b "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. National Basketball Association. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "Tom Nissalke Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Bucky Buckwalter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Bill Russell Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Hopkins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Bernie Bickerstaff Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "K.C. Jones Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Kloppenburg Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Paul Westphal Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ "Nate McMillan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Weiss Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ "Bob Hill Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ a b "P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ "Scott Brooks Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ^ "Billy Donovan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 27, 2021.