The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional

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team based in

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. The Cavaliers play in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the

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(NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference championship in 2007. The Cavaliers have played their home games at

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, formerly known as Quicken Loans Arena and Gund Arena, since 1994. The Cavaliers are owned by

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, with

Koby Altman Koby Altman (born September 16, 1982) is the President of Basketball Operations of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life Altman was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Altman received his bachelor's degree at ...

as their general manager. American R&B- pop singer

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is a minority owner. There have been 23

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es for the Cavaliers franchise. The franchise's first head coach was

Bill Fitch William Charles Fitch (May 19, 1932 – February 2, 2022) was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He developed multiple teams into playoff contenders and won an NBA championship with the Bost ...

, who coached for nine seasons. Fitch is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (738);

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is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season game wins (316); Mike Brown is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (71) and the most playoff game wins (42).

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has the highest regular-season

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(.675) and the highest playoff winning percentage (.700). Tyronn Lue is the only coach to lead the Cavaliers to an NBA championship, in 2016. Chuck Daly, Wilkens and Fitch have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as head coaches, partly due to their work with the Cavaliers. Fitch, Daly and Wilkens were also named as 3 of the

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. Fitch and Brown are the only Cavaliers coaches to have won the

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Key

Coaches

''Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .'' File:Chuck Daly.jpg, upAfter coaching the Cavaliers for 41 games (with a 9–32 record), Chuck Daly was dismissed during the 1981–82 season. File:Lenny Wilkens 1968.jpeg, Lenny Wilkens was the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers from to . File:Mike Brown NBA cropped.jpg, Two-time head coach Mike Brown coached the Cavaliers from 2005 to 2010, and again during the 2013–14 season. During his first stint, he led the Cavs to their first NBA Finals appearance in 2007. File:Byron Scott (cropped).jpg,

Byron Scott Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their ...

was the head coach of the Cavaliers from 2010 to 2013. During the 2010–2011 season, the Cavs lost 26 games in a row - tied for the longest losing streak in the four major professional sports. File:David Blatt Cavs 2014 (cropped).jpg, David Blatt was the Cavaliers head coach from –. File:Tyronn Lue (30761766161) (cropped).jpg, Tyronn Lue was the Cavaliers head coach from –, leading the team to the 2016 NBA Championship File:20130323 John Beilein crop.jpg,

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was the Cavaliers head coach for part of the . file:J.B. Bickerstaff.jpg, Current head coach J. B. Bickerstaff

Notes

* A running total of the number of coaches of the Cavaliers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. * Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

;General * * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleveland Cavaliers head coaches Lists of National Basketball Association head coaches by team *

Head coaches A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in asso ...