The
Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional
basketball team based in
Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers play in the
Northwest Division of the
Western Conference in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise entered the NBA in 1970. The Trail Blazers sold out 814 consecutive home games from through , the longest such streak in American professional sports. The team has played their home games at the
Moda Center (formerly the Rose Garden) since the
1995–96 NBA season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the 50th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), though the 50th anniversary was not celebrated until the following season. The Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Final ...
. The Trail Blazers are owned by
Jody Allen, and
Joe Cronin is their general manager.
There have been 15
head coaches for the Trail Blazers franchise. The franchise's first head coach was
Rolland Todd
Rolland Douglas Todd (born April 26, 1934) is a former player and coach in the National Basketball Association, and a former player in the American Basketball League, who also coached basketball at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He was ...
, who coached for two seasons.
Jack Ramsay
John Travilla Ramsay (February 21, 1925 – April 28, 2014) was an American basketball coach, commonly known as "Dr. Jack" (as he held an earned doctorate). He was best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship, a ...
is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (820), and the most regular season game wins (453).
Rick Adelman is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.654), playoff games coached (69), and most playoff game wins (36).
Ramsay is the only coach to win an
NBA championship with the Trail Blazers, in the
1977 NBA Finals
The 1977 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1976–77 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers played agai ...
.
Ramsay and
Lenny Wilkens are the only Trail Blazers coaches to be elected into the
Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pre ...
, and were both named one of the
top 10 coaches in NBA history.
Mike Schuler and
Mike Dunleavy have won the
NBA Coach of the Year Award, in and respectively, with the Trail Blazers.
Todd,
Stu Inman
Stuart Kirk Inman (August 2, 1926 – January 30, 2007) was an American basketball player, coach and executive. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1950 NBA Draft from San Jose State University by the Chicago Stags; however, he did not pla ...
,
Jack McCloskey,
Kevin Pritchard
Kevin Lee Pritchard (born July 18, 1967) is an American basketball executive, and a former player and coach, who is currently the president of basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers. Pritchard played 4 seasons in the NBA as a player, and ...
, and
Kaleb Canales
Victor Kaleb Canales (born July 7, 1978) is an American basketball coach who last served as assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Early career
Born in Laredo, Texas, Canales is a graduate of John ...
have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Trail Blazers.
Canales was named interim coach of the Trail Blazers toward the end of the season.
Terry Stotts was named as head coach on August 7, 2012. The announcement was made by General Manager Neil Olshey.
[
] At this time, his NBA coaching record was 115-168.
Key
Coaches
''Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .''
File:Rick Adelman.png, Rick Adelman was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from to , and led them to their Second NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awa ...
in 1990
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and 1992
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File:Maurice Cheeks.jpg, Maurice Cheeks was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from to
File:Nate_McMillan_with_Oregon_National_Guard_cropped.jpg, Nate McMillan was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from to
File:Stotts-Terry-150105.jpg, Terry Stotts was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from to
File:Billups coach (cropped).jpg, Chauncey Billups, the current head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers since
Notes
* A running total of the number of coaches of the Trail Blazers. 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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Portland Trail Blazers head coaches
Lists of National Basketball Association head coaches by team
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Head coaches