List of Portland Trail Blazers head coaches

Jack Ramsay, who lead the Blazers to their only championship in franchise history
Jack Ramsay coached the Blazers to their only NBA Championship in 1977.

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 1977 through 1995, the longest such streak in American professional sports.[1] The team has played their home games at the Moda Center (formerly the Rose Garden) since the 1995–96 NBA season. The Trail Blazers are owned by Jody Allen, and Joe Cronin is their general manager.[2]

There have been 15 head coaches for the Trail Blazers franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Rolland Todd, who coached for two seasons.[3] Jack Ramsay is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (820), and the most regular season game wins (453).[4] 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).[5] Ramsay is the only coach to win an NBA championship with the Trail Blazers, in the 1977 NBA Finals.[6] Ramsay and Lenny Wilkens are the only Trail Blazers coaches to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and were both named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.[7] Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1986–87 and 1998–99 respectively, with the Trail Blazers.[8] Todd, Stu Inman, Jack McCloskey, Kevin Pritchard, and Kaleb Canales have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Trail Blazers.[3][9][10][11] Canales was named interim coach of the Trail Blazers toward the end of the 2011–12 season.[12] Terry Stotts was named as head coach on August 7, 2012. The announcement was made by General Manager Neil Olshey.[13] At this time, his NBA coaching record was 115–168.

Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Trail Blazers
† Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
1 Rolland Todd* 1970–1972 138 41 97 .297 — — — — [3]
2 Stu Inman* 1972 26 6 20 .231 — — — — [9]
3 Jack McCloskey* 1972–1974 164 48 116 .293 — — — — [10]
4 Lenny Wilkens† 1974–1975 (as player-coach)
1975–1976 		164 75 89 .457 — — — — One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[7] [14]
5 Jack Ramsay† 1976–1986 820 453 367 .552 59 29 30 .492 1 NBA championship (1977)[6]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[7] 		[4]
6 Mike Schuler 1986–1988 211 127 84 .602 8 2 6 .250 1986–87 NBA Coach of the Year[8] [15]
7 Rick Adelman† 1988–1994 445 291 154 .654 69 36 33 .522 2 NBA Finals (1990, 1992)[5] [5]
8 P. J. Carlesimo 1994–1997 246 137 109 .557 12 3 9 .250 [16]
9 Mike Dunleavy 1997–2001 296 190 106 .642 36 18 18 .500 1998–99 NBA Coach of the Year[8] [17]
10 Maurice Cheeks 2001–2005 301 162 139 .538 10 3 7 .300 [18]
11 Kevin Pritchard* 2005 27 5 22 .185 — — — — [11]
12 Nate McMillan 2005–2012 535 266 269 .497 18 6 12 .333 [19]
13 Kaleb Canales* 2012 23 8 15 .348 — — — — [12]
14 Terry Stotts 2012–2021 720 402 318 .558 62 22 40 .355 [20]
15 Chauncey Billups* 2021–present 246 81 135 .375 – [21]

Notes

  • a 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.
  • b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

General
  • "Portland Trail Blazers Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
Specific
  1. ^ "Bulls still winning off the court". ESPN. December 2, 2004. Archived from the original on March 27, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
  2. ^ "Neil Olshey Named Trail Blazers General Manager" (Press release). Portland Trail Blazers. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Rolland Todd Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Jack Ramsay Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Walton, Lucas Ignite 'Blazermania'". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  7. ^ a b c "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  8. ^ a b c "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Stu Inman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  10. ^ a b "Jack McCloskey Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Kevin Pritchard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  12. ^ a b "Kaleb Canales Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  13. ^ "Terry Stotts named Trail Blazers head coach". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  14. ^ "Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  15. ^ "Mike Schuler Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  16. ^ "P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  17. ^ "Mike Dunleavy Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  18. ^ "Maurice Cheeks Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  19. ^ "Nate McMillan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  20. ^ "Terry Stotts Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  21. ^ "Chauncey Billups Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.