List of Memphis Grizzlies head coaches

The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum since 2004.

The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1995 along with the Toronto Raptors as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. The Grizzlies and the Raptors became the first non-United States teams to join the NBA since 1946.^[1] After spending six seasons in Vancouver, the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in the 2001–02 season.^[2] The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum since 2004.^[3] The Grizzlies were owned by Michael Heisley and several locals including J. R. Hyde, Andy Cates, and Elliot Perry.^[4]

There have been 11 head coaches for the Grizzlies franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Brian Winters, who coached for two seasons.^[5] Lionel Hollins is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (415), and the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season game wins (214).^[6] Hubie Brown is the only Grizzlies head coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award.^[7] Brown was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor,^[a] in 2005.^[8] Tony Barone, Marc Iavaroni, and David Joerger have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Grizzlies.^[9][10][11] Iavaroni was fired by the Grizzlies on January 22, 2009. Hollins was named as Iavaroni's successor, though Johnny Davis was the head coach for two games before Hollins' third term with the team.^[12]

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
#	Number of coaches^[a]
*	Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Grizzlies

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015–16 season.

#	Name	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
Vancouver Grizzlies
1	Winters, BrianBrian Winters	1995–1997	125	23	102	.184	0	0	0	–		[5]
2	Jackson, StuStu Jackson	1997	39	6	33	.154	0	0	0	–		[13]
3	Hill, BrianBrian Hill	1997–1999	154	31	123	.201	0	0	0	–		[14]
4	Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins	1999–2000	60	18	42	.300	0	0	0	–		[6]
5	Lowe, SidneySidney Lowe	2000–2001	82	23	59	.280	0	0	0	–		[15]
Memphis Grizzlies
—	Lowe, SidneySidney Lowe	2001–2002	90	23	67	.256	0	0	0	–		[15]
6	Brown, HubieHubie Brown	2002–2004	168	83	85	.494	4	0	4	.000	NBA Coach of the Year (2003–04)[7]	[8]
—	Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins	2004	4	0	4	.000	0	0	0	–		[6]
7	Fratello, MikeMike Fratello	2004–2006	178	95	83	.534	8	0	8	.000		[16]
8	Barone, TonyTony Barone*	2006–2007	52	16	36	.308	0	0	0	–		[9]
9	Iavaroni, MarcMarc Iavaroni*	2007–2009	123	33	90	.268	0	0	0	–		[10]
10	Davis, JohnnyJohnny Davis	2009	2	0	2	.000	0	0	0	–		[17][18]
—	Hollins, LionelLionel Hollins	2009–2013	351	196	155	.558	35	18	17	.514		[6][19]
11	Joerger, DavidDavid Joerger*	2013–present	245	147	99	.598	22	9	13	.409		[11]

Notes

• ^a A person who has made a significant contribution to the game of basketball.^[20]
• ^b A running total of the number of coaches of the Grizzlies. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

General

• "Memphis Grizzlies Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.

Specific

1. "The NBA Settles North of the Border". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
2. "Grizzlies History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
3. "About FedExForum". FedExForum.com. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
4. Williams, David (March 27, 2008). "Grizzlies partners truly in minority". The Commercial Appeal. The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
5. "Brian Winters Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
6. "Lionel Hollins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
7. "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
8. "Hubie Brown Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
9. "Tony Barone Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
10. "Marc Iavaroni Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
11. "Dave Joerger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
12. Tillery, Ronald. "Grizzlies introduce Lionel Hollins as new coach". The Commercial Appeal. The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
13. "Stu Jackson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
14. "Brian Hill Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
15. "Sidney Lowe Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
16. "Mike Fratello Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
17. "Johnny Davis Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
18. Tillery, Ronald. "Grizzlies fire coach Marc Iavaroni; Lionel Hollins to take over". The Commercial Appeal. The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
19. http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/11166930/brooklyn-nets-agree-deal-lionel-hollins
20. "Guidelines For Nomination and Election Into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2010.