List of Oklahoma City Thunder head coaches
The Oklahoma City Thunder plays at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, since
2008.
Billy Donovan is the current head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder since
2015.
Scott Brooks was the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder from
2008–2015.
The Oklahoma City Thunder is an American professional basketball franchise based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It plays in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was known as the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 2008. The team plays its home games at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.[1] As of October 2008, the Thunder is currently owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by Billy Donovan, with Sam Presti as its general manager. The team was formed in 1967. After spending 41 seasons in Seattle, Washington, the SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City. Owner Clay Bennett, who purchased the team in 2006, sought to get public funding for a new arena in Seattle, or a major renovation of 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 head coaches for the Thunder franchise. The franchise won its only NBA championship in the 1979 NBA Finals while coached by Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens. Wilkens is the only member of the franchise to have been inducted into the 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, 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]
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Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015–16 season.
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- ↑ "City Preparing Ford Center For NBA Team". KOCO Oklahoma City. Hearst Television Inc. July 3, 2008. 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. The Seattle Times Company. July 2, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Lenny Wilkens Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Lenny Wilkens Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ↑ "Nate McMillan Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ↑ "Bob Weiss Playing Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- 1 2 "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Al Bianchi Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- 1 2 "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. National Basketball Association. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ↑ "Tom Nissalke Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Bucky Buckwalter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Bill Russell Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Bob Hopkins Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Bernie Bickerstaff Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "K.C. Jones Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Bob Kloppenburg Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "George Karl Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Paul Westphal Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Nate McMillan Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Bob Weiss Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Bob Hill Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- 1 2 "P.J. Carlesimo Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Oklahoma City Thunder Parts Ways With Scott Brooks as Head Coach". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures LLC. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Scott Brooks Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ↑ "Thunder Names Billy Donovan Head Coach" (Press release). Oklahoma City Thunder. April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
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