List of Philadelphia 76ers head coaches

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There have been 20 head coaches of the Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia 76ers franchise. The Syracuse Nationals joined the National Basketball Association at its foundation in 1949, went 51-13 in their first NBA season under Al Cervi, and won the Eastern Division crown. They were purchased by Philadelphian Irv Kosloff and Ike Richma in the spring of 1963, and the NBA approved their franchise shift on May 22 and name change to the Philadelphia 76ers on August 6. This returned professional basketball to the city, which had been without a team since the Warriors left Philadelphia in 1962.[1][2]

The franchise won their first NBA championship as the Syracuse Nationals in the 1955 NBA Finals under coach Cervi. Their second title was won as the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, coached by Alex Hannum, who also leads the franchise's winning percentage.[3][4] Billy Cunningham, who played and coached with the 76ers total of 17 years is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.[5][6] He led the team to their latest title, as a coach, in 1983.[3][5]

Hannum, Jack Ramsay, and Larry Brown are the only members of the franchise to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches.[4][7][8] Cervi, Paul Seymour, and Kevin Loughery served as a player-coaches, and Cervi, after retiring as a player, remained a coach for a few years.[9][10][11] Six other former players, Hannum, Dolph Schayes, Cunningham, Matt Guokas, Fred Carter, and Maurice Cheeks went on to coach for the franchise.[4][5][12][13][14][15]

[edit] Key

# Number of coaches[16]
GC Games Coached
W Wins
L Loses
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
† Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
* Spent entire coaching career with the team

[edit] Coaches

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L W – L % GC W L
Syracuse Nationals
1 Al Cervi 1950–1957 495 294 201 0.594 60 34 26 [9]
2 Paul Seymour 1957–1960 279 155 124 0.556 20 9 11 [10]
3 Alex Hannum† 1960–1963 239 127 112 0.531 18 8 10 [4]
Philadelphia 76ers
4 Dolph Schayes 1964–1966 240 129 111 0.538 21 9 12 1965–66 NBA Coach of the Year[17] [12]
3 Alex Hannum† 1966–1968 163 130 33 0.798 28 18 10 [4]
5 Jack Ramsay† 1969–1972 328 174 154 0.530 17 5 12 One of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA history[18] [7]
6 Roy Rubin* 1973 51 4 47 0.078 — — — [19]
7 Kevin Loughery 1973 31 5 26 0.161 — — — [11]
8 Gene Shue 1974–1978 334 157 177 0.470 22 11 11 [20]
9 Billy Cunningham* 1978–1985 650 454 196 0.698 105 66 39 [5]
10 Matt Guokas 1986–1988 207 119 88 0.575 17 8 9 [13]
11 Jim Lynam 1988–1992 367 194 173 0.529 21 8 13 [21]
12 Doug Moe 1993 56 19 37 0.339 — — — [22]
13 Fred Carter* 1993–1994 108 32 76 0.296 — — — [14]
14 John Lucas 1995–1996 164 42 122 0.256 — — — [23]
15 Johnny Davis 1997 82 22 60 0.268 — — — [24]
16 Larry Brown† 1998–2003 460 255 205 0.554 58 28 30 2000–01 NBA Coach of the Year[17] [8]
17 Randy Ayers 2004 52 21 31 0.404 — — — [25]
18 Chris Ford 2004 30 12 18 0.400 — — — [26]
19 Jim O'Brien 2005 82 43 39 0.524 5 1 4 [27]
20 Maurice Cheeks 2006–present 246 113 133 0.459 6 2 4 [15]

[edit] References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Syracuse Nationals Index", NBA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28. 
  2. ^ "2007-08 Warriors Media Guide: Warriors History (pg. 170)", NBA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-29. 
  3. ^ a b Philadelphia 76ers. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  4. ^ a b c d e Alex Hannum Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  5. ^ a b c d Billy Cunningham Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  6. ^ Billy Cunningham Playing Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  7. ^ a b Jack Ramsay Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  8. ^ a b Larry Brown Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  9. ^ a b Al Servi Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  10. ^ a b Paul Seymour Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  11. ^ a b Kevin Loughery Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  12. ^ a b Dolph Schayes Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  13. ^ a b Matt Guokas Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  14. ^ a b Fred Carter Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  15. ^ a b Maurice Cheeks Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  16. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Nationals/76ers. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  17. ^ a b Coach of the Year. NBA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  18. ^ Top 10 Coaches in NBA History. NBA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  19. ^ Roy Rubin Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  20. ^ Gene Shue Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  21. ^ Jim Lynam Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  22. ^ Doug Moe Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  23. ^ John Lucas Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  24. ^ Johnny Davis Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  25. ^ Randy Ayers Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  26. ^ Chris Ford Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  27. ^ Jim O'Brien Coaching Record. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
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Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers Head Coaches
Cervi • Seymour • Hannum • Schayes • Hannum • Ramsay • Rubin • Loughery • Shue • Cunningham • Guokas • Lynam • Moe • Carter • Lucas • Davis • Brown • Ayers • Ford • O'Brien • Cheeks
List of Philadelphia 76ers head coaches