From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Indiana Pacers head coaches
List of Indiana Pacers head coaches
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Pacers
Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
most playoff game wins (69).[3] Leonard is also the only
coach to win an ABA championship with the Pacers, with
3 (1970, 1972, 1973).[4] Larry Bird, who coached three sea-
sons with the Pacers, is the Pacers’ all-time leader for the
highest winning percentage with .687.[5] Bird is also the
only coach to win an NBA Eastern Conference champion-
ship with the Pacers, but lost the 2000 NBA Finals against
the Los Angeles Lakers.[6] Mel Daniels is the only Pacers
coach to have coached less than one season.[7] Jack Ram-
say and Larry Brown are the only Pacers’ coaches to be
elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[8][9]
Ramsay was also named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA
history.[10] Jack McKinney and Larry Bird have won the
NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1980–81 and 1997–98
respectively, with the Pacers.[11] Dick Versace and Bird
have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the
Pacers.[5][12] Frank Vogel was named interim head coach
after Jim O’Brien was fired midway through the 2010–11
season.[13]
Larry Bird coached the Pacers from 1997–98 to 1999–2000. Key
The Indiana Pacers are an American professional bas-
ketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Pacers
Coaches
play in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2010–11 sea-
the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team be- son.
gan playing in 1967 as a charter member of the American
Basketball Association (ABA), and joined the NBA as part
of the ABA-NBA merger. The team has played their home
Notes
games at the Conseco Fieldhouse since the 1999–2000 • a A running total of the number of coaches of the
NBA season. The Pacers are owned by Herbert and Melvin Pacers. Thus, any coach who has two or more
Simon, and David Morway is their general manager.[1] separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
There have been 14 head coaches for the Pacers fran- • b Each year is linked to an article about that
chise. The franchise’s first head coach was Larry Staver- particular NBA season, except for the seasons spent
man, who coached for two seasons.[2] Bobby Leonard is in the ABA.
the franchise’s all-time leader for the most regular sea-
son games coached (985), the most regular season game
wins (529), the most playoff games coached (116), and the
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# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
&100000000000000010000001 Staverman, 1967–1968 87 40 47 .460 3 0 3 .000 [2]
LarryLarry
Staverman
&100000000000000020000002 Leonard, Bob- 1968–1980 985 529 456 .537 116 69 47 .595 3 ABA Champi- [3]
byBobby onships (1970,
Leonard 1972, 1973)[4]
&100000000000000030000003 McKinney, 1980–1984 328 125 203 .381 2 0 2 .000 1980–81 NBA [14]
JackJack Coach of the
McKinney Year[11]
&100000000000000040000004 Irvine, Ge- 1984–1986 164 48 116 .293 — — — — [15]
orgeGeorge
Irvine
&100000000000000050000005 Ramsay, 1986–1988 171 79 92 .462 4 1 3 .250 One of the top [8]
JackJack Ram- 10 coaches in
say NBA history[10]
&100000000000000060000006 Daniels, 1988 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [7]
MelMel
Daniels
&10000000000000007000000— Irvine, Ge- 1988–1989 20 6 14 .300 — — — — [15]
orgeGeorge
Irvine
&100000000000000080000007 Versace, 1989–1990 160 73 87 .456 — — — — [12]
DickDick Ver-
sace*
&100000000000000090000008 Hill, BobBob 1990–1993 221 113 108 .511 12 3 9 .250 [16]
Hill
&100000000000000100000009 Brown, Lar- 1993–1997 328 190 138 .579 38 22 16 .579 [9]
ryLarry
Brown
&1000000000000001100000010 Bird, Lar- 1997–2000 214 147 67 .687 52 32 20 .615 1997–98 NBA [5]
ryLarry Bird* Coach of the
Year[11]
&1000000000000001200000011 Thomas, Isi- 2000–2003 246 131 115 .533 15 5 10 .333 [17]
ahIsiah
Thomas
&1000000000000001300000012 Carlisle, 2003–2007 328 181 147 .552 35 18 17 .514 [18]
RickRick
Carlisle
&1000000000000001400000013 O’Brien, 2007–2011 290 121 169 .417 — — — — [19]
JimJim
O’Brien
&1000000000000001500000014 Vogel, 2011–present 38 20 18 .526 5 1 4 .200 [13]
FrankFrank
Vogel
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