List of Los Angeles Clippers Head Coaches

Clippers head coach Doc Rivers

Los Angeles Clippers is an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles , California . The club performs in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) ^[1] . The team joined the NBA in 1970, during the expansion of the association. The club was originally based in Buffalo , NY, and was called Buffalo Braves . In 1978, the Braves moved to San Diego , California, where they changed their name to San Diego Clippers. In 1984, the team moved to Los Angeles, where it received its modern name, Los Angeles Clippers. “Clippers” are the oldest NBA club that has never reached the final of the championship ^[2] . Since 1999, the team has been holding its home games at the Staples Center ^[3] . The Clippers owner is Steve Ballmer , and the general manager is Dave Wall ^[4] .

Throughout the history of the club, 25 head coaches worked in it. The first coach of the team was Dolph Scheyes , under whose leadership the club held 38 games. Mike Dunlavy is the club leader in matches held in the regular season (492) and in victories won in the regular season (194). Jack Ramsey is the Clippers leader by the number of games played in the playoffs (22) and by victories won in the playoffs (9). As soon as Ramsey, Larry Brown , Bill Fitch and Dunlive were able to bring the Clippers into the playoffs. Ramsey and Fitch in 1996 were named one of the 10 greatest coaches in NBA history ^[5] . Ramsey and Brown are the only Clippers coaches to be included in the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches ^{[6] [7]} . Currently, the Los Angeles Clippers head coach is Doc Rivers .

The first coach of the club Dolph Scheyes