List of Cleveland Cavaliers head coaches

The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers play in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference championship in 2007.^[1] The Cavaliers have played their home games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, formerly known as Quicken Loans Arena and Gund Arena, since 1994.^[2] The Cavaliers are owned by Dan Gilbert, with Koby Altman as their general manager.^[3] American R&B-pop singer Usher Raymond is a minority owner.^[4]

There have been 24 head coaches for the Cavaliers franchise. The current head coach is Kenny Atkinson. The franchise's first head coach was Bill Fitch, who coached for nine seasons. Fitch is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (738);^[5] Lenny Wilkens is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season game wins (316); Mike Brown is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (71) and the most playoff game wins (42). David Blatt has the highest regular-season winning percentage (.675) and the highest playoff winning percentage (.700). Tyronn Lue is the only coach to lead the Cavaliers to an NBA championship, in 2016. Chuck Daly, Wilkens and Fitch have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as head coaches, partly due to their work with the Cavaliers.^[6]^[7] Fitch, Daly and Wilkens were also named as 3 of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.^[8] Fitch and Brown are the only Cavaliers coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award.^[9]

^ "2006-07 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
^ "Gund Arena to be renamed Quicken Loans Arena". ESPN.com. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
^ "Executive Bios and Directory". NBA.com. Cleveland Cavaliers. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
^ Davis, Carolyn E. (February 25, 2005). "Usher About To Become Part-Owner Of Cleveland Cavaliers". MTV. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
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[a2007-1] "2006-07 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2008.

[2] "Gund Arena to be renamed Quicken Loans Arena". ESPN.com. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2008.

[3] "Executive Bios and Directory". NBA.com. Cleveland Cavaliers. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

[4] Davis, Carolyn E. (February 25, 2005). "Usher About To Become Part-Owner Of Cleveland Cavaliers". MTV. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2008.

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