List Of New Orleans Hornets Head Coaches
The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1988 as an expansion team with the Miami Heat. The team has had four names since its inception; it was called the Charlotte Hornets (1988–2002), the New Orleans Hornets (2002–2005; 2007–2013), the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–2007), and the New Orleans Pelicans (2013-present). The Hornets have never been to the NBA Finals since its inception. The team has played their home games at the New Orleans Arena since 2002. The Pelicans are owned by Tom Benson, with Dell Demps as their general manager.
There have been nine head coaches for the Hornets. The franchise's first head coach was Dick Harter, who coached for two seasons. Allan Bristow is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (tied with Byron Scott; 410), and the most regular-season game wins (207); Dave Cowens is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.609); Paul Silas is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (29), and the most playoff-game wins (13). Harter and Gene Littles are the only coaches to have not reached the playoffs with the Hornets. Scott is the only Hornets coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the 2007–08 season. Harter and Bristow have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Hornets. Although no Hornets head coach has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, Cowens was elected into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1991. The Hornets' current head coach is Monty Williams, who was appointed on June 7, 2010.
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