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{{Short description|American basketball coach}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name          = Jim Lynam 
| image         = Jim Lynam (cropped).jpg
| team          = 
| caption       = Lynam in 2022
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1941|9|15}}
| birth_place   = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 1
| weight_lb     = 185
| high_school   = [[West Catholic Preparatory High School|West Catholic]]<br>(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
| college       = [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Saint Joseph's]] (1960–1963)
| draft_year    = 1963
| coach_start   = 1968
| coach_end     = 2010
| cyears1       = 1968–1970 | cteam1 = [[Fairfield Stags men's basketball|Fairfield]]
| cyears2       = 1973–1978 | cteam2 = [[American Eagles men's basketball|American]]
| cyears3       = 1978–1981 | cteam3 = [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Saint Joseph's]]
| cyears4       = {{nbay|1981|start}}–{{nbay|1983|end}} | cteam4 = [[Portland Trail Blazers]] (assistant)
| cyears5       = {{nbay|1983|start}}–{{nbay|1984|end}} | cteam5 = [[Los Angeles Clippers|San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers]]
| cyears6       = {{nbay|1985|start}}–{{nbay|1988|start}} | cteam6 = [[Philadelphia 76ers]] (assistant)
| cyears7       = {{nbay|1988|start}}–{{nbay|1992|start}} | cteam7 = Philadelphia 76ers
| cyears8       = {{nbay|1994|start}}–{{nbay|1997|start}} | cteam8 = [[Washington Bullets]]
| cyears9       = {{nbay|1998|start}}–{{nbay|2000|start}} | cteam9 = [[New Jersey Nets]] (assistant)
| cyears10      = {{nbay|2001|start}}–{{nbay|2005|start}} | cteam10 = Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
| cyears11      = {{nbay|2005|start}}–{{nbay|2010|start}} | cteam11 = Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
| highlights    =
'''As player:'''
*[[Robert V. Geasey Trophy]] co-winner (1963)
*No. 4 [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Saint Joseph's Hawks]]
'''As coach:'''
*2× [[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] regular season champion (1975, 1980)
*[[East Coast Conference (Division I) men's basketball tournament|ECC tournament]] champion ([[1981 East Coast Conference (Division I) men's basketball tournament|1981]])
| cstats_league1  = NBA
| cwin1           = 328
| closs1          = 392
| cstats_league2  = NCAA
| cwin2           = 158
| closs2          = 118
}}
'''James Francis Lynam''' (born September 15, 1941) is an American former college and professional [[basketball]] coach. He coached at the college level for [[Fairfield University]] from 1968 to 1970, [[American University]] from 1973 to 1978, and [[St. Joseph's University]] from 1978 to 1981. In the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), Lynam coached the [[Los Angeles Clippers|San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers]] from 1983 to 1985, the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] from 1987 to 1992, and the [[Washington Bullets]] from 1995 to 1997. Lynam compiled a 158–118 record at the college level, and 328–392 in the NBA. He was also Philadelphia's [[general manager]] from 1992 to 1994.

==Playing career==
After graduating from [[West Catholic Preparatory High School|West Catholic High School]], he went to [[Saint Joseph's University]]. With the [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Hawks]], he was a three-year starter. In 1961, Lynam was a key player on a Hawks team that advanced to the [[1961 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1961 Final Four]]. The Hawks defeated [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]] in a four-overtime game for third place. Lynam won the team MVP award after [[Jack Egan (basketball)|Jack Egan]] was expelled for his participation in the [[1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal|1961 point shaving scandal]].<ref name=Vice>{{cite news | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-forgotten-classic-and-the-complicated-legacy-of-the-1961-st-joes-hawks/ |title=A Forgotten Classic and the Complicated Legacy of the 1961 St. Joe's Hawks |publisher=Vice News |date=2016-04-04}}</ref>

Lynam played with the Hawks until 1963. That year, he was named the MVP of the [[Philadelphia Big 5|Big 5]] in his senior year.<ref name=SJUBio>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjuhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31200&ATCLID=208734320 |title=Jim Lynam Biography |publisher=Saint Joseph's University |access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
He began his coaching career at [[Lansdale Catholic High School]] in Lansdale, Pa where he was the head boys' basketball coach for the 1964–65 season. He then coached the [[Fairfield Stags men's basketball]] in 1968 where he coached for two years. In 1973, he took the reins at [[American University]] in 1973, where he coached for five years. He coached the Eagles to a finals appearance in the [[East Coast Conference (Division I) men's basketball tournament|East Coast Conference tournament]] in 1975.

In 1978, he returned to his alma mater St. Joseph's. In 1980–81, he coached the Hawks to an ECC Tournament championship, to receive a bid to the [[1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]]. As a #9 seed, the Hawks defeated [[Creighton Bluejays men's basketball|Creighton]] in the first round and upset the #1 seeded and #1 ranked [[DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball|DePaul]] to reach the Sweet Sixteen. The Hawks then defeated [[Boston College Eagles men's basketball|Boston College]] to advance to the Elite Eight, where their Cinderella run would end by losing to eventual national champion [[1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]].

On May 18, 1981, Lynam accepted an offer to be an assistant coach for the [[Portland Trail Blazers]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1981/05/19/trail-blazers-name-lyman-assistant-to-ramsey/4128693a-14bb-41bc-81a9-37efedbfcd06 |title = Trail Blazers Name Lyman Assistant To Ramsey|date = 1981-05-19}}</ref> Portland's coach [[Jack Ramsay]] previously coached Lynam at St. Joseph's.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/sixers/20100616_Father_s_Day__Jimmy_and_Dei_Lynam.html |title = Father's Day: Jimmy and Dei Lynam|date = 2010-06-19}}</ref> In his second year in Portland, the Blazers won their first playoff series since their championship season of [[1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season|1976–77]], though they would lose in the second round to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].

After two years with Portland, Lynam was named head coach of the [[Los Angeles Clippers|San Diego Clippers]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/06/09/ex-eagle-lynam-flies-to-clippers/e6b15ab2-c660-4676-bb9a-a7f2474186ba |title = Ex-Eagle Lynam Flies to Clippers|date = 1983-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/19/Jimmy-Lynam-assistant-coach-of-the-Portland-Trail-Blazers/7672422164800 |title = Jimmy Lynam, assistant coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, is reported to be one of the three finalists for the head coaching job of the San Diego Clippers|date = 1983-05-19}}</ref> San Diego native and franchise cornerstone [[Bill Walton]] was largely unavailable due to injury and generally frustrated with new Clippers Owner [[Donald Sterling]]<ref>{{cite web |date=August 26, 2016 |title=Walton blames self for Clippers' San Diego exit |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16291255 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129061305/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16291255 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> (Sterling controversially moved the Clippers to Los Angeles overnight, despite not getting approval from the league).<ref name=shelburne_06192014>{{cite news|last=Shelburne |first=Ramona |title=The sad last chapter of Sterling's life |date=June 19, 2014 |work=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/11105717/sad-last-chapter-donald-sterling-life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620050223/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11105717/sad-last-chapter-donald-sterling-life |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Manute Bol]], who Lynam scouted and drafted, was later ruled ineligible for the NBA draft, essentially wasting the draft pick.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1990/12/17/123285/a-tall-story-manute-bol-the-sixers-7-ft7-in-center-views-life-from-a-unique-perspective|title=A TALL STORY|first=Leigh|last=Montville|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=December 17, 1990}}</ref> After a tumultuous year and a half with the Clippers, which saw him as their last coach in San Diego, first coach in Los Angeles and first coaching hire by Sterling, he was fired as coach midway through his second season.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-07-sp-34599-story.html|title=Clippers Fire Lynam, Name Chaney to Finish the Season|first=Sam|last=McManis|magazine=LA Times|date=March 7, 1985}}</ref>

Retiring 76ers coach [[Billy Cunningham]] was critical of the Clippers for firing Lynam,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-13-sp-22180-story.html|title=Cunningham: Lynam Took Fall for Clippers|first=Sam|last=McManis|magazine=LA Times|date=March 13, 1985}}</ref> and was instrumental in Philadelphia hiring him as an assistant coach prior to the 1985–86 season.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/06/17/Former-Los-Angeles-Clippers-coach-Jim-Lynam-has-been/7001487828800/|title=Former Los Angeles Clippers coach Jim Lynam has been...|first=Sam|last=McManis|magazine=LA Times|date=March 7, 1985}}</ref> Sixers All Star point guard [[Maurice Cheeks]] said he had "never seen a better communicator than Jim Lynam."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/05/03/Jim-Lynam-who-led-the-Philadelphia-76ers-to-a/6758578635200/|title=Jim Lynam, who led the Philadelphia 76ers to a...|first=Joe|last=Cialini|magazine=UPI Sports|date=May 3, 1988}}</ref> Lynam's popularity with Sixers players would eventually help him become head coach of the team midway through the 1987–88.

The season he took over was Philadelphia's first without [[Julius Erving]] or [[Moses Malone]] since 1975. In his first full season as coach, he brought the Sixers back to the playoffs. In his second season, Philadelphia won the Atlantic Division title with a 53–29 record, earning the second seed in the conference. Though finally surpassing the [[Larry Bird]] Celtics for the first time in the [[Charles Barkley]]-era in Philadelphia, they fell to [[Michael Jordan]]'s Bulls in back-to-back playoffs.

[[File:Jim lynam basketball coach by bill cramer.jpg|thumb|Lynam as Philadelphia 76ers head coach in 1990]]

After a 7–3 start to the 1991–92 season, injuries decimated the team and they stumbled to a 35–47 record, missing the playoffs. Barkley was unhappy with team owner [[Harold Katz]] over his controversial team decisions,<ref>[https://www.libertyballers.com/2012/9/5/3293137/harold-katz-ruins-philadelphia-76ers-by-trading-moses-and-daugherty Disappointment Day: Harold Katz ruins the 76ers]</ref> such as trading [[Moses Malone]] to [[Washington Bullets|Washington]], trading the first overall pick in the [[1986 NBA draft]] to [[Cleveland Cavaliers|Cleveland]], and letting [[Rick Mahorn]] leave as a free agent among other moves, which were viewed as reasons Philadelphia unraveled from a perennial contender in the 1980s to missing the playoffs in 1992.<ref>{{cite news | last =  | first =  | title = Barkley Traded to Suns | work = United Press International | date = June 17, 1992 | url = https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/06/17/Barkley-traded-to-Suns/3478708753600/ | access-date = December 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Brown | first = Clifton | title = BASKETBALL; Bright Day for Suns: They Get Barkley | work = The New York Times | date = June 18, 1992 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/18/sports/basketball-bright-day-for-suns-they-get-barkley.html | access-date = March 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | agency = Associated Press | title = 76ers Send Barkley to Suns: Pro Basketball: Controversial Forward Traded After Acquittal in Milwaukee. Philadelphia Gets Hornacek, Lang and Perry | work = Los Angeles Times | date = June 18, 1992 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-18-sp-747-story.html | access-date = July 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Nakamura | first = David | title = 76ers Trade Barkley to Suns | work = The Washington Post | date = June 18, 1992 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1992/06/18/76ers-trade-barkley-to-suns/be49f8a8-bf92-41be-8f46-a53feaa3a0f4/ | access-date = July 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Smith | first = Sam | title = Barkley Now Suns' Problem | work = Chicago Tribune | date = June 18, 1992 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-06-18-9202240141-story.html | access-date = June 20, 2023}}</ref>

Katz agreed to step away from the operational side of the team and hand the team decision making to Lynam, moving him from coach to general manager.<ref>{{cite news | last =  | first =  | title = SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; 76ers Are Reported Ready to Hire Moe | work = The New York Times | date = May 27, 1992 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/27/sports/sports-people-pro-basketball-76ers-are-reported-ready-to-hire-moe.html | access-date = November 21, 2022}}</ref> As general manager, Lynam hired [[Doug Moe]] to be his replacement as Sixers coach.<ref>{{cite news | last =  | first =  | title = 76ers Shuffle Front Office, Name Moe Coach | work = The New York Times | date = May 28, 1992 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-28-sp-339-story.html| access-date = November 21, 2022}}</ref>

Lynam spent two years as Sixers general manager, before accepting an offer to become coach of the [[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]] prior the 1994–95 season.<ref>{{cite news | last = Denlinger | first = Ken | title = Lynam Agrees to Be Bullets' Coach | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = May 4, 1994 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1994/05/04/lynam-agrees-to-be-bullets-coach/ad66d5ce-949b-433f-887f-31be0a79b320/ | access-date = April 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Denlinger | first = Ken | title = New Coach Lynam 'Confident' of Bullets' Future | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = May 5, 1994 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1994/05/05/new-coach-lynam-confident-of-bullets-future/71965a9d-0d36-4965-a2d7-4fcc319118cd/ | access-date = November 8, 2022}}</ref> On February 6, 1997, Lynam was fired as coach.<ref>{{cite news | last = Adande | first = J.A. | title = "It Just Wasn't Happening," So Bullets Fire Lynam | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = February 6, 1997 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/02/06/it-just-wasnt-happening-so-bullets-fire-lynam/da0da731-51e4-42c3-8c95-0b0cf2f1d437/ | access-date = November 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Schmuck | first = Peter | title = Lynam Fired as Bullets Coach; Unseld: 'It Wasn't Happening'; Staak Will Serve as Fill-In | work = The Baltimore Sun | date = February 6, 1997 | url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-02-06-1997037066-story.html | access-date = January 2, 2023}}</ref> Following his dismissal from Washington, Lynam joined [[John Calipari]]'s staff with the New Jersey Nets.

When his former point guard with the Sixers [[Maurice Cheeks]] was hired by the Trail Blazers in 2001, he hired Lynam to his coaching staff.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/07/15/report-webber-to-stay-put/ BLAZERS: Longtime coach Jim Lynam joined Portland as an assistant on new head coach Maurice Cheeks' staff]</ref> When Cheeks was hired as Philadelphia's coach for the [[2005–06 NBA season|2005–06 season]], Lynam was named an assistant. During the preseason, however, he was forced to leave the team due to an undisclosed medical condition. However, on September 29, 2006, it was announced that Lynam, along with NBA hall of famer [[Moses Malone]] would be rejoining the 76ers as an assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2606554 |title = Lynam, Malone return to 76ers as assistant coaches|date = 2006-09-28}}</ref>
In July 2010, [[The Oregonian]] reported that Lynam was among candidates for an assistant coaching job in Portland.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/07/trail_blazers_coaching_staff_t.html | title=Trail Blazers' coaching staff to be finalized this week, McMillan says| date=2010-07-20}}</ref> He remained in this role until 2010.

The [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] brought in Lynam as a part-time basketball operations consultant, evaluating pro personnel on the Wolves roster and throughout the NBA for part of the 2010–11 season.<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/114525359.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUqPk4DyCc75DiUiacyKUbPi87EK_g:D_GD7EaDh_0c:aD:aUr]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He retired from coaching and basketball operations in 2011 and moved to a broadcasting career. Since the start of the 2011–12 season, Lynam served as a pre-game and post-game analyst for the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] on [[NBC Sports Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/malik_rose_joins_sixers_broadc_2011_12_20.html |title = Malik Rose joins Sixers broadcast team on Comcast SportsNet| website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref>

==Personal==
Lynam's daughter, Dei, is a former anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Philadelphia for the Sixers. She once served as a sideline reporter for 76ers telecasts. She also worked as a Sideline Reporter for TNT's coverage of the NBA Playoffs from 2010 to 2015.
Now she helps call the 76ers G-League team, the [[Delaware Blue Coats]] games. He is also a grandfather to ten grandchildren. Lynam is known for his distinct [[Philadelphia accent]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-13-sp-8865-story.html |title = CLIPPERS' JIM LYNAM : The Pressure is Always on : This Coach Has Johnson, Nixon, Walton and a Team Under .500| website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date = 1985-01-13}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==

===College===
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|type=coach
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|poll=
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Fairfield Stags men's basketball|Fairfield Stags]]
|startyear=1968
|conference=[[NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)|Independent]]
|endyear=1970
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1968–69]]
 | name         =Fairfield
 | overall      =10–16
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1969–70]]
 | name         =Fairfield
 | overall      =13–13
 | conference   =–
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         =Fairfield
 | overall      =23–29
 | confrecord   =–
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 |name=[[American Eagles men's basketball|American Eagles]]
 |startyear=1973
 |conference=[[East Coast Conference]]
 |endyear=1978
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1973–74]]
 | name         =American
 | overall      =16–10
 | conference   =–
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =conference
 | season       =[[1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1974–75]]
 | name         =American
 | overall      =16–10
 | conference   =–
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1975–76]]
 | name         =American
 | overall      =9–16
 | conference   =–
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1976–77]]
 | name         =American
 | overall      =13–13
 | conference   =–
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1977–78]]
 | name         =[[1977–78 American Eagles men's basketball team|American]]
 | overall      =16–12
 | conference   =–
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         =American
 | overall      =70–61
 | confrecord   =–
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Saint Joseph's Hawks]]
|startyear=1978
|conference=East Coast Conference
|endyear=1981
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       =[[1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1978–79]]
 | name         =Saint Joseph's
 | overall      =19–11
 | conference   =11–3
 | confstanding =2nd
 | postseason   =[[1979 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =conference
 | season       =[[1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1979–80]]
 | name         =Saint Joseph's
 | overall      =21–9
 | conference   =10–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason  =[[1980 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =conference tournament
 | season       =[[1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1980–81]]
 | name         =[[1980–81 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team|Saint Joseph's]]
 | overall      =25–8
 | conference   =9–2
 | confstanding =T–2nd
 | postseason   =[[1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name=Saint Joseph's
 | overall=65–28
 | confrecord=30–6
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall      =158–118
}}

===NBA===
{{NBA coach statistics legend}}
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| align="left" |[[1983–84 San Diego Clippers season|San Diego]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1983}}
|82||30||52||.366|| align="center" |6th in Pacific||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |Missed Playoffs
|- 
| align="left" |[[1984–85 Los Angeles Clippers season|LA Clippers]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1984}}
|61||22||39||.361|| align="center" |(fired)||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |&mdash;
|- 
| align="left" |[[1987–88 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1987}}
|39||16||23||.410|| align="center" |4th in Atlantic||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |Missed Playoffs
|- 
| align="left" |[[1988–89 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1988}}
|82||46||36||.561|| align="center" |2nd in Atlantic||3||0||3||.000
| align="center" |Lost in [[1989 NBA Playoffs|first round]]
|- 
| align="left" |[[1989–90 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1989}}
|82||53||29||.646|| align="center" |1st in Atlantic||10||4||6||.400
| align="center" |Lost in [[1990 NBA Playoffs|Conf. Semifinals]]
|- 
| align="left" |[[1990–91 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1990}}
|82||44||38||.537|| align="center" |2nd in Atlantic||8||4||4||.500
| align="center" |Lost in [[1991 NBA Playoffs|Conf. Semifinals]]
|- 
| align="left" |[[1991–92 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1991}}
|82||35||47||.427|| align="center" |5th in Atlantic||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |Missed Playoffs
|- 
| align="left" |[[1994–95 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1994}}
|82||21||61||.256|| align="center" |7th in Atlantic||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |Missed Playoffs
|- 
| align="left" |[[1995–96 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1995}}
|82||39||43||.476|| align="center" |4th in Atlantic||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |Missed Playoffs
|- 
| align="left" |[[1996–97 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| align="left" |{{nbay|1996}}
|46||22||24||.478|| align="center" |(fired)||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;||&mdash;
| align="center" |&mdash;
|-class="sortbottom"
| align="left" |'''Career'''
| ||720||328||392||.456|| ||21||8||13||.381
{{s-end}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/lynamji99c.html BasketballReference.com: Jim Lynam]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150629225015/http://www.nba.com/coachfile/jim_lynam/ NBA.com coach file: Jim Lynam]
* [http://www.sjuhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31200&ATCLID=208734320 St. Joseph's biography]

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[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]