List of Indiana Pacers head coaches

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Template:Short description The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Pacers play in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team began 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 games at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse since the 1999–2000 NBA season. The Pacers are owned by Herb Simon, and Chad Buchanan is their general manager.[1] Nate Bjorkgren was the team's head coach in 2020–21 and was fired after one season. Rick Carlisle was hired to replaced Bjorkgren, becoming the coach of the Pacers for the second time.

There have been 14 head coaches for the Pacers franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Larry Staverman, who coached for two seasons.[2] Bobby Leonard is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (985), the most regular-season game wins (529), the most playoff games coached (116), and the 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 seasons 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 championship 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 Ramsay, Larry Brown, and Bobby Leonard 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]

Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
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* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Pacers
Template:Dagger Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2024–25 season.

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Regular season Playoffs
Template:Ntsh1 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1967–1968 87 40 47 .460 3 0 3 .000 [2]
Template:Ntsh2 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger 1968–1980 985 529 456 .537 116 69 47 .595 3 ABA championships (1970, 1972, 1973)[4] [3]
Template:Ntsh3 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1980–1984 328 125 203 .381 2 0 2 .000 1980–81 NBA Coach of the Year[11] [14]
Template:Ntsh4 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1984–1986 164 48 116 .293 — — — — [15]
Template:Ntsh5 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger 1986–1988 171 79 92 .462 4 1 3 .250 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history[10] [8]
Template:Ntsh6 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1988 2 0 2 .000 — — — — [7]
Template:Ntsh— Script error: No such module "Sort". 1988–1989 20 6 14 .300 — — — — [15]
Template:Ntsh7 Script error: No such module "Sort".* 1989–1990 160 73 87 .456 3 0 3 .000 [12]
Template:Ntsh8 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1990–1993 221 113 108 .511 12 3 9 .250 [16]
Template:Ntsh9 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger 1993–1997 328 190 138 .579 38 22 16 .579 [9]
Template:Ntsh10 Script error: No such module "Sort".* 1997–2000 214 147 67 .687 52 32 20 .615 1997–98 NBA Coach of the Year[11] [5]
Template:Ntsh11 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2000–2003 246 131 115 .533 15 5 10 .333 [17]
Template:Ntsh12 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2003–2007 328 181 147 .552 35 18 17 .514 [18]
Template:Ntsh13 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2007–2010 290 121 169 .417 — — — — [19]
Template:Ntsh14 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2010–2016 431 250 181 Template:Winning percentage 59 30 29 Template:Winning percentage [20]
Template:Ntsh15 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2016–2020 319 183 136 Template:Winning percentage 19 3 16 Template:Winning percentage [21]
Template:Ntsh16 Script error: No such module "Sort".* 2020–2021 72 34 38 Template:Winning percentage — — — — [22]
Template:Ntsh— Script error: No such module "Sort". 2021–present 324 157 167 Template:Winning percentage 50 23 17 Template:Winning percentage [18]

Notes

  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a A running total of the number of coaches of the Pacers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season, except for the seasons spent in the ABA.

References

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