List of Phoenix Suns head coaches

List of Phoenix Suns head coaches

The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/history/history_index.html|title=Phoenix Suns History Index|accessdate=2008-07-23|publisher= NBA.com] Founded in 1968, the Suns are chronologically the second oldest team in the Western Conference. The Suns are also chronologically the third oldest team in the NBA to have never won a NBA Championship while being in the NBA Finals at least once. [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/NBATeamsChronology.html|title=A Chronology of the Teams in the NBA|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-07-23] [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/champions.html|title=NBA Finals: All-time Champions|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-07-23] The Suns currently play their home games at the US Airways Center.

The Phoenix Suns franchise have had 13 head coaches. John MacLeod is the franchise's all-time leader in coaching and winning the most regular season and playoff games. Cotton Fitzsimmons and Mike D'Antoni are the only coaches to ever win the NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Suns. The Suns have never been coached by a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Paul Westphal has the highest winning percentage all-time with the Suns with a .685 winning percentage. Terry Porter is currently the head coach of the Suns after D'Antoni signed a coaching contract with the New York Knicks in 2008. Porter will start his coaching reign in the 2008–09 NBA season. [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/porter_080607.html|title= Suns Name Terry Porter Head Coach|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-07-24] [cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=As6FcS5w7nsYAYyuvnguHua8vLYF?slug=txknickscoach&prov=st&type=lgns|title=D'Antoni take Knicks' job|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|accessdate=2008-07-23]

Key

Coaches

"Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007–08 NBA season."

Notes

*A running total of the number of coaches of the Suns. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.

References

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*cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/|title=Phoenix Suns Coach Register|publisher=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-07-23
*cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/history/coach_records.html/|title=All-time Suns Coaches and Records|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-07-23

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