Detroit Pistons Coaches

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Team Names: Detroit Pistons, Fort Wayne Pistons

Seasons: 77; 1948-49 to 2024-25

Record: 2827-3171, .471 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 42

Championships: 3

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38 Coaches

Statistics shown are while coach was with franchise

38 Coaches Table
					Regular Season					Playoffs
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Plyfs	G	W	L	W/L%	Conf	Champ
1	Richie Adubato	1980	1980	1	70	12	58	.171	-23.0
2	Curly Armstrong	1949	1949	1	54	22	32	.407	-5.0
3	Carl Bennett	1949	1949	1	6	0	6	.000	-3.0
4	J.B. Bickerstaff	2025	2025	1	0	0	0		0.0
5	Paul Birch	1952	1954	3	207	105	102	.507	1.5	3	14	4	10	.286	0	0
6	Herb Brown	1976	1978	3	146	72	74	.493	-1.0	2	12	5	7	.417	0	0
7	Larry Brown	2004	2005	2	164	108	56	.659	26.0	2	48	31	17	.646	2	1
8	Donnie Butcher	1967	1969	3	112	52	60	.464	-4.0	1	6	2	4	.333	0	0
9	Rick Carlisle	2002	2003	2	164	100	64	.610	18.0	2	27	12	15	.444	0	0
10	Dwane Casey	2019	2023	5	384	121	263	.315	-71.0	1	4	0	4	.000	0	0
11	Don Chaney	1994	1995	2	164	48	116	.293	-34.0
12	Maurice Cheeks	2014	2014	1	50	21	29	.420	-4.0
13	Doug Collins	1996	1998	3	209	121	88	.579	16.5	2	8	2	6	.250	0	0
14	Michael Curry	2009	2009	1	82	39	43	.476	-2.0	1	4	0	4	.000	0	0
15	Chuck Daly	1984	1992	9	738	467	271	.633	98.0	9	113	71	42	.628	3	2
16	Dave DeBusschere	1965	1967	3	222	79	143	.356	-32.0
17	Terry Dischinger	1972	1972	1	2	0	2	.000	-1.0
18	Charles Eckman	1955	1958	4	241	123	118	.510	2.5	3	23	10	13	.435	0	0
19	Lawrence Frank	2012	2013	2	148	54	94	.365	-20.0
20	Alvin Gentry	1998	2000	3	145	73	72	.503	0.5	1	5	2	3	.400	0	0
					Regular Season					Playoffs
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Plyfs	G	W	L	W/L%	Conf	Champ
21	George Irvine	2000	2001	2	106	46	60	.434	-7.0	1	3	0	3	.000	0	0
22	Bob Kauffman	1978	1978	1	58	29	29	.500	0.0
23	John Kuester	2010	2011	2	164	57	107	.348	-25.0
24	Earl Lloyd	1972	1973	2	77	22	55	.286	-16.5
25	John Loyer	2014	2014	1	32	8	24	.250	-8.0
26	Dick McGuire	1960	1963	4	280	122	158	.436	-18.0	4	21	8	13	.381	0	0
27	Murray Mendenhall	1950	1951	2	136	72	64	.529	4.0	2	7	3	4	.429	0	0
28	Scotty Robertson	1981	1983	3	246	97	149	.394	-26.0
29	Red Rocha	1958	1960	3	153	65	88	.425	-11.5	2	10	4	6	.400	0	0
30	Ron Rothstein	1993	1993	1	82	40	42	.488	-1.0
31	Flip Saunders	2006	2008	3	246	176	70	.715	53.0	3	51	30	21	.588	0	0
32	Ray Scott	1973	1976	4	281	147	134	.523	6.5	2	10	4	6	.400	0	0
33	Paul Seymour	1969	1969	1	60	22	38	.367	-8.0
34	Butch van Breda Kolff	1970	1972	3	174	82	92	.471	-5.0
35	Stan Van Gundy	2015	2018	4	328	152	176	.463	-12.0	1	4	0	4	.000	0	0
36	Dick Vitale	1979	1980	2	94	34	60	.362	-13.0
37	Monty Williams	2024	2024	1	82	14	68	.171	-27.0
38	Charles Wolf	1964	1965	2	91	25	66	.275	-20.5

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