The Memphis Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies

The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's...

 are an American professional basketball

Basketball

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 team based in Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

, Tennessee

Tennessee

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. The Grizzlies play in the Southwest Division

Southwest Division (NBA)

The Southwest Division is one of the three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association . The division consists of five teams, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Rockets, the Memphis Grizzlies, the New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs...

 of the Western Conference

Western Conference (NBA)

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 of the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 (NBA). The team was founded in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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 in 1995 along with the Toronto Raptors

Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...

 as part of the NBA's expansion

Expansion team

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 into Canada. The Grizzlies and the Raptors became the first non-United States teams to join the NBA since 1946. After spending six seasons in Vancouver, the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in the . The Grizzlies have played their home games at the FedExForum

FedExForum

The FedEx Forum is an arena located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of the University of Memphis, both of whom previously played home games at the Pyramid Arena...

 since 2004. Although the Grizzlies have competed in the postseason three times, they have never won a playoff game or a playoff series. The Grizzlies are owned by Michael Heisley

Michael Heisley

Michael E. Heisley is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies. He orchestrated the move of the team from Vancouver in 2001, after promising to keep the franchise in Vancouver when he purchased it in 2000...

 and several locals including J.R. Hyde, Andy Cates, and Elliot Perry

Elliot Perry

Elliot Lamonte Perry is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.The 6'0" point guard from Memphis State University , was selected with the tenth pick of the second round by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1991 NBA Draft...

.

There have been 10 head coach

Head coach

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es for the Grizzlies franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Brian Winters

Brian Winters

Brian Joseph Winters is a former NBA guard/forward, coach and former WNBA head coach. He attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY, graduating in 1970. He then played collegiately with the University of South Carolina and was the 12th pick in the 1974...

, who coached for two seasons. Winters is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (184), and Mike Fratello

Mike Fratello

Michael Robert "Mike" Fratello is an American color analyst and a professional basketball coach. He previously coached the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA, and is currently the head coach of the Ukraine national basketball team.-Background:Fratello was born in...

 is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season game wins (95). Hubie Brown

Hubie Brown

Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brown is a retired American basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years...

 is the only Grizzlies head coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award

NBA Coach of the Year Award

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. Brown was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame

Basketball Hall of Fame

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 as a contributor, in 2005. Lionel Hollins

Lionel Hollins

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, Tony Barone

Tony Barone

Anthony Andrew Barone, Sr. is an American basketball coach. A native of Chicago, he is the former head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Barone was appointed as the team's interim coach by Grizzlies general manager Jerry West after West fired Mike Fratello on December 28, 2006...

, and Marc Iavaroni

Marc Iavaroni

Marcus John Iavaroni is a retired American professional basketball player, current assistant coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, and former head coach of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies....

 have spent their entire NBA head coaching careers with the Grizzlies. Iavaroni was fired by the Grizzles on January 22, 2009. Hollins was named as Iavaroni's successor, though Johnny Davis was the head coach for two games before Hollins' third term with the team.
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Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
#	Number of coaches
*	Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Grizzlies

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .

#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Achievements	Reference
			Regular season				Playoffs
11		–	184	36	148	.196	—	—	—	—
22			39	6	33	.154	—	—	—	—
33		–	154	31	123	.201	—	—	—	—
44	*		60	18	42	.300	—	—	—	—
55		–	172	46	126	.267	—	—	—	—
66		–	168	83	85	.494	4	0	4	.000	NBA Coach of the Year NBA Coach of the Year Award The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA Championships from 1956 to 1966... (2003–04)
7—	*		4	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—
87		–	182	95	87	.522	8	0	8	.000
98	*		52	16	36	.308	—	—	—	—
109	*	–	123	33	90	.268	—	—	—	—
1110			2	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—
12—	*	–present	121	53	68	.438	—	—	—	—