The Best New Orleans Pelicans Coaches Of All Time

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Updated July 2, 2022
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Vote up the best New Orleans Pelicans head coaches ever.

Who is the best New Orleans Pelicans' coach of all time? In their time as an NBA franchise, the New Orleans Pelicans have gone through many different head coaches, all with different personalities and coaching styles. With that said, who is the best New Orleans Pelicans coach of all time? 

Byron Scott is the only coach in franchise history to win an NBA Coach of the Year award, which he won for the 2007-08 NBA season. Paul Silas has the best regular season win percentage in team history. Silas' all time win percentage while the team was in New Orleans is .573. Recently, the Pelicans brought on Willie Green to right the franchise back to winning ways.

Vote up the best New Orleans Pelicans coaches of all time, and help us decide who the best New Orleans Pelicans head coaches of all time.

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  • Paul Silas
    1

    Paul Silas

    14 votes

    2002–2003 

    Paul Theron Silas (born July 12, 1943) is an American professional basketball player, who is best known for playing power forward. As a player, he was a two-time NBA All-Star and earned five selections to the NBA All-Defensive Team, including twice on the first team. He won three NBA championships: two with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics. During his NBA career, Silas collected more than 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds over sixteen seasons.
  • Monty Williams
    2

    2010 - 2015

    Montgomery Eli Williams (born October 8, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach and a former player and executive who is the head coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach for the New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans from 2010 until 2015, and was an assistant coach with the United States national team under Mike Krzyzewski. In May 2019, he was hired to be the next head coach of the Phoenix Suns, following the 76ers' season and the 2019 NBA Playoffs.
  • Byron Scott
    3

    Byron Scott

    15 votes

    2004–2009 

    Byron Anton Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American professional basketball former head coach and player. He last coached the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won three NBA championships with the Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s.
  • Willie Green
    4

    2021 - 

    Willie Kordell Green (born July 28, 1981) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers and Orlando Magic. He was selected in the second round (41st pick overall) of the 2003 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights to Paccelis Morlende (50th pick overall) and cash considerations.
  • Stan Van Gundy
    5

    2020–2021 

    Stanley Alan Van Gundy (born August 26, 1959) is a former American basketball coach and current NBA game analyst for TNT. Prior to TNT, Van Gundy most recently served as the head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018. From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat but resigned in 2005 mid-season, turning the job over to Pat Riley. Van Gundy then coached the Orlando Magic for five seasons from 2007 to 2012, leading them to the 2009 NBA Finals. He is the older brother of former New York Knicks and Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
  • Alvin Gentry
    6

    Alvin Gentry

    18 votes

    2015–2020 

    Alvin Harris Gentry (born November 5, 1954) is an American professional basketball coach. A former college basketball player, Gentry has led five different NBA teams. He served as an interim head coach for the Miami Heat at the end of the 1994–95 season, and later coached the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings.