Detroit Pistons head coaches

37 head coaches · Head coach now: J. B. Bickerstaff

Who has coached the Pistons?

The Detroit Pistons have had 37 head coaches since 1948-49. Chuck Daly won the most games, 467, with 2 titles. Titles also came under Larry Brown (1). The head coach now is J. B. Bickerstaff, since 2024-25.

Detroit Pistons: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-LPctPlayoffsTitles
Curly Armstrong1948-4922-32.407—
Murray Mendenhall1949-50 to 1950-5172-64.5293-4
Paul Birch1951-52 to 1953-54105-102.5074-10
Charley Eckman1954-55 to 1956-57114-102.52810-14
Red Rocha1957-58 to 1959-6065-88.4254-6
Dick McGuire1959-60 to 1962-63122-158.4368-13
Charles Wolf1963-6425-66.275—
Dave DeBusschere1964-65 to 1966-6779-143.356—
Donnis Butcher1967-6852-60.4642-4
Paul Seymour1968-6922-38.367—
Butch van Breda Kolff1969-70 to 1970-7182-92.471—
Terry Dischinger1970-710-2.000—
Earl Lloyd1971-7222-55.286—
Ray Scott1972-73 to 1975-76147-134.5234-6
Herb Brown1976-7772-74.4935-7
Bob Kauffman1977-7829-29.500—
Dick Vitale1978-7934-60.362—
Richie Adubato1979-8012-58.171—
Scotty Robertson1980-81 to 1982-8397-149.394—
Chuck Daly1983-84 to 1991-92467-271.63371-422
Ron Rothstein1992-9340-42.488—
Don Chaney1993-94 to 1994-9548-116.293—
Doug Collins1995-96 to 1997-98121-88.5792-6
Alvin Gentry1998-99 to 1999-0073-72.5032-3
George Irvine2000-0146-60.4340-3
Rick Carlisle2001-02 to 2002-03100-64.61012-15
Larry Brown2003-04 to 2004-05108-56.65931-171
Flip Saunders2005-06 to 2007-08176-70.71530-21
Michael Curry2008-0939-43.4760-4
John Kuester2009-10 to 2010-1157-107.348—
Lawrence Frank2011-12 to 2012-1354-94.365—
Maurice Cheeks2013-1421-29.420—
John Loyer2013-148-24.250—
Stan Van Gundy2014-15 to 2017-18152-176.4630-4
Dwane Casey2018-19 to 2022-23121-263.3150-4
Monty Williams2023-2414-68.171—
J. B. Bickerstaff2024-25 to 2026-27104-60.6349-11

From Wikipedia's list of the club's head coaches, regular season and playoffs; titles are the club's in his seasons. A coach with two stints has a row for each.