Head coaches

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Former head coach Phil Jackson led the team to five championships.

There have been 22 head coaches for the Lakers franchise. John Kundla coached the team in Minneapolis when they won their first five BAA/NBA championships, from 1949 to 1954.[1] Pat Riley is second in franchise history in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.[2] Phil Jackson broke Riley's regular season wins record in 2009, and he passed Riley's playoff wins and games coached records in 2010.[2] Jackson, Riley, Kundla, and Bill Sharman have all been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for their coaching careers. George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Jerry West, Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, Kurt Rambis and Byron Scott have all played and head coached for the Lakers. Jackson, who had two stints as head coach, was coach from 2005–2006 until 2010–2011. Mike Brown was named his replacement for the 2011–2012 season in May 2011.[3] Brown was fired[4] on November 9, 2012, after a 1–4 start. Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff served as interim head coach for five games before the Lakers selected Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach. D'Antoni resigned at the end of the 2013–2014 season. In July 2014, Byron Scott was hired as head coach.[5] After the 2015–2016 season ended, Scott was fired. On April 29, 2016, former Lakers player Luke Walton was named as Scott's replacement.[6]

Hall of Famers, retired and honored numbers

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The Lakers have 30 Hall of Famers (23 players, 4 head coaches, 1 assistant coach, and 2 contributors) who contributed to the organization.[7][8][9]

Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famers
Players
No. Name Positions Tenure Inducted No. Name Positions Tenure Inducted
4 Adrian Dantley F 1977–1979 2008 31 Spencer Haywood F 1979–1980 2015
11 Karl Malone F 2003–2004 2010 32 Magic Johnson G 1979–1991; 1996 2002
11 Bob McAdoo F/C 1981–1985 2000 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 1975–1989 1995
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 1968–1973 1979 34 Clyde Lovellette F/C 1953–1957 1988
17 Jim Pollard F 1948–1955 1978 34 Shaquille O'Neal C 1996–2004 2016
19 Vern Mikkelsen F 1949–1959 1995 42 Connie Hawkins F/C 1973–1975 1992
20 Gary Payton G 2003–2004 2013 42 James Worthy F 1982–1994 2003
22 Elgin Baylor F 1958–1971 1977 44 Jerry West G 1960–1974 1980
22 Slater Martin G 1949–1956 1982 52 Jamaal Wilkes F 1977–1985 2012
23 Mitch Richmond G 2001–2002 2014 73 Dennis Rodman F 1999 2011
25 Gail Goodrich G 1965–1968; 1970–1976 1996 99 George Mikan C 1948–1954; 1955–1956 1959
31 Zelmo Beaty C 1974–1975 2016
Coaches
No. Name Positions Tenure Inducted No. Name Positions Tenure Inducted
John Kundla Head coach 1948–1957
1958–1959
1995 Phil Jackson Head coach 1999–2004
2005–2011
2007
Bill Sharman Head coach 1971–1976 2004 Tex Winter Assistant coach 1999–2008 2011
Pat Riley Head coach/assistant coach 1979–1981 (assistant)
1981–1990 (head)
2008
Contributors
No. Name Positions Tenure Inducted No. Name Positions Tenure Inducted
Jerry Buss Owner 1979–2013 2010   Chick Hearn Broadcaster 1961–2002 2003

FIBA Hall of Famers

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Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famers
Players
No. Name Position Tenure Inducted
12 Vlade Divac C 1989–1996
2004–2005
2010

Retired numbers

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Lakers retired jerseys hanging inside the Staples Center.

The Lakers have retired nine jersey numbers and an honorary microphone in honor of their players and broadcaster:[10][11][12]

Los Angeles Lakers retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure Ceremony Date
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 1968–1973 November 9, 1983
22 Elgin Baylor F 1958–1971 November 9, 1983
25 Gail Goodrich G 1965–1968
1970–1976
November 20, 1996
32 Magic Johnson G 1979–1991
1996
February 16, 1992
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 1975–1989 March 20, 1989
34 Shaquille O'Neal C 1996–2004 April 2, 2013
42 James Worthy F 1982–1994 December 10, 1995
44 Jerry West G 1960–1974 November 19, 1983
52 Jamaal Wilkes F 1977–1985 December 28, 2012
  Chick Hearn Broadcaster 1961–2002 December 2, 2002

In addition, several other players and coaches who were instrumental to the franchise's success during its days in Minneapolis were named Honored Minneapolis Lakers, although their numbers are not retired by the franchise:[13]

Media

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Chick Hearn was the team's broadcaster for 41 years until his death in 2002. He broadcast 3,338 consecutive games between November 21, 1965, and December 16, 2001.[14] Hearn came up with West's "Mr. Clutch" nickname.[15] He was a part of the team's "inner sanctum" when Cooke was owner, and was consulted on basketball decisions.[16] Paul Sunderland, who had filled in for a couple of games while Hearn recuperated in 2001–02, was named the permanent play-by-play announcer. Stu Lantz was retained as the color commentator.[17] Sunderland's contract expired in the summer of 2005, and the team chose not to renew it.[18] Joel Meyers moved in alongside Lantz as the television announcer, while Spero Dedes and former Laker player Mychal Thompson on the radio.[19]

For the 2011–12 NBA season, Bill Macdonald became the new television play-by-play announcer, joining Lantz who remained as the color analyst. Meanwhile, John Ireland joined Mychal Thompson to call the games on radio.[20]

As of the 2009–10 season, Lakers radio broadcasts are heard on KSPN (Los Angeles ESPN Radio affiliate) in English and KWKW in Spanish.[19][21] KLAC had the team's radio broadcast rights from the 1976–77 season until the 2008–09 season.[21][22] Until 2011, telecasts had been split between KCAL-TV (road games) and Fox Sports West (home games), unless they are chosen for national broadcasts on ABC.[23] KCAL had been the Lakers' over-the-air television broadcaster since 1977, dating back to when the station was the RKO General-owned KHJ-TV, the longest relationship between an NBA team and a television station. Prior to KHJ, Laker games were televised on KTLA. The Lakers had been on Fox Sports West since 1985, dating to when it was the original Prime Ticket and owned by Buss.[24]

On February 14, 2011, Time Warner Cable and the Lakers announced the formation of two new regional sports networks (one in English, one in Spanish) that will exclusively televise the team's games and related programming for 20 years starting with the 2012–13 NBA season.[25] The said networks eventually became Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes.

References

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  1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named History of the Lakers # 10
  2. ^ a b "Pat Riley Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Lakers Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
  4. ^ Bresnahan, Mike (2012-11-09). "Lakers fire Mike Brown as coach". latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  5. ^ "Lakers Announce Hiring of Byron Scott as Head Coach". Los Angeles Lakers.
  6. ^ "Lakers Announce Agreement With Luke Walton to Become New Head Coach". NBA.com. April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famers". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  8. ^ "'Voice of the Lakers' Was Team's Constant Throughout the Years". NBA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  9. ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 5, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  10. ^ "Lakers Retired Numbers". Los Angeles Lakers. September 17, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  11. ^ "Hanging From the Rafters". NBA.com. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  12. ^ "Lakers hang Shaq's No. 34 jersey in the rafters". Los Angeles Lakers. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  13. ^ "L.A. to Honor Great Minneapolis Lakers Teams and Players". Los Angeles Lakers. April 5, 2002. Archived from the original on April 7, 2002. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  14. ^ "The List: Greatest individual streaks". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  15. ^ Lazenby, p. 84.
  16. ^ Lazenby, pp. 187–8.
  17. ^ "Paul Sunderland Joins Lakers Broadcast Team". NBA.com. September 22, 2002. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  18. ^ Stewart, Larry (May 3, 2005). "Sunderland Out as Laker Announcer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  19. ^ a b "Los Angeles Lakers Broadcast". Lakers.com. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  20. ^ "Lakers Announce Broadcast Teams for 2011-12 Season | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS". Nba.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  21. ^ a b "Lakers' run at KLAC to end after 30-plus seasons ... yet 'Loose Cannons' continue excessive Laker homerism". insidesocal.com. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
  22. ^ "KLAC Celebrates 30 Years of Lakers Basketball". Lakers.com. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
  23. ^ "2007–08 Los Angeles Lakers schedule" (PDF). NBA.com. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  24. ^ "Where to Watch/Listen to the Lakers". Lakers.com. November 11, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  25. ^ Time Warner Scores L.A. Lakers Regional Sports Network Rights Multichannel News February 14, 2011

Further reading

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  • Heisler, Mark (2009). Kobe and the New Lakers' Dynasty. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-60078-350-0.
  • Kaye, Elizabeth (2003). Ain't No Tomorrow : Kobe, Shaq, and the Making of a Lakers Dynasty. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-141261-2.
  • Lazenby, Roland (2005). The Show: The Inside Story of the Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers In The Words of Those Who Lived It. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-143034-0.
  • James P. Quirk; Rodney D. Fort (1997). Pay dirt: the business of professional team sports. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-2-9505164-7-3. (available online)
  • Alex Sacchare, ed. (1994). Official Nba Basketball Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Villard. ISBN 978-0-679-43293-7.
  • Alex Sacchare, ed. (2000). The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-50130-9.
  • Schumacher, Michael (2008). Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5675-2.
  • Travers, Steven (2007). The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Los Angeles Lakers: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Los Angeles Lakers History. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-60078-004-2.
  • Simmons, Bill (2009). The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy. ESPN. ISBN 978-0-345-51176-8.
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