 Stotts in 2015 | |
| Golden State Warriors | |
|---|---|
| Position | Lead assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1957-11-25)November 25, 1957 (age 67) Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bloomington North (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| College | Oklahoma (1976–1980) |
| NBA draft | 1980: 2nd round, 38th overall pick |
| Selected by theHouston Rockets | |
| Playing career | 1980–1989 |
| Position | Forward |
| Coaching career | 1990–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1980 | Squibb Cantù |
| 1980–1983 | Montana Golden Nuggets |
| 1983–1984 | CB Estudiantes |
| 1985–1987 | Étoile de Voiron |
| 1988–1989 | Chorale Roanne |
| 1989–1990 | Sceaux Basket |
| As coach: | |
| 1990–1991 | Albany Patroons (assistant) |
| 1991–1992 | Fort Wayne Fury (assistant) |
| 1992–1998 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
| 1998–2002 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
| 2002–2004 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2004–2005 | Golden State Warriors (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2008–2012 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
| 2012–2021 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
| 2024–present | Golden State Warriors (lead assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As assistant coach: | |
Stats atBasketball Reference  | |
Terry Linn Stotts (born November 25, 1957) is an American former professionalbasketball player and coach who is the top assistant coach for theGolden State Warriors of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as head coach of thePortland Trail Blazers of theNational Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012 to 2021 before most recently spending an offseason as an assistant coach for theMilwaukee Bucks of theNational Basketball Association (NBA) in 2023.
After a playing as aforward in Europe and theContinental Basketball Association (CBA), where he was coached byGeorge Karl, Stotts became a part of Karl's coaching staff on multiple teams in the CBA and NBA. He later got opportunities as a head coach for theAtlanta Hawks andMilwaukee Bucks, before helping theDallas Mavericks win the 2011 NBA championship as an assistant coach.
Born inCedar Falls, Iowa, Stotts grew up inIllinois,Wisconsin,Guam, andIndiana and graduated fromBloomington High School North inBloomington, Indiana in 1976.[1][2] Stotts was a member of the 1976 Indiana All-Star Team.[3]
Stotts was a starter in all his four seasons with theUniversity of OklahomaSooners basketball team and was anAcademic All-American selection in his junior and senior seasons and an All-Big Eight Conference selection in his senior season. He graduated from Oklahoma in 1980 with aB.S. inzoology and aMaster in Business Administration from Oklahoma in 1988 on a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA.[1]
After averaging 16.9 points per game as a senior at Oklahoma, Stotts was a second-round selection of theHouston Rockets in the1980 NBA draft, but he could not find a place on the team. He began his professional playing career in Italy before joiningGeorge Karl'sContinental Basketball Association (CBA) team, theMontana Golden Nuggets, in the early 1980s. He played for the team for three seasons. Stotts was selected to the CBA All-Defensive First Team in 1983.[4] He then returned to Europe for several seasons, playing in Spain (CB Estudiantes) and France.[1]
After retiring as a player, Stotts joined Karl's coaching staff as an assistant with the CBA'sAlbany Patroons in 1990–91. During his first year, he helped lead the Patroons to an all-time CBA-best 50–6 record. Stotts then coached the CBA'sFort Wayne Fury for one season before rejoining Karl as part of his staff on theSeattle SuperSonics in the NBA. He then moved with Karl to theMilwaukee Bucks in 1998.
In 2002, Stotts decided to part ways with Karl and joined theAtlanta Hawks as an assistant coach. He was promoted to head coach 27 games into the season afterLon Kruger was fired.[5] Stotts led the Hawks to a 24–31 record[6] before he was let go, and returned to the assistant coaching ranks with theGolden State Warriors.
In 2005, Stotts became the head coach of theMilwaukee Bucks.[7] He guided them to the playoffs in his first season, but was fired towards the end of his second season on March 14, 2007.
Stotts was hired as an assistant coach for theDallas Mavericks shortly afterRick Carlisle was hired as head coach in September 2008. He was credited for coordinating the Mavericks' offense that was one of the most efficient in the league in 2010–11, when they won the NBA title.[8]
ThePortland Trail Blazers hired Stotts as their head coach on August 7, 2012.[9] The Blazers went 33–49 in Stotts's first year, losing their final 13 games to drop out of the playoff race.[10]
In Stotts's second season with the Trail Blazers, he coached the team to an overall record of 54–28. They beat theHouston Rockets in the first round of theNBA playoffs with a buzzer-beating three-point shot byDamian Lillard to advance to the second round, but fell short to the eventual NBA championSan Antonio Spurs in the second round, ultimately losing in five games.
In Stotts's third season, he led the team to an overall record of 51–31. After sustaining some key injuries, they fell to theMemphis Grizzlies in the first round of theNBA playoffs 4–1.
Despite losing four of his starters, including star forwardLaMarcus Aldridge, in the off-season, Stotts's fourth season saw him lead the Trail Blazers to the second round, after defeating theLos Angeles Clippers in the first round. In the second round, Portland played the top-seededGolden State Warriors to a very competitive five-game series, but eventually lost 4–1. On May 16, 2016, Stotts agreed on a contract extension with the Trail Blazers.[11]
In the 2018–19 season, Stotts led the Trail Blazers to a 53–29 regular season record and their deepest playoff run in almost 20 years. Portland defeated theOklahoma City Thunder 4–1 andDenver Nuggets 4–3 in the first two rounds but were swept by the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors in theConference finals.
On June 4, 2021, after falling to theDenver Nuggets in six games for their fourth first-round exit in five years, Stotts and the Blazers mutually agreed to part ways.[12] He left the club with the second-most wins in franchise history with 402.[12]
On June 28, 2023, Stotts was hired by theMilwaukee Bucks as an assistant coach.[13] On October 19, 2023, one day before the final game of the Bucks’ preseason, he resigned.[14][15]
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 2002–03 | 55 | 24 | 31 | .436 | 5th inCentral | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Atlanta | 2003–04 | 82 | 28 | 54 | .341 | 7th in Central | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Milwaukee | 2005–06 | 82 | 40 | 42 | .488 | 5th in Central | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost inFirst round |
| Milwaukee | 2006–07 | 64 | 23 | 41 | .359 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Portland | 2012–13 | 82 | 33 | 49 | .402 | 4th inNorthwest | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Portland | 2013–14 | 82 | 54 | 28 | .659 | 2nd in Northwest | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | Lost inConference semifinals |
| Portland | 2014–15 | 82 | 51 | 31 | .622 | 1st in Northwest | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost inFirst round |
| Portland | 2015–16 | 82 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 2nd in Northwest | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | Lost inConference semifinals |
| Portland | 2016–17 | 82 | 41 | 41 | .500 | 3rd in Northwest | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | Lost inFirst round |
| Portland | 2017–18 | 82 | 49 | 33 | .598 | 1st in Northwest | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | Lost inFirst round |
| Portland | 2018–19 | 82 | 53 | 29 | .646 | 2nd in Northwest | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | Lost inConference finals |
| Portland | 2019–20 | 74 | 35 | 39 | .473 | 4th in Northwest | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost inFirst round |
| Portland | 2020–21 | 72 | 42 | 30 | .583 | 3rd in Northwest | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Lost inFirst round |
| Career | 1,003 | 517 | 486 | .515 | 67 | 23 | 44 | .343 | |||
Stotts lives with his wife Jan inLake Oswego, Oregon. Outside of coaching, he enjoys cycling, traveling and golf.[16]