Flip Saunders
Retired
- Birth date:
- Birth place: Cleveland (Ohio)
- Date of death: (aged 60)
- College: Minnesota
- Full name: Philip Daniel Saunders
- Nationality: United States
NBA career as head coach
- Seasons: 17
- Playoffs: 11
- NBA Finals: 0
- NBA titles: 0
No previous experience as NBA assistant coach.
Flip Saunders in regular season
| G | W | L | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1246 | 654 | 592 | .525 |
Flip Saunders in playoffs
| G | W | L | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 47 | 51 | .480 |
Flip Saunders' teams record
| TEAM | SEAS | REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | ||
| DET | 3 | 176 | 70 | .715 | 30 | 21 | .588 |
| MIN | 11 | 427 | 392 | .521 | 17 | 30 | .362 |
| WAS | 3 | 51 | 130 | .282 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| Total | -- | 654 | 592 | .525 | 47 | 51 | .480 |
Flip Saunders NBA career record
| SEAS | TEAM | REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | ||
| 1995-96 | MIN | 20 | 42 | .323 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| 1996-97 | MIN | 40 | 42 | .488 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| 1997-98 | MIN | 45 | 37 | .549 | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| 1998-99 | MIN | 25 | 25 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| 1999-00 | MIN | 50 | 32 | .610 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| 2000-01 | MIN | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| 2001-02 | MIN | 50 | 32 | .610 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| 2002-03 | MIN | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| 2003-04 | MIN | 58 | 24 | .707 | 10 | 8 | .556 |
| 2004-05 | MIN | 25 | 26 | .490 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| 2005-06 | DET | 64 | 18 | .780 | 10 | 8 | .556 |
| 2006-07 | DET | 53 | 29 | .646 | 10 | 6 | .625 |
| 2007-08 | DET | 59 | 23 | .720 | 10 | 7 | .588 |
| 2009-10 | WAS | 26 | 56 | .317 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| 2010-11 | WAS | 23 | 59 | .280 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| 2011-12 | WAS | 2 | 15 | .118 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| 2014-15 | MIN | 16 | 66 | .195 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| Total | -- | 654 | 592 | .525 | 47 | 51 | .480 |