Delaware Blue Coats

founding

2007

history

Utah Flash
2007–2011
Delaware 87ers
2011–2018
Delaware Blue Coats
(since 2018)

Stadion

76ers Fieldhouse

Location

Wilmington, Delaware

Club colors

Red, blue, silver, white

league

NBA G-League

Head coach

Connor Johnson

General manager

Elton Brand

owner

Philadelphia 76ers

Division title

1 (2009)

The Delaware Blue Coats are a basketball team of NBA G-League , which in Wilmington ( Delaware is home).

history

Utah Flash (2007-2011)

As early as 2004, when the NBA G-League was already in the starting blocks as the NBA Development League , planning for its own team began in Utah. The trailer Flash won a poll with over 20,000 votes, making Utah Flash the new name. David Fredman, who was in the NBA for almost 30 years as a scout for the Utah Jazz and as a general manager for the Denver Nuggets , received great support in founding the company . The Boston Celtics also helped build the team. After they got their own farm team with the Maine Red Claws in 2009, the Atlanta Hawks became a new partner of the Flash.

On April 17, 2007, the Utah Flash was announced as the new D-League franchise . The Flash were assigned to the Utah Jazz as a " farm team ". The UCCU Center on the Utah Valley University campus was chosen as the new home hall . Brad Jones was the first head coach .

Since entering the game in 2007, the Flash have reached the playoffs of the D-League every season . In 2008/2009 even the final of the playoffs could be reached. There the Flash had to admit defeat to the Colorado 14ers . The last head coach of the Utah Flash was Kevin Young since the 2010/2011 season. He had previously worked as an assistant coach for the franchise for 2 years. After the 2010/11 season, the team was deregistered from the game and was up for sale.

Delaware 87ers (2013-2018)

In 2013, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired the rights to the team and moved the headquarters to Newark . They also changed the name of the franchise to Delaware 87ers . While the United States Declaration of Independence 17 76 was signed in Philadelphia, Delaware was the first US state that 17 87 the United States Constitution ratified . In September, Brandon Williams was introduced as general manager and Rod Baker as head coach. The 2013/14 season was the 87ers' first season, and they played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center " The Bob " on the University of Delaware campus . The first season was closed with a score of 12-38.

In August 2014 the new mascot was presented: the fox Caesar . It represents the heraldic animal of the state of Delaware and was named after Caesar Rodney , one of the founding fathers of the USA .

In the 2015/16 season, Jordan McRae set a record in the D-League with 61 points in one game. Only a short time later, his teammate Russ Smith broke the record, he scored 65 points against Canton Charge .

Delaware Blue Coats (since 2018)

The team moved from Newark to the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington after the 2017-18 season and renamed the Delaware Blue Coats.

Seasonal balance sheets

season	division	space	W.	L.	Win%	Playoffs
Utah Flash
2007/08	Western film	3rd	24	26th	.480	-
2008/09	Western film	1st	32	18th	.640	Loss of Conference Finals to Colorado 14ers
2009/10	Western film	4th	28	22nd	.560	Round 1 loss to Iowa Wolves
2010/11	Western film	5th	28	22nd	.560	Round 1 loss to Iowa Wolves
Delaware 87ers
2013/14	Eastern	6th	12	38	.240	-
2014/15	Atlantic	4th	20th	30th	.400	-
2015/16	Atlantic	4th	21st	29	.420	-
2016/17	Atlantic	2nd	26th	24	.520	-
Regular season			165	209	.478
Playoffs			4th	6th	.400