Delaware Blue Coats

Delaware Blue Coats
Delaware Blue Coats logo
ConferenceEastern
LeagueNBA G League
Founded2007
HistoryUtah Flash
2007–2011
Delaware 87ers
2013–2018
Delaware Blue Coats
2018–present
ArenaChase Fieldhouse
LocationWilmington, Delaware
Team colorsBlue, red, cream, navy blue, white[1]
         
General managerJameer Nelson[2]
Head coachMike Longabardi
Ownership
Affiliation(s)Philadelphia 76ers
Championships1 (2023)
Conference titles2 (2022, 2023)
Division titles1 (2009)
Showcase Cup titles1 (2021)
Websitebluecoats.gleague.nba.com

The Delaware Blue Coats are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Wilmington, Delaware. They are the G-League affiliates of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blue Coats play their home games at Chase Fieldhouse. The Blue Coats are owned by Josh Harris and David Blitzer under Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), who also own the 76ers.

The team was founded in 2007 as the Utah Flash and served as an affiliate to the Utah Jazz. In April 2013, the 76ers acquired the team and relocated it to Newark, Delaware, where it played as the Delaware 87ers (nicknamed the Sevens) until 2018. The team then moved to Wilmington and were rebranded as the Delaware Blue Coats.[3][4][5] The team won the 2022–23 G League championship.

  1. ^ "Delaware Blue Coats Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jameer Nelson named general manager". G League. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Plans State-of-the-Art 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington". NBA.com/Sixers. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. November 29, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Tresolini, Kevin (March 28, 2018). "The Blue Coats are coming! Nothing revolutionary as 87ers receive new nickname". The News Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Tornoe, Rob (March 28, 2018). "Sixers rename G-League team as work continues on new sports complex". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 28, 2018.