College Park Skyhawks

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This article is about the basketball franchise that began play in 2017–18. For the prior Erie BayHawks team that relocated, see Lakeland Magic. For the Erie BayHawks team launched in 2019 when this one relocated to Georgia, see Birmingham Squadron.
College Park Skyhawks
College Park Skyhawks logo
League NBA G League
Founded 2017
History Erie BayHawks
2017–2019
College Park Skyhawks
2019–present
Arena Gateway Center Arena
Location College Park, Georgia
Team colors Red, yellow, black, gray[1][2]
                   
Team manager Tori Miller[3]
Head coach Steve Gansey[4]
Ownership Atlanta Hawks
Affiliation(s) Atlanta Hawks
Championships 0
Division titles 1 (2017–18)
Website www.cpskyhawks.com

The College Park Skyhawks are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League and an affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. The team is based in College Park, Georgia, with home games at Gateway Center Arena at College Park after the franchise played its first two seasons in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Erie Insurance Arena as the Erie BayHawks.[5][6] The team became the sixteenth D-League team to be owned by an NBA team.[7][8]

History

On November 10, 2016, the Atlanta Hawks announced that they had bought and established a new NBA D-League team to play in a new arena in nearby College Park beginning with the 2019–20 season.[9] In December 2016, the Orlando Magic purchased the original BayHawks franchise with the intent of relocating it to Florida for the 2017–18 season, eventually becoming the Lakeland Magic. In February 2017, the original BayHawks owners negotiated with the Atlanta Hawks to activate their franchise early and play as the BayHawks until the new arena in College Park is completed.[10][11] The new Hawks' minor league franchise then became the BayHawks and began play in the rebranded NBA G League for the 2017–18 season.

The Hawks announced on February 21, 2019, that their G League affiliate would be known as the College Park Skyhawks when the team moved to Georgia for the 2019–20 season.[12] On May 10, 2019, the Hawks announced that rapper and College Park native 2 Chainz would join the Skyhawks' ownership group.[13]

Season-by-season

Season Division Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses Win %
Erie BayHawks
2017–18 Southeast 1st 28 22 .560 Won First Round (Lakeland) 96–90
Won Conf. Semifinal (Fort Wayne) 119–116
Lost Conf. Final (Raptors 905) 106–118
2018–19 Southeast 4th 24 26 .480
College Park Skyhawks
2019–20 Southeast 3rd 20 23 .465 Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Opted out of single-site season
Regular season record 72 71 .503
Playoff record 2 1 .667

Current roster

Template:College Park Skyhawks roster

Head coaches

# Head coach Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements
G W L Win% G W L Win%
1 Josh Longstaff 2017–18 50 28 22 .560 3 2 1 .667
2 Noel Gillespie 2018–2021 93 44 49 .473 — — — —

NBA affiliates

Erie BayHawks (2017–19)

College Park Skyhawks

References

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External links

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