Suns reportedly plan to hire Bucks’ Mike Budenholzer as next head coach
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May. 10, 2024 11:32 a.m. ET
The Phoenix Suns are reportedly planning on hiring the Milwaukee Bucks’ Mike Budenholzer to become their new head coach after firing Frank Vogel on Thursday. Budenholzer’s deal is expected to approach eight figures per year.
The Suns dismissed Vogel after one season after the team was swept in the opening round of the NBA playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Bucks finished last season 49-33 and were also swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers.
Budenholzer, 54, first began his NBA career as a video coordinator turned assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs, spending 19 seasons with the franchise before taking his first head-coaching gig with the Atlanta Hawks from 2013-18.Ā
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The Arizona native headed to the Bucks in 2018, bringing home an NBA championship in 2021. He was named coach of the year twice, in 2015 and 2019.
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