Doc Rivers will not be the Bucks‘ head coach next season, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link), who reports that Rivers is departing his role.
Echoing prior reporting, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype says the expectation around the league is that Rivers could join the Bucks’ front office in a role that has yet to be determined.
Following a three-year stint in Philadelphia from 2020-23, Rivers was hired by the Bucks during the 2023/24 season to replace Adrian Griffin. He compiled a 97-103 record (.487) across two-and-a-half seasons in Milwaukee, leading the team to two playoff appearances. The club went 3-8 in the postseason under Rivers and didn’t get out of the first round.
A longtime coach who won a title in Boston and had a winning record on the sidelines for the Magic, Clippers, and Sixers, Rivers has a 2,059-1,195 regular season record (.580) over the course of 27 seasons. He will be enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year as a member of the class of 2026.
As Charania notes (via Twitter), Rivers had one more year remaining on his contract, so Milwaukee will be on the hook for his 2026/27 salary. The Bucks will now embark upon a search for his replacement, with former Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins expected to be a prominent target.
“Doc Rivers will not return to coaching.”
Fixed it.
Time to ride of into the sunset with that HOF induction
Should have fired him the day he was named a HoFer, that would have been hilarious.
Remember when the Bucks thought Coach Bud was not a good coach? lmaooooo
Bucks front office being so desperate to impress Giannis completely backfired. Not making excuses, just kind of comical the progression of events. I know they had to make moves to try and keep the window alive, but it was mostly one predictably bad move after another. May not have mattered anyway, though.
Adrian Griffin was 30-13 as Bicks HC before Doc stole his job