Milwaukee Bucks plan to hire Terry Stotts as assistant coach

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Former Portland Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts is returning to Milwaukee for the third time as part of the staff for incoming coach Adrian Griffin. Stotts assisted George Karl and was the Bucks’ head coach for parts of two seasons.

The Milwaukee Bucks are moving toward officially tabbing Adrian Griffin as their head coach, but as that negotiation continues the team has begun to address his coaching staff.

As such, the Journal Sentinel confirmed Terry Stotts is returning to Milwaukee to assist.

This will be his third trip through Milwaukee.

Stotts, 65, first came to Milwaukee as an assistant coach under George Karl in 1998 and stayed on the Bucks’ bench until moving to Atlanta in 2002. After earning his first head coaching job with the Hawks for parts of two seasons he was an assistant in Golden State for one year before becoming the Bucks’ head coach in 2005.

He held that position for the better part of two seasons, compiling a 63-83 record in the regular season and a 1-4 mark in the playoffs. He was fired after 64 games in the 2006-07 season.

After a stint assisting in Dallas – which included winning the 2010-11 NBA championship – he was the head coach in Portland from 2012-21 where the Trail Blazers went 402-318 in the regular season and 22-40 in the playoffs. They reached the 2018-19 Western Conference Finals and he departed with the most wins in franchise history.

During his tenure the Trail Blazers finished in the top five in offensive rating (points per 100 possessions) and finished in the top 10 two other times.

ESPN first reported Stotts’ hiring.

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Publish date : 2023-06-03 23:42:10

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