Lakers hire Frank Vogel as head coach, Jason Kidd as assistant
The Los Angeles Lakers’ head coaching search has come to an end, as they are hiring former Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic coach Frank Vogel to try to right the ship.
Jason Kidd has agreed to join Vogel's Lakers staff in a prominent assistant coaching role, league sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/ZrQRWfq1US
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 11, 2019
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ohm Youngmisuk, Vogel agreed to a three-year deal with the team on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Times‘ Tania Ganguli reported that Jason Kidd, who interviewed for the post in April, will join the Lakers as an assistant. Wojnarowski added Kidd will receive a “prominent assistant coaching role” on the staff.
Can confirm that Frank Vogel has agreed to a deal to become the Lakers' next head coach. Jason Kidd will be one of his assistants.
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) May 11, 2019
This comes after former Philadelphia 76ers assistant Monty Williams took the Phoenix Suns job and former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue withdrew from consideration earlier in the month.
After serving as an assistant coach in the Association for nearly a decade, Vogel received his first head coaching gig on an interim basis in 2011 in Indiana. He would go on to play a key role in turning the Pacers into one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference during the first half of this decade.
Vogel went 250-181 in five-plus seasons in Indiana, posting a losing record just once while topping out at 56 wins. Under his command, the Pacers made back-to-back trips to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2013 and 2014, losing to LeBron James and the Miami Heat both times.
Vogel then spent two seasons with the Magic, going 54-110 before being relieved of his duties in April 2018.
The Lakers enter the lottery with the fourth-worst odds (2 percent) to win the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft.
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