After a disappointing playoff exit, the Phoenix Suns hired Frank Vogel as their next head coach. The 49-year-old mentor is set to sign a five-year, $31.25 million deal with Phoenix.
Vogel last coached the Los Angeles Lakers from 2019 to 2022. He brought the 2020 championship to the purple-and-gold franchise during the NBA bubble.
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Frank Vogel Coaches Superstars
The new Suns' coach will now handle Kevin Durant and Devin Booker together in Phoenix.
Vogel has a rich history of coaching the premier players in the league.
The Phoenix Suns are hiring Frank Vogel as the team's new head coach. After two East Finals with Paul George in Indy, an NBA title with LeBron James and Anthony Davis in LA, Vogel now will coach Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.
Details at @TheAthletic: https://t.co/QWzIOPShyC— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 2, 2023
During his first head coaching gig with the Indiana Pacers, he oversaw the ascension of Paul George as one of the best two-way players in the league. They reached the Eastern Conference Finals twice in 2013 and 2014, losing both against the Miami Heat.
His next coaching stop with the Orlando Magic was relatively uneventful, missing the playoffs in his two seasons with the team.
Vogel then accepted the role of coaching the Los Angeles Lakers in 2019, wherein the team was coming off a blockbuster summer, acquiring star Anthony Davis to pair with LeBron James.
He transformed the Lakers into a top defensive team in his first year, and a global pandemic did not stop them from winning a title.
Two disappointing seasons followed, losing in the first round of the playoffs in an injury-hit campaign in 2021 while missing the postseason entirely in 2022.
The Lakers released the two-time NBA All-Star Game head coach after three seasons in April 2022.
Fans had varying opinions of the hiring on social media.
Oh I like that hire for the Suns. Vogel is really good. People don't realize how good he is.
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) June 2, 2023
Very curious to see if Frank Vogel can find a way to keep Kevin Young on his staff in Phoenix.
— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) June 2, 2023
For four years, Lakers fans begged the team to hire him a proper offensive coordinator. That’s his only weakness as a head coach. Young is that guy.
Frank Vogel is a great hire man. Suns already got 2 of the best offensive players in the world.
— LEEZUS (@AndrewLeezus) June 2, 2023
Give this man the pieces to build an elite defense the way we’ve seen him do before and lets win a ring. pic.twitter.com/PvEPcoeUTb
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