{"id":142732,"date":"2024-01-24T10:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/24\/bucks-sack-head-coach-adrian-griffin-despite-winning-30-in-43-games\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:55:30","slug":"bucks-sack-head-coach-adrian-griffin-despite-winning-30-in-43-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/24\/bucks-sack-head-coach-adrian-griffin-despite-winning-30-in-43-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks sack head coach Adrian Griffin despite winning 30 in 43 games \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Adrian Griffin\u2019s tenure as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks is over after 43 games.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin, 49, was fired Tuesday despite guiding Milwaukee to a 30-13 record, second-best in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics (34-10) entering the day.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks assistant coach Joe Prunty will take over as interim head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a difficult decision to make during the season,\u201d Bucks general manager Jon Horst said in a statement. \u201cWe are working immediately toward hiring our next head coach. We thank Coach Griffin for his hard work and contributions to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin was an assistant with the Bucks from 2008-10. Griffin also coached with the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic and Oklahoma City Thunder and was on the Raptors\u2019 staff when Toronto won the NBA title in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN, Griffin\u2019s tenure is tied for the third-shortest in NBA coaching history.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_579309\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Griffin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579309\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Head coach Adrian Griffin of the Milwaukee Bucks poses for portraits with (L-R) Giannis Antetokounmpo #34, Damian Lillard #0, Khris Middleton #22 and Brook Lopez #11 during media day (Photo by Patrick McDermott\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bucks have won two straight and five of their last six heading into Wednesday\u2019s home game with Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple reports immediately linked former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers to the vacancy in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_579311\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Griffin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579311\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adrian Griffin of the Milwaukee Bucks poses for a head shot during 2023-24 NBA Media Day (Photo by David Heritsch\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rivers, 62, has won 1,097 games with the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Sixers. He guided the Celtics to the NBA title in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin replaced Mike Budenholzer, who was 271-120 in five seasons with the Bucks and guided them to the NBA championship in 2020-21. He was fired in May after the top-seeded Bucks lost to the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian Griffin\u2019s tenure as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks is over after 43 games. Griffin, 49, was fired Tuesday despite guiding Milwaukee to a 30-13 record, second-best in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics (34-10) entering the day. Bucks assistant coach Joe Prunty will take over as interim head coach. \u201cThis was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bucks sack head coach Adrian Griffin despite winning 30 in 43 games \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/24\/bucks-sack-head-coach-adrian-griffin-despite-winning-30-in-43-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bucks sack head coach Adrian Griffin despite winning 30 in 43 games \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adrian Griffin\u2019s tenure as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks is over after 43 games. 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