The Oklahoma City job was the last remaining head coaching vacancy with just several weeks left before training camp officially begins in December.

The Thunder chose not to renew the contract of coach Billy Donovan after this season despite Donovan taking the team to the playoffs in 10 of his 11 seasons coaching the team.

Daigneault doesn’t have a lot of time to get acclimated with a team that might not even look the same in a couple of weeks. There have been reports recently that the Thunder might be trading their star guard Chris Paul to the Phoenix Suns.

Daigneault has been with the Oklahoma City organization since 2014. After coaching in college at the University of Florida, Daigneault was hired to coach the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder’s G League affiliate team. Daigneault became a full-time NBA assistant coach last season under Donovan.

The team ended last season with a Game 7 loss to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs after posting a 44-28 record in the shortened regular season.

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The 55-year-old coach comes to Chicago after spending five fairly successful seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder. During Donovan’s tenure in Oklahoma City, the team went to the playoffs in five straight seasons and had a winning percentage of .608.

There are only three active coaches who currently have a better winning percentage than Donovan; Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, and Nick Nurse.

In his first season with the Thunder, the team won 55 games and went to the Western Conference Finals. He is the only coach in NBA history who came from the collegiate ranks to coach and won 100 games in his first two seasons in the NBA.

Before coming to the NBA, Donovan coached at the University of Florida for 19 years and won back-to-back National Championships in 2006 and 2007.

Donovan also had a short stint in the NBA as a player. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz in 1987 and played a total of 44 games professionally with the New York Knicks in 1987-88.

The Bulls only had 22 wins this season and finished third in their division, firing coach Jim Boylen after two seasons.

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The Oklahoma City job was the last remaining head coaching vacancy with just several weeks left before training camp officially begins in December.

The Thunder chose not to renew the contract of coach Billy Donovan after this season despite Donovan taking the team to the playoffs in 10 of his 11 seasons coaching the team.

Daigneault doesn’t have a lot of time to get acclimated with a team that might not even look the same in a couple of weeks. There have been reports recently that the Thunder might be trading their star guard Chris Paul to the Phoenix Suns.

Daigneault has been with the Oklahoma City organization since 2014. After coaching in college at the University of Florida, Daigneault was hired to coach the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder’s G League affiliate team. Daigneault became a full-time NBA assistant coach last season under Donovan.

The team ended last season with a Game 7 loss to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs after posting a 44-28 record in the shortened regular season.

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The 55-year-old coach comes to Chicago after spending five fairly successful seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder. During Donovan’s tenure in Oklahoma City, the team went to the playoffs in five straight seasons and had a winning percentage of .608.

There are only three active coaches who currently have a better winning percentage than Donovan; Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, and Nick Nurse.

In his first season with the Thunder, the team won 55 games and went to the Western Conference Finals. He is the only coach in NBA history who came from the collegiate ranks to coach and won 100 games in his first two seasons in the NBA.

Before coming to the NBA, Donovan coached at the University of Florida for 19 years and won back-to-back National Championships in 2006 and 2007.

Donovan also had a short stint in the NBA as a player. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz in 1987 and played a total of 44 games professionally with the New York Knicks in 1987-88.

The Bulls only had 22 wins this season and finished third in their division, firing coach Jim Boylen after two seasons.

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