Doc Rivers is departing as the head coach of the , sources told ESPN on Sunday.
The Bucks will embark on their third head coaching search in three years. The Bucks will pay Rivers his eight-figure salary for the 2026-27 season. The franchise and Rivers are discussing whether he will move to an advisory role in the organization, sources said.
This starts a summer of change for the Bucks after Rivers went 97-103 during his three seasons in Milwaukee, with two first-round playoff exits and missing the postseason and play-in tournament this season.
Team sources said there was a , including instances that annoyed the locker room.
Rivers took over as coach for the Bucks in late January 2024, replacing Adrian Griffin, who had gone 30-13 in the role before being fired. Rivers guided the Bucks to a 17-19 mark to finish the 2023-24 campaign. Milwaukee went 48-34 in Rivers’ first full season in 2024-25.
Rivers dealt with injuries to his top players in each season. and missed time in the 2024 and 2025 playoffs, and Antetokounmpo was healthy for just 36 games in 2025-26.
Rivers, who was named to the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2026 and led the 2007-08 to an NBA championship, ranks sixth all time among NBA coaches in regular-season wins and fourth all time in career playoff victories.
The Bucks snapped a streak of nine consecutive postseason appearances this season. They have not won a playoff series since 2022.
Milwaukee won the 2021 championship under , who was let go in 2023.
ESPN’s Jamal Collier contributed to this report.
