Doc Rivers, an NBA champion head coach, is in his first full season at the helm of the Milwaukee Bucks. Rivers was hired as the 18th head coach in franchise history during the 2023-24 season on Jan. 26, bringing with him a championship pedigree and 24 seasons of NBA head coaching experience. After officially taking over the team on Jan. 29, Rivers helped Milwaukee finish the 2023-24 season with an overall record of 49-33 (.598) and earn the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Under Rivers, the Bucks improved defensively, giving up fewer points overall while also improving their defensive rating.
Rivers owns a 1,154-814 (.586) record all-time as an NBA head coach, and with his second victory last season, he passed Larry Brown for eighth on the NBA’s all-time wins list for head coaches. He is now two wins away from passing Phil Jackson (1,155) for seventh. The 1999-00 NBA Coach of the Year, Rivers was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA history in 2022 by a panel of 43 current and former NBA head coaches in collaboration with the National Basketball Coaches Association.
Rivers began his head coaching career with the Orlando Magic from 1999-03 and has since served as head coach of the Celtics (2004-13), Los Angeles Clippers (2013-20) and Philadelphia 76ers (2020-23). With Philadelphia, Rivers led the 76ers to a 154-82 (.653) regular season record and made the postseason all three years.
A native of Chicago and product of Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, Rivers played for and graduated from Marquette University, and his No. 31 jersey hangs in the rafters of Fiserv Forum. After being selected by Atlanta with the 31st pick in the second round of the 1983 NBA Draft, Rivers went on to play 13 seasons in the NBA with the Hawks (1983-1991), Clippers (1991-92), Knicks (1992-94) and Spurs (1994-96). He appeared in 864 games in his career, including 81 playoff games, and was an NBA All-Star in 1988.