Less than two weeks after Doc Rivers stepped down as the Milwaukee Bucks coach, the franchise has his replacement.
Taylor Jenkins is being hired as the new Bucks coach, according to the Journal Sentinel.
The 41-year-old Jenkins last coached for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2025.
Jenkins is no stranger to Milwaukee and Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jenkins, who comes from the Greg Popovich-Mike Budenholzer coaching tree, was an assistant on the Bucks' 2018-19 squad that won 60 games.
Much is unknown about the Bucks' roster that Jenkins will oversee, including whether Antetokounmpo will be on it, but the hire is the first domino in a critical offseason for a franchise that's missing the playoffs for the first time in 10 years.
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After having one of the oldest head coaches in the NBA in the 64-year-old Rivers, the Bucks will now have one of the youngest in Jenkins.
Jenkins was only in Milwaukee for a season as an assistant head coach under Budenholzer. But the 2018-19 season was one of the best in franchise history.
That season, the Bucks won 60 games, the most for the franchise since 1980-81, and were the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
They advanced to the conference finals before falling in six games to the eventual NBA champion Toronto Raptors.
Antetokounmpo earned his first NBA MVP that season.
Bucks coach Larry Costello sits with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on June 20, 1969. The Bucks selected Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcidor, with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1969 NBA draft.Milwaukee Bucks coach Larry Costello is seen at a meeting in 1974. He led the Bucks to the NBA Finals that season before the team fell to the Boston Celtics.Don Nelson accepted his 'Nellie Day' proclamation. He was a two-time coach of the year for the Bucks in 1983 and 1985.Don Nelson's .611 winning percentage (540-344) during his 10 years as the Bucks head coach is second-best among coaches in franchise history with at least one full season.
Bucks head coach Del Harris is seen here watching a workout with Larry Krystkowiak in 1991. Krystkowiak would also later become the Bucks head coach 16 years later. Harris was 191-154 across his tenure as the Bucks head coach before stepping down early in the 1991-92 season.
Frank Hamblen was fired as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks after the 1991-92 season. The Bucks were 23-42 under his leadership in 65 games after he took over following Harris' resignation.
Mike Dunleavy, who finished his NBA playing career with the Milwaukee Bucks, became the team's fifth coach in franchise history in 1992. He's introduced by owner Herb Kohl.
Mike Dunleavy finished with a 107-221 record as the Bucks head coach. The Bucks didn't have a winning record in any season under Dunleavy and had three of 10 worst seasons by winning percentage in team history under Dunleavy.
Chris Ford coached the Bucks from 1996-98 and finished with a 69-95 record.
Terry Porter's hire as Bucks head coach in 2003 was a homecoming. The Milwaukee native Porter attended South Division High School and played college basketball at UW-Stevens Point.
Terry Porter gives directions to Michael Redd and Mo Williams during a game in 2004. Porter coached the Bucks for three seasons (2003-05) and finished with a 71-93 record and one playoff series loss.
An assistant coach for the Bucks during the George Karl years from 1998-2002, Terry Stotts returned to be the head coach in 2005. In 146 games and just short of two full seasons, Stotts went 63-83.