Head coach Mike Budenholzer, who was hired by the Suns in May guided the club to a 36-46 record this season, which put them 11th in the Western Conference. They lost nine of their last 10 games.

The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer just over a week after their stunning first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat spoiled a season in which they owned the NBA's best record.

Hopkins spent last season as a Suns assistant after a stint as the head coach at the University of Washington.

Any accounting of Mike Budenholzer's time in Milwaukee should start here: When he took the job in 2018, the Bucks hadn't won a postseason series since 2001. In his five years on the job, they won ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer just over a week after their stunning first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat spoiled a season in which they owned the NBA’s ...

Phoenix Suns coach Mike Budenholzer didn’t have time to wax nostalgic Tuesday as he faced his former team in Milwaukee for the first time since getting fired as the Bucks’ coach two years ago.

Budenholzer came to Milwaukee after going 213-197 in five seasons with Atlanta. He was an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs from 1996-2013 and was on Gregg Popovich’s staff for four ...

I think we embrace that.” Budenholzer spoke on Friday in front of a few dozen family and friends, including his 94-year-old dad Vince, who Mike called “the original coach Bud.” ...

Mike Budenholzer got a little teary-eyed talking about his past in Arizona, describing an idyllic childhood in the small town of Holbrook, about three hours northeast of Phoenix.

Head coach Mike Budenholzer of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts during the first half in game four of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on May 21, 2019 in ...

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer gestures during the second half of Game 3 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat, Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Miami.

Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer, center, talks with Suns center Nick Richards (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets Sunday, March 30, 2025, in ...