{"id":602301,"date":"2026-04-23T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/602301\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:04:08","slug":"bucks-reportedly-hiring-taylor-jenkins-as-new-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/602301\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks reportedly hiring Taylor Jenkins as new head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> are reportedly hiring former Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> head coach Taylor Jenkins as the organization\u2019s new head coach, replacing Doc Rivers, according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania and Ramona Shelburne.<\/p>\n

Jenkins returns to the Bucks, where he worked as an assistant from 2018-2019. Jenkins reportedly met with the team\u2019s front office last week in Memphis and this week in Milwaukee before getting the job, per multiple reports.<\/p>\n

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Rivers stepped down as the Bucks\u2019 head coach<\/a> last week after a disappointing 2025-26 season, saying this week that he \u201cfelt like it was time.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenkins was fired by Memphis last year in a stunning move<\/a>, with the team dismissing him with nine games left in the regular season. Jenkins led the Grizzlies to a 250-214 overall record during his six seasons at the helm, and led them to the playoffs in four of those years \u2014 including the year that he was fired.<\/p>\n

Jenkins will be joining a Bucks team with a lot of uncertainty<\/a> heading into the offseason. Milwaukee ended the season 32-50, just out of the playoffs and with a dismal vibe in the locker room. And with Rivers gone, star Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> might be next, with the 31-year-old center dropping hints about possible trade destinations<\/a> after reportedly asking for a trade multiple times<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n

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With or without Antetokounmpo, Jenkins will have a lot of roster rebuilding to do in order to make the Bucks a contender going forward. Milwaukee has few big producers on the roster right now: With players like Ryan Rollins<\/a>, Bobby Portis<\/a> Jr. and Kyle Kuzma<\/a> leading the team in points, the Bucks ended the regular season 29th (out of 30 teams) in points per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks are reportedly hiring former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins as the organization\u2019s new head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[72270,8261,359,16898,29979,7741,360,355,141326,6400,99,74996,29981],"class_list":["post-602301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-bobby-portis","tag-doc-rivers","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-head-coach","tag-kyle-kuzma","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-ryan-rollins","tag-shams-charania","tag-sports","tag-taylor-jenkins","tag-the-bucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}