Doc Rivers indicates his NBA coaching career is over after Bucks firing: 'I'm done'
The former Bucks coach said, 'I’d be surprised if I coached another game'
Doc Rivers has been an NBA head coach for five teams across 27 seasons. It looks like those are no longer running totals. A few days after stepping down as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks during a season spent entirely on the hot seat , the longtime coach addressed his coaching future during an appearance on ‘ The Bill Simmons Podcast.
’ When asked if he was done coaching, Rivers all but confirmed he intends to retire: “We met about seven weeks ago, me and ownership. We had a great meeting. They asked me what I wanted to do.
One of the owners says one plan is, ‘If we do this, you can hang in there for a year or two. ’ I literally said, ‘Oh, no, no, no. ’ “I told my coaches, I’m done.
I loved coaching. Loved it. I had a lot of success at it, had way more ups than downs.