Frank Vogel has his next coaching stop, and it’s his first assistant role since 2011.
The veteran NBA head coach is joining the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff as the lead assistant under Jason Kidd, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Vogel had previously worked as a consultant for Kidd last season and will now take on a more formal role.
The hire will reunite Vogel with Anthony Davis, with whom he won an NBA title as Lakers head coach in 2020.
Vogel has 12 seasons of experience as a head coach with the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers. He won the title with the Lakers in the COVID-19 bubble, but has struggled to find a stable situation since then. He lasted only one season with the Suns, who fired him after posting a 49-33 record in 2023-24.
This job will be Vogel’s first assistant position since he was a member of Jim O’Brien’s staff on the 2011-12 Pacers.
Bringing on Vogel is part of an eventful offseason for the Mavericks, who also just had a very eventful season as well. Their current core is an odd mixture of young and old, with Davis, Klay Thompson and Kyrie Irving as leaders while the 18-year-old Cooper Flagg arrives as the future of the franchise. The team has also acquired D’Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to share ball-handling duties while Irving recovers from a knee injury expected to keep him out well into the 2025-26 season.
It’s hard to say how exactly the Mavericks will look next season with a full season of Davis and Flagg, but Vogel’s known penchant for defensive scheming figures to be an asset.
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