Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer has been named NBA Coach of the Year, beating out Mike Malone in Denver and Doc Rivers in Los Angeles. The 49-year-old Budenholzer lead Milwaukee to a 60-win season, their first since 1980.
The @Bucks' Mike Budenholzer is your 2018-19 Coach of the Year! ?#NBAAwards pic.twitter.com/XtvGm5ckv4
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) June 25, 2019
This victory for Budenholzer is his second Coach of the Year award, the first coming in 2015 with the Atlanta Hawks. That Hawks team also finished 60-22, ironically enough.Coach Bud is the sixth NBA coach to win multiple NBA Coach of the Year award.
The @Bucks' Mike Budenholzer accepts the 2018-19 Coach of the Year trophy! ? pic.twitter.com/0f4hcaJKy8
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) June 25, 2019
The Bucks went deep in the NBA Playoffs for the first time since the 2000-2001 season before falling to the eventual NBA champion Toronto Raptors in six games. Milwaukee figures to be just as lethal next season with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, and Eric Bledsoe leading the way, but will have some free agency decisions looming.
