Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named the 2019-20 NBA Coach of the Year. Nurse received his award as part of TNT’s Inside the NBA, with Nurse’s high school basketball coach announcing his selection for the award. Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet presented Nurse with the trophy, which honors legendary Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach.
Nick Nurse’s high school coach Wayne Chandlee joins TNT to announce him as the 2019-20 NBA Coach of the Year. pic.twitter.com/07he51qX2C
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 22, 2020
.@Klow7 and @FredVanVleet present Nick Nurse with the 2019-20 NBA Coach of the Year award! ?#NBAAwards pic.twitter.com/x80foNIFSF
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 22, 2020
Nurse led the Raptors to the second seed in the Eastern Conference this season with a record of 53-19, overachieving on preseason expectations following the departure of Kawhi Leonard to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Last season, Nick Nurse led Toronto to its first NBA Championship in his first season in charge following taking over from Dwane Casey.
Other finalists for Coach of the Year were Mike Budenholzer of the Milwaukee Bucks and Billy Donovan of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Both Budenholzer and Donovan were recently named Co-Coaches of the Year by the National Basketball Coaches Association.
