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Billy Donovan agreed to become lead assistant coach with the Spurs, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Donovan has 11 years of NBA head coaching experience between his stops with the Thunder and the Bulls. He won two college basketball championships with the University of Florida. Donovan left the Bulls in April and is putting a pause on his head coaching career. A decorate coach at 61-years-old, Donovan can certainly impart some wisdom on 44-year-old Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson.
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ESPN’s Shams Charania reports that Gregg Popovich is stepping down as head coach of the Spurs, and he will transition into a full-time role as team president.

Pop has been away from the team for most of the season, and a February report from Shams indicated that he was unlikely to return in 2024-25. Popovich has been San Antonio’s head coach since 1996, racking up five titles, three Coach of the Year awards and an NBA-record 1,422 wins. Mitch Johnson filled in as the interim head coach while Pop was out and has been named as the new full-time coach.

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