NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: Frank Vogel will not be Indiana Pacers Head Coach next season.

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Making the playoffs five times in the last six season’s wasn’t enough for Frank Vogel to keep his job as head coach of the Indiana Pacers. This is after the team declined to offer him a new deal after his current one expires at the end of the 2015-16 season. This is information passed on by Team President Larry Bird on Thursday. 


Bird told reporters that he spoke with Vogel on Thursday morning with the coach asking him to reconsider his decision. Bird would also shoot down the notion of his former Celtics teammate Kevin McHale taking over from Vogel. 



Indiana finished the regular season seventh having 45 wins against 37 losses in the Eastern Conference and lost to the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2016 Playoffs. 



Indiana will be out looking for a Head Coach and could potentially gamble on their Marquee assistant who has yet to prove himself as a head coach but doing so would mean a season or two of transition. 



As for Vogel he could land a job soon, that is if he doesn’t opt to take a sabbatical from coaching, as the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks are all looking for a new head coach. The 42-year-old could also take a year off as he waits for a potentially better selection especially if the Pacers struggle in his absence next season.

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