The Suns appear to have made a decision on who will replace Monty Williams.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Suns are planning to hire Frank Vogel to be their next head coach. The two sides are said to be working on a "long-term deal."
Vogel is set to take over a Suns team hoping to compete for a championship in the years to come. Since making the NBA Finals in 2020, they won a league-best 64 games in 2021-22 and made a blockbuster trade for Kevin Durant in 2022-23. Phoenix came up short in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, losing to the Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
Is Vogel the right coach to help the Suns get over the hump?
Why the Suns are hiring Frank Vogel
Vogel will bring a lot of experience with him to Phoenix.
Vogel started his head coaching career with the Pacers. While those teams never made it to the Finals, they still had a lot of success, earning four straight trips to the playoffs between 2010 and 2014, two of which resulted in Eastern Conference Finals appearances.
More recently, Vogel spent three seasons as the head coach of the Lakers. He led the franchise to a championship in 2020.
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Vogel has a history of building elite defenses. The Suns were one of the better defensive teams in the league this season but fell apart on that end of the court in the playoffs. Vogel also has experience coaching stars. Paul George and Roy Hibbert became All-Stars under Vogel in Indiana, and he coached LeBron James and Anthony Davis in Los Angeles.
That experience should come in handy considering Vogel will take over a Suns team led by Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, and features a former All-Star in Chris Paul and one of the league's best young centers in Deandre Ayton.
Frank Vogel coaching record
Vogel has a 431-389 record in the regular season and a 49-39 record in the playoffs.
| Season | Team | Regular season record | Playoffs record |
| 2010-11 | Pacers | 20-18 | 1-4 |
| 2011-12 | Pacers | 42-24 | 6-5 |
| 2012-13 | Pacers | 49-32 | 11-8 |
| 2013-14 | Pacers | 56-26 | 10-9 |
| 2014-15 | Pacers | 38-44 | - |
| 2015-16 | Pacers | 45-37 | 3-4 |
| 2016-17 | Magic | 29-53 | - |
| 2017-18 | Magic | 25-57 | - |
| 2018-19 | - | - | - |
| 2019-20 | Lakers | 52-19 | 16-5 |
| 2020-21 | Lakers | 42-30 | 2-4 |
| 2021-22 | Lakers | 33-49 | - |
| 2022-23 | - | - | - |
Frank Vogel contract details
According to The Athletic's Shams Charania, the Suns and Vogel are finalizing a five-year, $31 million contract.
News broke earlier in the week that Vogel's predecessor in Phoenix, Monty Williams, agreed to sign a record-breaking six-year, $78.5 million contract with the Pistons.
