76ers replace Doc Rivers with championship-winning coach

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The Philadelphia 76ers have found their new head coach.

The Sixers will be manned by Nick Nurse for the 2023-24 season, reports ESPN.

Nurse was fired as the Toronto Raptors head coach after they failed to make the playoffs - the Raptors led their play-in tournament game by as many as 19 points, but still lost to the Chicago Bulls, ending their season. Toronto went 41-41 in the regular season.

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Head coach Nick Nurse of the Toronto Raptors looks on in the first quarter during their game against the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center on April 02, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina.  (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

Nurse coached the Raptors to their NBA championship in 2019 when they defeated the Golden State Warriors — it was their first title, and Finals appearance, in franchise history.

Nurse is the second member of the 2022-23 Raptors’ coaching staff to find a new head coaching gig — the Milwaukee Bucks hired Adrian Griffin as their head coach after firing Mike Budenholzer. Budenholzer led the Bucks to their title in 2021, but he was fired after Milwaukee, the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, dropped the first round in five games to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat.

Philadelphia fired Doc Rivers following their playoff exit via the Boston Celtics. Philly led three games to two in the second round of the playoffs.

Head coach Doc Rivers of the Philadelphia 76ers congratulates Joel Embiid #21 against the Atlanta Hawks at the Wells Fargo Center on November 28, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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