On Jan. 8, 2026, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle became only the 11th coach in NBA history to win at least 1,000 regular-season games.

Hall-of-Famers Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady will join Austin Rivers as the four Honorary Coaches for the Castrol Rising Stars mini tourney.

Erik Spoelstra is now the longest-serving coach among the four major U.S. sports leagues. This change follows Mike Tomlin's departure from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday.

Carlisle, who led Dallas to the 2011 title and Indiana to the Finals last season, finally became one of two active coaches with 1,000 wins.

The NBA announced today that Head Coach Joe Mazzulla has been named the NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the month. The title is for games played from December 1 to December 31. It’s Mazzulla’s fifth career honor after guiding the Celtics to a 9-3 record in December with a league-best 124.3 offensive rating.

Ishbia and Phoenix general manager Brian Gregory are MSU graduates, as well. Gregory was an assistant coach under Izzo while Ishbia was a walk-on player. Legendary MSU captain and former Pistons first-round draft pick Mateen Cleaves is also on the Phoenix player development team as an assistant.

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle is the 11th head coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 wins, His relationships and adjustments got him there.

Still, Chu’s hiring was naturally met with raised eyebrows. He’d never been a head coach before, at any level. His last on-court experience was serving as a Pacers summer league assistant coach twice, and before that, three seasons as a G League assistant in the Dallas Mavericks organization. He spent last year in an off-court role with SMU.

There have been many shakeups across professional sports in recent weeks. Notably, the two longest tenured coaches in the NFL were either let go or have

Amid Los Angeles' recent struggles, former NBA head coach Sam Mitchell called out Luka Doncic for his style of play. "Luka Dončić can’t play basketball without the ball. He doesn’t cut, he doesn’t move, he doesn’t set screens. He’s great with the ball, but he does nothing to make his teammates better when he doesn’t have it."

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson had nothing but praise for Chris Cenac Jr. and how far he has come for the Cougars.

Jordan Ott should win the 2025-26 NBA Coach of the Year award after leading a masterful turnaround for the Suns.