{"id":748292,"date":"2026-05-30T22:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/748292\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:51:17","slug":"bulls-linked-to-surprising-head-coach-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/748292\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls linked to surprising head coach candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000011\" data-name=\"Chicago Bulls\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Chicago Bulls\"><\/a> continue to be linked to some surprising head coach candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls have had early conversations with BYU head coach Kevin Young about their vacancy, according to Jamal Collier of ESPN. Collier adds that the Bulls are \u201ccasting a wide net\u201d in their search for a new coach to replace Billy Donovan.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chicago Bulls are casting a wide net for their head coaching search, which includes interest and early conversations with BYU coach Kevin Young, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamalCollier\/status\/2060516070612509080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Young is not really on anyone\u2019s radar as an NBA head coach candidate, though he does have experience. Prior to joining BYU, he was an assistant for the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000029\" data-name=\"Phoenix Suns\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Phoenix Suns\"><\/a>, including a stint as Phoenix\u2019s associate head coach from 2021 to 2024. The 44-year-old is 49-22 in two seasons with the Cougars.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls are hunting for a new coach to replace Billy Donovan. They have definitely been <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/jerry-stackhouse-bulls-head-coach-candidate\/755068\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked to some unusual names<\/a>, though the favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/bulls-eyeing-cavaliers-coach-johnnie-bryant-replace-billy-donovan\/755882\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">might be a current NBA assistant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever lands the Chicago job will likely have some building to do. The franchise has not had a winning season since 2021-22, and has not won a playoff series since 2015. They finished 31-51 last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bulls continue to be linked to some surprising head coach candidates. The Bulls have had early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,329,8541,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":["post-748292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix-suns","tag-basketball","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-kevin-young","tag-nba","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-phoenixsuns","tag-suns"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116665980255079596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}