{"id":582154,"date":"2026-05-23T21:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/582154\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:15:28","slug":"jason-kidd-dallas-mavericks-part-ways-after-5-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/582154\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks part ways after 5 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Kidd\u2019s run with the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> is over.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks announced on Tuesday night that they have mutually parted ways with their head coach after five seasons.<\/p>\n

Kidd has spent the past five seasons with the Mavericks. He took over ahead of the 2021-22 campaign after longtime head coach Rick Carlisle left for the Indiana Pacers<\/a>. Kidd oversaw the Mavericks\u2019 run to the NBA Finals in 2024 alongside star Luka Don\u010di\u0107, but the team has struggled ever since the shocking deal that sent Don\u010di\u0107<\/a> to the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In total, Kidd compiled a 205-205 record with the Mavericks, which marked his third head coaching job in the league. Kidd, a Hall of Famer who played for the Mavericks himself and was selected with the No. 2 overall pick by the team in the 1994 NBA Draft, previously held short stints with the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> and Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

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Kidd, who signed a contract extension last summer, had four years and more than $40 million left on his deal with the Mavericks.<\/p>\n

\u201cJason has had a meaningful impact on the Dallas Mavericks, both as a Hall of Fame player and as the head coach who helped lead this franchise back to the NBA Finals,\u201d team president Masai Ujiri said in a statement. \u201cWe are thankful for Jason\u2019s leadership, his professionalism and his commitment to the team. In my short time here, I\u2019ve developed an enormous amount of respect for what he has built. He will always be an important part of the Mavericks family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have not been to the playoffs since the Don\u010di\u0107 trade went down, and are coming off a 26-56 record last season \u2014 their worst since the 2017-18 campaign. The Mavericks selected Duke star Cooper Flagg<\/a> with the No. 1 overall pick last summer, and have the No. 9 overall pick in the draft next month. Flagg and whoever the Mavericks select will get to join star guard Kyrie Irving<\/a> on the court next season, too. Irving missed the entire 2025-26 season while recovering from a torn ACL.<\/p>\n

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The split with Kidd is just the latest in what\u2019s been a big reset for the Mavericks. The organization hired Masai Ujiri, a former Toronto Raptors executive,<\/a> as their next president earlier this month. Ujiri is taking over for Nico Harrison, who was fired after extreme backlash from fans following the Don\u010di\u0107 trade. Ujiri and the Mavericks then hired Mike Schmitz to take over as the team\u2019s general manager.<\/p>\n

Ujiri and Schmitz will now start looking for a new head coach to replace Kidd next season. Those three will then be tasked with reviving the franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we evaluate the future of our basketball program, we believe this is the right moment for a new direction for our team,\u201d Ujiri said. \u201cWe have high expectations for this franchise and a responsibility to build a basketball organization capable of sustained championship contention. We will conduct a thorough, disciplined search for our next head coach and continue to evaluate our entire basketball operations staff to ensure we compete at the standard Mavs fans expect and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Kidd\u2019s run with the Dallas Mavericks is over. The Mavericks announced on Tuesday night that they have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[20012,7645,196,5047,147,5278,38855,979,5,7192,12888,12672,2068,64058,11144,4,197,12674,17109],"class_list":["post-582154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-stars","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallas-stars","tag-dallasstars","tag-doncic","tag-head-coach","tag-hockey","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-jason-kidd","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-masai-ujiri","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nhl","tag-stars","tag-the-mavericks","tag-toronto-raptors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116625966621967468","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}