Nick Nurse will be the 76ers' head coach. (David Zalubowski, AP)
The Philadelphia 76ers are hiring former Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, according to reports.
The Sixers and Nurse struck a deal Monday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Sixers selected Nurse to be the team’s new head coach weeks after parting ways with Doc Rivers, who still remains unsigned.
Nurse had been engaged with the Suns and Sixers throughout Sunday and Monday, according to ESPN.
The head coach was fired by the Raptors earlier this spring after the team went 41-41 and missed the postseason for the second time in three seasons. He spent five seasons in Toronto and won the 2019 NBA Finals after defeating the Golden State Warriors in six games.
The 55-year-old coach eliminated the Sixers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in seven games before winning the championship that same season.
He now joins a Sixers squad that includes 2023 MVP Joel Embiid and looks to bring the franchise its first title in 40 years.
He brings a 227-163 (.582) record to Philadelphia. Nurse was also won the NBA Coach of the Year award in 2020.
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Originally published at Tribune News Service