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- Ex-Suns, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel joins Mavericks as lead assistant for Jason Kidd</p>
<p>Jack BaerJuly 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM</p>
<p>Frank Vogel has his next coaching stop, and it's his first assistant role since 2011.</p>
<p>The veteran NBA head coach is joining the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff as the lead assistant under Jason Kidd, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. Vogel had previously worked as a consultant for Kidd last season and will now take on a more formal role.</p>
<p>The hire will reunite Vogel with Anthony Davis, with whom he won an NBA title as Lakers head coach in 2020.</p>
<p>Vogel has 12 seasons of experience as a head coach with the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers. He won the title with the Lakers in the COVID-19 bubble, but has struggled to find a stable situation since then. He lasted only one season with the Suns, who fired him after posting a 49-33 record in 2023-24.</p>
<p>The Mavericks are promoting Frank Vogel to help Jason Kidd more. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (Christian Petersen via Getty Images)</p>
<p>This job will be Vogel's first assistant position since he was a member of Jim O'Brien's staff on the 2011-12 Pacers.</p>
<p>Bringing on Vogel is part of an eventful offseason for the Mavericks, who also just had a very eventful season as well. Their current core is an odd mixture of young and old, with Davis, Klay Thompson and Kyrie Irving as leaders while the 18-year-old Cooper Flagg arrives as the future of the franchise. The team has also acquired D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to share ballhandling duties while Irving recovers from a knee injury expected to keep him out well into the 2025-26 season.</p>
<p>It's hard to say how exactly the Mavericks will look next season with a full season of Davis and Flagg aboard, but Vogel's known penchant for defensive scheming figures to be an asset.</p>
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