Oklahoma City Thunder

Report: Oklahoma City Thunder Part Ways With Head Coach Billy Donovan

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Peter Dewey

The Oklahoma City Thunder reportedly are parting ways with head coach Billy Donovan after five seasons with the team.

Donovan’s contract was up at the end of the 2019-20 season. The Thunder have decided not to pursue an extension and will instead look for the team’s next head coach this offseason.

Donovan was hired prior to the 2015-16 season and led the Thunder to five consecutive playoff appearances.

After trading away Russell Westbrook and Paul George this past offseason, the Thunder seemed destined for a rebuilding year.

However, under Donovan’s leadership, Oklahoma City went 44-28 and made it to Game 7 in its first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets.

Still, the Thunder have not made it past the first round of the playoffs in the past four seasons.

Oklahoma City was 243-157 in the regular season with Donovan as its head coach and 18-23 in the postseason.

Peter Dewey

Peter is a graduate of Quinnipiac University where he covered the MAAC and college basketball for three years. He has worked for NBC Sports, the Connecticut Sun and the Meriden Record-Journal covering basketball, football and other major sports. Follow him on Twitter @peterdewey2.

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