Pacers fire coach Nate Bjorkgren after one season
Field Level Media
Nate Bjorkgren was fired Wednesday after one season as head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
Bjorkgren, 45, guided the team to a 34-38 record in 2020-21. Indiana missed the playoffs after a blowout loss to the Washington Wizards in the play-in tournament.
"The 2020-21 season was not what any of us hoped or anticipated it would be, and our results on the court certainly did not meet the standards for what our organization and our fans have come to expect," Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard said in a news release. "We have determined this is the right time to move in a different direction, and on behalf of the Simon Family and the entire Pacers organization, I want to express my gratitude to Nate for his efforts leading our team.