Pacers Fire Bjorkgren, New Candidates Quickly Emerge By Anthony Riccobono on June 10 2021 3:00 AM Domantas Sabonis #11 and Malcolm Brogdon #7 of the Indiana Pacers talk during a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on November 29, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indiana Pacers have become the fourth NBA team that needs a new head coach. Nate Bjorkgren is out after just one season on Indiana’s bench, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports, starting the Pacers’ second coaching search in as many years. Bjorkgren lost the locker room, according to Wojnarowski, and Indiana plans to pivot toward an experienced candidate. Bjorkgren was an assistant with the Toronto Raptors before getting the Pacers’ job and had no previous head coaching experience.