Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan signed a contract extension in the offseason

Bulls head coach Billy Donovan signed a multi-year contract extension with the Bulls in the offseason.

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The Chicago Bulls showed their commitment to head coach Billy Donovan. Shams Charania of the Athletic reported that the Bulls signed Donovan to a contract extension in the offseason.

“Sources: The Chicago Bulls signed head coach Billy Donovan to a contract extension after last season’s playoff run snapping a four-year postseason drought, adding years to his original four-year deal,” Charania tweeted.

Sources: The Chicago Bulls signed head coach Billy Donovan to a contract extension after last season's playoff run snapping a four-year postseason drought, adding years to his original four-year deal.

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— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 29, 2022

Donovan had two years left on his four-year deal, and now he will remain under contract with the Bulls for a longer period of time.

The 57-year-old joined the Bulls in September 2020, shortly after Arturas Karnisovas and the then-new front office fired Jim Boylen. Donovan won two NCAA Championships with Florida and coached the Thunder for five years, compiling a 243-157 record and leading them to the playoffs in his five seasons with the team from Oklahoma City.

Donovan’s time with the Bulls

Billy Donovan is 86-88 in the regular season and 1-4 in the playoffs as Bulls head coach. In his first season, the Bulls missed the play-in tournament by two games after going 31-41. In his second season, the additions of DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso helped him lead the Bulls to a 46-36 record and the sixth seed in the East.

It was the Bulls’ first winning season since 2015-16 and their first playoff appearance since 2017, but the Bucks eliminated them in five games in the first round.

This season, the Bulls are off to a 9-11 start, and their performance so far has been contradictory; they have wins against the Celtics, Bucks, and Heat, teams they had a hard time beating last year, and losses against the Spurs, Magic and Thunder which are not really top-tier squads in the NBA at the moment.