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![]() Budenholzer in 2011. | |||
Position | Head coach | ||
League | NBA | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: | August 6, 1969 Holbrook, Arizona | ||
Nationality: | ![]() | ||
Coaching career | |||
Best record: | 60–22 (.732) (2014–15, 2018–19) | ||
Titles: | 1 (2021) | ||
Playing career: | 1993–1994 (1 year) | ||
Coaching career: | 1993–present (32 years) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Holbrook High School (Holbrook, Arizona) | ||
College: | Pomona (1988–1993) | ||
Career history | |||
As player: | |||
1993–1994 | Vejle BK | ||
As head coach: | |||
1993–94 | Vejle BK (youth teams) | ||
1996–2013 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) | ||
2013–2018 | Atlanta Hawks | ||
2018–2023 | Milwaukee Bucks | ||
2024-2025 | Phoenix Suns | ||
Career highlights and awards | |||
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Michael Vincent Budenholzer (born August 6, 1969), nicknamed "Bud" or "Coach Bud", is an American professional basketball coach who last served as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Before joining the Suns, Budenholzer previously head coached the Milwaukee Bucks, with which he won an NBA title in 2020–21 during his coaching stint from 2018 to 2023. He also spent five seasons as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks and 19 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, serving as an alternate video coordinator for the first two seasons and then as an assistant coach behind head coach Gregg Popovich, winning the team's first four championships.