New on SI: Report: Pacers Hire Rick Carlisle as Head Coach
Rick Carlisle will return to Indiana in 2021-22 after coaching the Pacers from 2003-07.
The Pacers have hired Rick Carlisle as their next head coach, according to ESPN's Tim MacMahon.
Carlisle's deal will be for four years and $29 million, per MacMahon.
Carlisle joins the Pacers one week after parting ways with the Mavericks. He led the Mavericks to the playoffs nine times in 13 years, including a championship run in 2011. Dallas's 2020-21 season ended in a first-round loss to the Clippers.
"After a number of in-person conversations with Mark Cuban over the last week, today I informed him that I will not be returning as head coach," Carlisle said in a statement upon leaving Dallas. "This was solely my decision."
"Dallas will always be home, but I am excited about the next chapter of my coaching career."
Next season will kick off Carlisle's second stint in Indiana. He coached the Pacers from 2003-07, reaching the postseason four times. The Pacers won 61 games with Carlisle in 2003-04, but Indiana's roster was decimated the following season due to the Malice at the Palace.
Carlisle, 61, has 836 career wins, the third-most among active coaches. He will look to bring Indiana back to the playoffs next season after the Pacers finished 34–38 in 2020-21.
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