Bulls reportedly hiring Splitter as new head coach

The Bulls reportedly will name Portland interim head coach Tiago Splitter as their new head coach.

ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news on Monday.

The search became necessary when Billy Donovan stepped down in April after six seasons with the Bulls. But the search began in earnest last month when the Bulls hired Bryson Graham as the team’s executive vice president for basketball operations.

Splitter, who won an NBA title as a player with the Spurs in 2014, retired in 2018 and transitioned into scouting and coaching. He became the Trail Blazers’ interim head coach at the start of the 2025-26 season when Chauncey Billups was arrested as part of a gambling investigation.

Portland went 42-40 under Splitter, reaching the Western Conference playoffs as the seventh seed. The Trail Blazers were eliminated in five games by the Spurs in the opening round.

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