Jason Kidd served as an assistant coach with the Lakers from 2019-21, during which time Frank Vogel (left) was L.A.’s coach.
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The Dallas Mavericks are poised to add Frank Vogel to coach Jason Kidd’s staff in a reunion for a tandem that won an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, per multiple reports.
Vogel was the head coach and Kidd one of his assistants when the Lakers won their 17th championship in the Florida “bubble.” The roles will be reversed this time, with Vogel serving as associate head coach after spending this past season as a consultant for the Mavericks. Both coaches are 52.
Frank Vogel is finalizing an agreement to join the Dallas Mavericks as a lead assistant coach under Jason Kidd, sources tell ESPN. The 2020 NBA championship-winning coach is a major addition to the Mavericks staff. pic.twitter.com/P6CtwgyGrX
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 2, 2025
Kidd stayed with Vogel one more season in LA before replacing Rick Carlisle as coach of the Mavericks in 2021-22. Dallas went to the Western Conference finals that season, then to the NBA Finals two years later.
Kidd joined Vogel’s staff in LA after getting fired in Milwaukee. His head coaching career began in Brooklyn in 2013-14, immediately after the Hall of Fame point guard retired as a player.
The Lakers fired Vogel two years after winning the title. After a year away from the bench, Vogel spent just one season with Phoenix in 2023-24, getting fired after the Suns were swept in the first round of the playoffs.
Vogel also has been the head coach in Indiana and Orlando. He led the Pacers to consecutive trips to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2013 and ’14. Indiana lost to LeBron James and the Miami Heat both years.
In other Mavs coaching-related news, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports assistant coach Jared Dudley is finalizing a deal to join David Adelman’s staff with the Denver Nuggets. Dudley had been with the Mavs since 2021.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
