May 18, 2024
Toronto Raptors fire head coach Nick Nurse, who led team to 2019 championship | CBC Sports

Toronto Raptors fire head coach Nick Nurse, who led team to 2019 championship | CBC Sports

NBA·Breaking

The Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Nick Nurse, the team announced on Friday. Nurse, 55, led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA championship in 2019.

Nurse, 55, won NBA Coach of the Year award with team in 2020

A basketball coach walks along the sideline.
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, seen above earlier in April, was fired by the team on Friday. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)

The Toronto Raptors fired head coach Nick Nurse on Friday.

Nurse, 55, led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA championship in 2019.

He spent the past decade with the franchise, including five years as an assistant coach and five as head coach.

He was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2020.

More to come.

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