NBA Head Coach Hot Seat: Next Head Coach Fired Odds

We’re roughly a month into the NBA regular season, but there’s already been enough game action to see which teams are headed to big things on the court and which squads appear set to end the year on a low note come springtime.

Between NBA cellar dwellers like the 2-10 Toronto Raptors, the 2-8 Philadelphia 76ers and Utah Jazz and teams like the 4-8 Portland Trail Blazers and 3-8 Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans, there’s no shortage of early season disappointments in the 30-team league, which begs the question of which head coach will be axed first.

Right now, oddsmakers from Bet365 Massachusetts have the Boston Celtics as the favorite to win it all in 2025, at +260, while other NBA luminaries like the Oklahoma City Thunder (+475), New York Knicks (+850), Dallas Mavericks (+1000), Minnesota Timberwolves (+1200), Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns (+1400 each) are the C’s closest championship threats right now.

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Next NBA Coach to be Fired Odds

Team	Coach	Odds	Percent Chance
Utah Jazz	Will Hardy	22.2%	+350
Chicago Bulls	Billy Donovan	16.7%	+500
Portland Trail Blazers	Chauncey Billups	16.7%	+500
New Orleans Pelicans	Willie Green	14.3%	+600
Toronto Raptors	Darko Rajakovic	9.1%	+1000
Philadelphia 76ers	Nick Nurse	6.3%	+1500
Milwaukee Bucks	Doc Rivers	6.3%	+1500
The Field	--	7.7%	+1200

Which NBA Head Coach Gets Fired First?

Our debut edition of the 2024-25 NBA head coach firing odds has third year Jazz head coach Will Hardy (+350), Chicago Bulls veteran leader Billy Donovan and Trail Blazers sidelines stalwart Chauncey Billups (+500 each) atop our list.

Hardy has seen his success in the SLC drop off each year, going from 37-45 (.451) during his debut season to 31-51 (.378) last year and 2-8 (.200) in 2024, while Donovan has struggled to get things going in the Windy City, going 4-7 (.364) in his fifth season with the club, dropping his overall winning percentage to .486 (160-169) since arriving in Chicago back in 2020.

Billups’ first NBA head coaching job has been nothing short of a disaster so far, with the former NBA star guard posting a .329 winning percentage (85-173) in Stumptown since arriving in 2021 with zero winning seasons with the Trail Blazers in four-plus years in charge.

Outside of those three names, keep an eye on possible midseason firing candidates like Willie Green of the Pelicans (+600), Darko Rajakovic of the Raptors (+1000), Nick Nurse of the Sixers and Doc Rivers of the Bucks (+1500 each), as all four have struggled mightily out of the gate this season, potentially leading to them being shown the door sooner rather than later in the win-now NBA.

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