Report: Thunder Promote Assistant Mark Daigneault to Head Coach

The Oklahoma City Thunder have promoted assistant coach Mark Daigneault to head coach, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Daigneault was an assistant coach for the Thunder throughout the 2019-20 season and was previously the head coach of Oklahoma City's G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue, between 2014 and 2019. While with the Blue, he was 143-107 with four playoff appearances and eight players called up to NBA rosters.

The 35-year-old Daigneault replaces Billy Donovan, who parted ways with the Thunder shortly after the team's first-round playoff exit and was later hired as the next head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Daigneault also previously worked under Donovan at the University…