Bulls Hiring Tiago Splitter As Head Coach

By Arthur Hill | at June 15, 2026 10:54 am Tiago Splitter will be the Bulls‘ next head coach, sources tell ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). It’s a hiring that affects two organizations. Splitter served as the Trail Blazers’ interim coach throughout the season due to Chauncey Billups’ ongoing legal woes and subsequent extended leave of absence. Splitter was also reportedly a finalist to have the interim tag and become Portland’s head coach. He’ll now take over an Eastern Conference club that has been stuck in mediocrity for over a decade. Chicago hasn’t even reached the conference semifinals since the...