Report: Lakers to hire Darvin Ham as new head coach

Report: Lakers hiring Darvin Ham as head coach

Reports claim that the Los Angeles Lakers will hire Darvin Ham as the team's new head coach.

Ham was most recently an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks where he won a title in 2021. He began his coaching career with the Lakers.

Following his first stint with the Lakers, Ham joined Mike Budenholzer's staff while the head coach was in Atlanta in 2013.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 01: Assistant Coach Darvin Ham of the Milwaukee Bucks looks on against the LA Clippers during the second half at Fiserv Forum on April 01, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Patrick McDermott / Getty Images

Ham played eight years in the NBA, jumping between six teams. His final stop in the NBA was with the Detroit Pistons where he won a championship alongside Chauncy Billups, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace.

Ham will reportedly be hired on a four-year contract. This would be his first head-coaching job in the league.

He will be the Lakers' third head coach in the last five years.