Lakers coach Frank Vogel gets contract extension
The Lakers announced Friday afternoon that they signed coach Frank Vogel to a contract extension.
The three-year deal Vogel originally signed was set to expire after the 2021-22 season. Terms of the new deal were not disclosed.
Vogel led the Lakers to the NBA championship in 2020, his first year on the job.
The Lakers finished the 2020-21 pandemic-shortened NBA season with a 52-19 record under Vogel.
Vogel has a 94-49 regular-season record in two seasons with the Lakers.
For the record:
9:11 a.m. Aug. 7, 2021: The headline for an earlier version of this report said Frank Vogel’s contract extension was for three years. His original contract was for three years.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
