Darvin Ham is a 6 ft 7 in tall American born head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and a former NBA player as well. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, In the 2022 offseason The Los Angeles Lakers has offered the Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach to become the franchise's new head coach. Ham will guide the strong MVP loaded Lakers squad for the next four years. The details of the contract is unknown thus it becomes difficult to nail down a coach salary relative to players.
The Lakers management staff has fired their head coach Frank Vogel because of his poor performance as he was unable to qualify the team for playoffs and L.A just have a 33-49 record in the 2021-22 season.
Ham is a 1996 undrafted player but later made it to the NBA, he spent nine seasons in the league and snagged an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons squad in 2004.
How old is Darvin Ham?
The Los Angeles Lakers head coach was born on 23 July 1973. This year he turns 50.
After spending nine years in the NBA as a player Ham began his coaching journey professionally. He was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers as an assistant staff in 2011.
In 2013, Ham joined the Atlanta Hawks as an assistant coach and helped the team to qualify consecutively for four playoffs 2014, 2015 (till the conference finals), 2016, and 2017. Additionally, he also aided the Hawks to finish first or become the number one seed team in the 2015 regular season and thus the 2015 All-NBA-Star list comprises four Hawks starting rosters.
For about four seasons from 2018-2022 Ham was with the Milwaukee Bucks under the head coach Mike Budenholzer. In the 2021 season, Bucks won the franchise second title by defeating Phoenix Suns in the six game series. That was the second championship for the team since 1971.
In 2022 Ham returned to the Los Angeles Lakers and starting his second stint with the team, the upcoming 2023-24 season will be his second season as a head coach.
Darvin Ham Record
| Team | season | Record | Finish | Results |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 2022-23 | 43-39 | 5th in Pacific | Lost in Western Conference Finals |
FAQs
A. The Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach stands 6 ft 7 in or 2.01 m tall and weighs around 240 lb or 109 kg.
A. Darvin Ham has two NBA championships, one as a player which he won in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons and second as an assistant coach in the 2021 with the Milwaukee Bucks.
A. Darvin Ham has spent 11 years as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, and Milwaukee Bucks before becoming a head coach for the LA Lakers in 2022.
A. Deneitra Ham is the wife of the Los Angeles Lakers head coach. The couple recently celebrated their 25th anniversary and have two childrens together.
A. Darvin Ham was a 1996 undrafted player who played nine NBA seasons from 1996-2005.
