Indiana Pacers Extend Multiyear Contract with Coach Rick Carlisle

Carlisle's extension comes in the midst of a promising start to the 2023-24 season, signifying the franchise's confidence in the coach's ability to set a positive trajectory for the team's ongoing rebuild.

Rick Carlisle has agreed to a multi-year contract extension with the Indiana Pacers, ensuring he will continue leading the team in its ongoing rebuild, an initiative that commenced midway through the 2021-22 NBA season.
Carlisle has prior ties to the Pacers, having served as a head coach from 2003 to 2007 and as an assistant during Larry Bird's three-year coaching tenure, a period that brought the Pacers to their only NBA Finals appearance in 2000.
The extension was signed while Hunter still had two years left on his original contract, which he began in 2021 after leaving the Dallas Mavericks. Carlisle ranks 14th all time among NBA coaches with 897 wins and second among currently active coaches.
Alongside his head coaching role, Carlisle has been tipped to have increasing input in front-office decisions. The Pacers are confident in Carlisle's leadership capabilities and view his guidance as invaluable to the players and staff.
Prior to Carlisle's extension, the Pacers started the 2023-24 season on a high note, scoring big and falling just two points short of their franchise scoring record for a home game. The Pacers are maintaining their aim for continuous improvement in the following seasons.