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Doc Rivers joins NBC Sports as NBA game analyst

Retired Hall of Fame coach Doc Rivers signs with NBC to call NBA games across NBC, Peacock and NBCSN this season.

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What to know

  • NBC announced Doc Rivers as an NBA game analyst for the coming season across NBC, Peacock and NBCSN, with possible studio appearances.
  • Rivers is sixth all-time in NBA coaching wins (1,194) and games (2,059), led Boston to the 2008 title, and was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame earlier in 2026.
  • He had turned down a similar NBC offer in 1996 because he couldn't rule out returning to coaching; he now says that career is definitively finished.
  • The move reunites Rivers with NBC 14 years after his 2012 London Olympics studio work and sets up potential on-air pairings with his son Austin Rivers and past rival Reggie Miller.

“With this opportunity, one of the things I thought was I'd love to work with Austin. That would be a lot of fun to be able to work with him,”

Doc Rivers, Hall of Fame coach, new NBC analyst · Associated Press via Yahoo Sports ↗ · Sep 20

Doc RiversDoc Rivers Hall of Fame coach, new NBC NBA analystSam Flood NBC Sports executive producer and presidentAustin Rivers Doc Rivers' son, former NBA playerReggie Miller NBC's lead NBA analyst

Doc Rivers joins NBC Sports as NBA game analyst
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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 6:44 AM ET
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    Rivers says he's excited to work alongside son Austin

    Rivers noted the broadcast staff's overlapping ties to him as coach or father, and said he hoped to work with his son Austin Rivers, who tried to interview him on air last season.

    “I loved playing the game, I loved coaching it, and I've always loved talking about it,…”
    — Doc Rivers
    • Kingsharksports@mastodon.social

      NBA: Doc Rivers joins NBC as analyst, says coaching career over … https://www. espn.com/nba/story/_/id/499996 58/doc-rivers-joins-nbc-analyst-says-coaching-career-over # NBA # Basketball

      Kingsharksports@mastodon.socialMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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    NBC's Sam Flood welcomes Rivers to the broadcast team

    NBC Sports executive producer and president Sam Flood issued a statement praising Rivers' championship pedigree and nearly four decades of NBA experience as coach and player.

    “We couldn't be happier to have him back on the NBC Sports team,…”
    — Sam Flood
    1. 2 outlets Doc Rivers joins NBC Sports as NBA game analyst

      first by Yahoo Sports, 2d ago · also Awful Announcing

      2 more headlines
  3. background

    Rivers declares his coaching career definitively over — In a phone interview with the Associated Press, Rivers said he is fully retired from coaching and ready to devote his attention to television after being inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame earlier in 2026.

  4. background

    NBC announces Doc Rivers as NBA game analyst — NBC Sports announced Rivers will be an analyst on NBA games this season across NBC, Peacock and NBCSN, with possible studio work as well.

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  1. 3 outlets Doc Rivers joins NBC as analyst, says coaching career over

    first by ESPN, 2d ago · also NY Post, ESPN NBA

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  2. 3 outlets Insisting that his coaching career is over, Doc Rivers joins NBC as an NBA analyst

    first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 2d ago · also Baltimore Sun, Yahoo Sports

  3. 2 outlets Former Celtics coach Doc Rivers joining NBC after retirement

    first by MassLive, 1d ago · also Yahoo Sports

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