The Toronto Raptors’ Nick Nurse was voted the 2020 NBA Coach of the Year, marking the first time he’s received the honor. However, Nurse took home the award in the G League, and now is the only head coach to accomplish the feat at both levels.
Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel tallied 36 total points and finished in fifth place in the voting, far short of Nurse’s 470. A panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters voted on the yearly award.
Vogel didn’t receive a single first-place vote but was given six second-place votes and 18 third-place votes.