Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer has been named the National Basketball Coaches Association's 2019 Coach of the Year, the association announced Saturday morning.
Budenholzer, 49, led the Bucks to 60 victories—marking Milwaukee's best regular season since 1980-81–and the league's best record, 60–22, in his first season with the team.
"Mike Budenholzer in his first year as the Head Coach of the Bucks, led the franchise to the top record in the entire NBA," Mavericks head coach and NBCA President Rick Carlilse said in a statement. "Congrats to Bud on this prestigious recognition.