Bucks assistant Darvin Ham reportedly interviews for Wizards HC job

The Wizards have interviewed Bucks assistant Darvin Ham as they look for their next head coach, per Fred Katz of The Athletic. Katz adds that there is “some support” within the organization for hiring Ham.

Ham was among the candidates who interviewed for the Celtics’ job last month before they chose Ime Udoka, Katz notes. He also interviewed last year for an opening at Texas Tech, where he went to school, and for head-coaching vacancies with the Clippers, Bulls and Pacers.

The 47-year-old has been an assistant in Milwaukee since Mike Budenholzer was hired in 2018, and he spent five seasons with Budenholzer in Atlanta as well. He started his NBA coaching career with the Lakers in 2011.

Prior to that, Ham spent eight years in the league as a player and was with the Wizards during the 1997-98 season.

Other names that have been mentioned in Washington’s coaching search include Celtics assistant Scott Morrison, Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley, Sixers assistant Sam Cassell, Heat assistant Chris Quinn, Bulls assistant Chris Fleming, Suns assistant Willie Green and Nuggets associate head coach Wes Unseld Jr.