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Nate McMillan is going to stick around.

Atlanta Hawks president Travis Schlenk told reporters on Monday that the team has reached an agreement to make McMillan the full-time head coach, removing the interim label after he took over during the middle of the 2020-21 season.


It is a four-year deal, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.  

McMillan replaced Lloyd Pierce, whom the team fired mid-way through the season. The Hawks finished the regular season 27-11 under McMillan and clinched the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference.

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Atlanta then went on a run in the postseason, defeating the Knicks and top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they fell to the Milwaukee Bucks in six games.

McMillan, 56, has previously been a head coach with the Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers and Indiana Pacers.

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