{"id":163266,"date":"2026-03-25T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=163266"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:48:28","slug":"billy-donovan-being-advised-to-get-out-of-chicago-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/billy-donovan-being-advised-to-get-out-of-chicago-per-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Donovan being advised to get out of Chicago per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls are heading for another offseason with a pick outside of the top four in the NBA Draft and another year of a rebuild. Even with Chicago trading off key pieces at the deadline, it was a little too late.<\/p>\n<p>As the season winds down, a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/bulls\/2026\/03\/24\/bulls-executive-arturas-karnisovas-running-out-people-blame\">Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a> stated that there&#8217;s growing belief that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bulls-momentum-growing-billy-donovan-resign\/\">Billy Donovan could resign this year<\/a>. Donovan has been with the team since the 2020 season and has been here for this version of the rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>With the North Carolina job open, Donovan is already being connected to that job. And the latest report suggests that he is being advised to get out of Chicago.<\/p>\n<h2>Billy Donovan is being advised to get out of Chicago Bulls situation<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133823\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"NBA: Chicago Bulls at Golden State Warriors\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USATSI_25254401-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the Tar Heels decided to move on from Hubert Davis, Jeff Goodman of the Field of 68 offered his take on candidates. He mentioned Donovan as someone who UNC could look at. But he took it a step further.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFieldOf68\/status\/2036797750973546531\">Goodman stated that there are people around Donovan advising him<\/a> to get out of the Bulls&#8217; situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was texting with Billy Donovan earlier&#8230; He&#8217;s got a lucrative contract with the Bulls right now. But there are a ton of people in his circle that have told him to get out of there&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I was texting with Billy Donovan earlier&#8230; He&#39;s got a lucrative contract with the Bulls right now, but there are a ton of people in his circle that have told him to get out of there&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoodmanHoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoodmanHoops<\/a> on the North Carolina search \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cm0rEC8no0\">https:\/\/t.co\/Cm0rEC8no0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G7JZNbvdWC\">pic.twitter.com\/G7JZNbvdWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFieldOf68\/status\/2036797750973546531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Donovan found success at the college level, winning back-to-back national championships with Florida. But he hasn&#8217;t coached in the college game since the 2014-15 season. Goodman also stated that Donovan is a loyal guy and is in the middle of his contract with the Bulls. It feels like it would have to be a mutual agreement between himself and Jerry Reinsdorf.<\/p>\n<p>The head coach is already being connected to that UNC job with an ESPN report suggesting the Tar Heels are going to &#8220;aggressively pursue him&#8221; in the coaching search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls are heading for another offseason with a pick outside of the top four in the NBA Draft and another year of a rebuild. Even with Chicago trading off key pieces at the deadline, it was a little too late. 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