Vogel sacked as Lakers’ head coach

The Los Angeles Lakers sacked head coach Frank Vogel after a poor campaign which saw the team miss out on the play-offs.vogel’s team lost 49 matches to finish 11th in the Western Conference.

The 48-year-old had led Lakers to the NBA championship in 2020.

There is currently no frontrunner to succeed Vogel and the process of finding a sixth full-time head coach since Phil Jackson retired in 2011 is expected to take some time.

Vogel is the only coach, besides Jackson, to have led the team to a championship in 30 years.

Lakers entered the campaign as one of the favourites in the Western Conference.

However, multiple factors contributed to the team falling below expectations, including injuries to several key players.