Insider reveals ‘hot coaching candidate’ for Chicago Bulls job

The first step in the Chicago Bulls offseason plan is complete. On Monday, the franchise announced that they are hiring Bryson Graham as executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. It’s the first hire in this offseason rebuild as the Bulls finally picked their direction.

With Graham hired, the franchise can now focus on the rest of the offseason. That includes hiring a new head coach. He will have the task of finding the right head coach for a franchise that’s in a rebuild but also has valuable assets. The Bulls have two lottery picks as well as a healthy cap situation to work with this offseason.

And now, a new name is surfacing in connection with the Bulls’ open job.

Chicago Bulls insider reveals ‘hot coaching candidate’ for franchise

Right after the hire, Bulls’ insider K.C. Johnson of CHSN offered his thoughts on the Graham hire and what’s next. He then dropped a name that could be intriguing for the Bulls in terms of their head coach search.

Johnson pointed to Sean Sweeney as a ‘hot coaching candidate’ for the team.

“I asked for that list, but I was not given that list, so I’m still working on that. I can’t tell you one name, but one name that is a hot coaching candidate throughout the league for a lot of openings is Sean Sweeney,” Johnson said.

“I don’t know if San Antonio would let him out of his contract because he was a big hire for them last offseason as a lead assistant there. That’s one name I would keep an eye on, but there’s a lot of information coming.”

“One name that is a hot coaching candidate throughout the league…is Sean Sweeney.”@KCJHoop gives a bit of insight as to who could be the next head coach of the Bulls: pic.twitter.com/3IUe3VBzr1

— Bulls on CHSN (@CHSN_Bulls) May 4, 2026

Sweeney is serving as associate head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. He’s been Mitch Johnson’s right hand man, helping get the team the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs.

His expertise is defense and he’s helped develop the Spurs into one of the best defensive teams in the NBA. He’s also worked with phenom Victor Wembanyama as the former No. 1 pick was the first-ever unanimous Defensive Player of the Year winner. Sweeney feels like a guy who could come in and turn this thing around in a hurry.

But as Johnson stated, would the Spurs allow that to happen? It feels like there’s a good thing going on in San Antonio right now and risking messing that up could be dangerous for that franchise.

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