Head Coach, Milwaukee Bucks
Doc Rivers, an NBA champion head coach who’s won more than 1,100 games in his career, is the Head Coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Rivers is seventh on the NBA’s all-time wins list for head coaches. The 1999-00 NBA Coach of the Year, Rivers, was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA history.
Leading the Boston Celtics to an NBA Championship in 2008 and another NBA Finals appearance in 2010, Rivers began his head coaching career with the Orlando Magic from 1999-03 and has since served as head coach of the Celtics (2004-13), Los Angeles Clippers (2013-20) and Philadelphia 76ers (2020-23).
A native of Chicago and product of Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, Rivers played and graduated from Marquette University.
Doc Rivers draws on his experience leading championship teams to show how trust, accountability, and culture drive performance. He shares how the African philosophy of Ubuntu — “I am because we are” — became the guiding principle of the Boston Celtics’ title run, and how the same approach can unite organizations to achieve more than the sum of their parts.
Rivers also reflects on lessons shaped by his upbringing during the civil rights era and his advocacy for positive coaching and equity, offering a perspective that blends resilience, integrity, and vision. Audiences will walk away with practical insights on building cultures that endure pressure, aligning diverse groups behind a common purpose, and leading with conviction in moments that matter most.