Scottie Pippen Interested In Coaching to the Bulls

January 25th, 2009 by Andrew Wamboldt

While playing in a celebrity all-star game in Moscow, former Chicago Bull, Scottie Pippen, revealed that he has interest in coaching the Chicago Bulls.

He did make news in Moscow, though. I found a video clip of an interview he did a day or two before the game. The Russian journalist asked Pippen, who is 43 and stopped playing pro ball five years ago, whether basketball was in his future. “I do have some interest in getting back into the game and coaching the Chicago Bulls, to some degree,” he said.

It looks like it is almost over for Vinny Del Negro in Chicago, as lobbying for his current job has begun. Last year, coaching candidates at least had the respect to not talk about the coaching job until Jim Boylan was fired.

Scottie Pippen would make a lot of sense for the Bulls. He would be a celebrity head coach in Chicago, that would get the fans excited. Pippen has conversed with some of the current Bulls players, appeared in the Shooting Stars competition with Ben Gordon in 2007, and was a teammate of Kirk Hinrich’s in 2003. As the number two man on the dynasty team, the players would have to respect him.

The question though, would be whether Pippen can communicate his great basketball knowledge to his players and make the Bulls a good team again. However, with the Bulls latest experience with a no experienced coach, it would be wise for them to look at more experienced candidates, such as Avery Johnson and Jeff Van Gundy.