NBA Coaching Career
Porter spent the 2002–03 season as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings, his first season in coaching.
On August 6, 2003, the Milwaukee native was hired as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. He was the eighth head coach in franchise history. He coached the Bucks for two years, leading a team which was expected to wind up in the playoffs after landing in the NBA draft lottery. However, the Bucks failed to make the playoffs the next season, and Porter was released during the 2005 offseason.
After a year away from the game, Porter joined the Detroit Pistons staff as an assistant coach for the 2006–07 season.
On June 9, 2008, Porter was named the 13th head coach of the Phoenix Suns, succeeding Mike D'Antoni. On February 16, 2009, the Suns fired him after 51 games, and replaced him with assistant Alvin Gentry. The Suns had a 28-23 record, ninth in the Western Conference, with Porter.
On December 6, 2011, he was hired as an assistant coach by the Minnesota Timberwolves under Rick Adelman.
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