Pacers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Posted on | Saturday, May 21, 2011 | No Comments

The first part of the Pacers' offseason—Larry Bird returning as president—is taken care of.

Now it's on to the next part.

Bird is in the process of figuring out who his coach will be next season. The frontrunner, according to Bird, is Frank Vogel.

Vogel led the Pacers to a 20-18 record and the playoffs for the first time since 2006 after taking over for the fired Jim O'Brien at the end of January.

"I haven't really gotten into the interview process, but obviously he's a frontrunner and we'll bring him back at the end (of the interviews) and have more conversations," Bird said.

Bird still wants to talk to other candidates despite Vogel being the most logical choice.

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