Pacers coach Frank Vogel was an assistant for which team in 2004-05?

Pacers coach Frank Vogel was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2004–05 season. He followed Jim O’Brien from Boston to Philadelphia, beginning an important stage in his path toward becoming an NBA head coach.

Vogel entered professional coaching with the Boston Celtics, first working as a video coordinator before becoming an assistant. When O’Brien became Philadelphia’s head coach, Vogel joined the 76ers’ staff. After the 2004–05 season, Vogel worked as an advance scout for the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards before returning to the bench with the Indiana Pacers.

His connection with O’Brien continued in Indiana, where Vogel again served as an assistant. The Pacers promoted him to interim head coach during the 2010–11 season, and he eventually became the team’s permanent head coach. Vogel later led the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2020 NBA championship. The key distinction is that the question asks about his assistant-coaching stop in 2004–05, not his later work with Indiana or his head-coaching career.