Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has signed a multiyear contract extension with the franchise, the team announced Tuesday, after leading the franchise to its first NBA Finals appearance in a quarter century this past spring.

Carlisle, who first coached the Pacers from 2003 to 2007 and was an assistant under Larry Bird when Indiana had last made the Finals in 2000, returned to the franchise in 2021 after a successful 13-year run with the Dallas Mavericks that included winning the 2011 NBA title.

"Since his return to the Pacers in 2021, Coach Carlisle has been integral to our success, which includes leading us to consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearances and our first NBA Finals appearance in 25 years," Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard said in a statem

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