Tony Bollier is returning to Indiana.
The Leo native will join Thad Matta and the Butler men’s basketball team in the newly created role of general manager/director of player development. Bollier spent the last seven seasons in the Milwaukee Bucks organization.
“Tony’s experience evaluating and developing talent in the NBA, G League and college basketball makes him a great addition to our team,” Matta said in a press release. “He has impacted a positive, winning culture at the highest levels of basketball, and I am confident he will do the same here at Butler. We are excited to bring Tony and his family back to Indiana.”
In 2017, Bollier joined the Bucks as director of basketball operations. For two seasons, Bollier also served as general manager of the Bucks’ G League team, the Wisconsin Herd. For the 2023–24 season, Bollier was an assistant coach for the Herd.
Bollier was also the director of basketball operations at Georgia State and an assistant coach at his alma mater, Wheaton College, from 2012-14.
While in college, Bollier was team captain his senior season and was a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin All-Conference honoree. He finished his career as the all-time free throw percentage record holder at Wheaton.
Bollier played for his father, Phil, at Leo High School.
This article originally appeared in the Indianapolis Star: Butler and Thad Matta hire former Milwaukee Bucks employee Tony Bollier
