Fred Hoiberg was introduced on Tuesday as head coach of the Chicago Bulls.

"I think the big thing for me is I have always run an NBA-type system," Hoiberg said. "I'm not coming into this [having] never experienced NBA basketball.

"My 10 years as a player after my first [heart surgery] back in '05 when my career was cut short, I was planning on playing hopefully at least another five years. Reality kind of sets in, you move onto the next phase of your life. Those four years in the front office were as valuable of years, for me, as any I ever had."

Hoiberg was long considered a favorite to replace Tom Thibodeau. Hoiberg and Gar Forman have been close friends over the past two decades.

The Bulls believe Hoiberg's pro-style offense will pay immediate dividends.

"We had the second-fastest pace of play in all of college basketball last year," Hoiberg said. "We like to get out and play with pace and play with spacing. I think we ran more pick and roll than anybody in college basketball. We really like to flow into an offense as opposed to coming down and getting set on every possession."