Kenny Atkinson turns down head coaching job in Charlotte Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Kenny Atkinson has decided he won’t become the Charlotte Hornets’ head coach and will remain with Golden State as top assistant. After being offered job during the NBA Finals, further conversations led Atkinson to believe it would be best to remain with Warriors. 2 weeks ago – via Twitter wojespn Coaching, Kenny Atkinson, Mike D'Antoni, Terry Stotts, Top Rumors Top Rumors, Coaching, Kenny Atkinson, Mike D'Antoni, Terry Stotts, Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors
Adrian Wojnarowski: Mike D’Antoni and Terry Stotts were the other two finalists for the job, sources said. Charlotte will have to restart process now. 2 weeks ago – via Twitter wojespn Coaching, Kenny Atkinson, Mike D'Antoni, Terry Stotts, Uncategorized Coaching, Kenny Atkinson, Mike D'Antoni, Terry Stotts, Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors
If Utah ends up interviewing more than 20 candidates for its coaching vacancy, no one in the coaching community will be surprised. Jazz CEO Danny Ainge loves intel and will surely amass plenty by the time Utah names its successor to Quin Snyder. Utah’s only known candidates with NBA head coaching experience on a list already in the teens are Terry Stotts and Frank Vogel. 3 weeks ago – via Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com Coaching, Danny Ainge, Frank Vogel, Quin Snyder, Terry Stotts, Uncategorized Coaching, Danny Ainge, Frank Vogel, Quin Snyder, Terry Stotts, Utah Jazz
Jazz receive permission to interview several assistant coaches Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: The Jazz received permission to interview several assistant coaches for head job, including Johnnie Bryant (Knicks), Will Hardy (Celtics), Charles Lee (Bucks), and Joe Mazzulla (Celtics). Jazz assistant Alex Jensen and Terry Stotts will interview too. 3 weeks ago – via Twitter wojespn Alex Jensen, Charles Lee, Joe Mazzulla, Johnnie Bryant, Terry Stotts, Will Hardy, Top Rumors Top Rumors, Alex Jensen, Charles Lee, Joe Mazzulla, Johnnie Bryant, Terry Stotts, Will Hardy, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Utah Jazz
One coaching candidate sure to interest Danny Ainge as he launches a search for Quin Snyder’s replacement is Brad Stevens … but it’s difficult in the extreme to see anyone luring Stevens back to coaching in the short term given how well Stevens’ team-building efforts are going in Boston as the Celtics’ rookie president of basketball operations. Of the early names in consideration in Utah, Terry Stotts jumps out not only because he’s the lone initially reported candidate with prior NBA head coaching experience but because Stotts spent several days with the Jazz in March as an observer at Snyder’s invitation. 4 weeks ago – via Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com Brad Stevens, Coaching, Danny Ainge, Quin Snyder, Terry Stotts, Uncategorized Brad Stevens, Coaching, Danny Ainge, Quin Snyder, Terry Stotts, Boston Celtics, Utah Jazz
Terry Stotts among candidates for Utah's head coaching job Shams Charania: Sources: Among initial candidates for Utah’s open head coaching job: Knicks assistant Johnnie Bryant, Jazz assistant Alex Jensen, former Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts, Celtics assistant Will Hardy and Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin. 4 weeks ago – via Twitter ShamsCharania Alex Jensen, Coaching, Johnnie Bryant, Terry Stotts, Will Hardy, Top Rumors Top Rumors, Alex Jensen, Coaching, Johnnie Bryant, Terry Stotts, Will Hardy, Adrian Griffin, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz
Two-time Coach of the Year Mike D’Antoni and former Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts are among the other finalists in the Hornets’ coaching search that started in late April when the team fired James Borrego. Neither D’Antoni nor Stotts has so far advanced to the Jordan stage of the process, sources said, but that possibility remains. 4 weeks ago – via Shams Charania and Sam Amick @ The Athletic Coaching, James Borrego, Kenny Atkinson, Terry Stotts, Uncategorized Coaching, James Borrego, Kenny Atkinson, Terry Stotts, Michael Jordan, Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers