Zuvor war Hornacek fr die Utah Jazz als Assistant-Coach ttig. An NBA assistant coach since 2009, he also holds experience on the bench of the Sacramento Kings from 2016-2019, a first tenure with Minnesota in 2015-16, five seasons with the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans from 2010-2015 and a first tenure with Sacramento in 2009-10. Greer helped the Sun Devils to consecutive 20-win seasons in his first two years in Tempe, including an NCAA tournament appearance in 2014. He was the Big Ten Coach of the Year in both seasons and was the consensus national coach of the year for 1990-91. On April 23, 2019, the organization parted ways with head coach Igor Kokoshov after one season - 82 total games coached - with the team. PHOENIX The Phoenix Suns today announced Head Coach Monty Williams coaching staff, naming Willie Green, Darko Rajakovic, Mark Bryant, Randy Ayers, Larry Greer and Steve Blake as assistant coaches, and Riccardo Fois and Ben Strong as player development coaches. Suns starting 5 crushes Bulls in 2nd straight win with Kevin Durant, Suns new dimensions flash in Kevin Durants debut, win over Hornets. Brooks will serve his 1-game suspension Sunday when the Grizzlies visit the Clippers. The move was first . A graduate of Boston College, he was a student assistant for the mens basketball team during the winningest period in the Eagles school history from 2002-2006. Western Conference, PTS/G: Congrats, Kevin!. Gross joinsthe Suns following two seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers as a video/player development assistant while Vinson is enteringhis second season with the Suns. Ruffinwas anassistant coach/player development coach for his final season with the Pelicans in 2019-20. E-Mail: karen.marrero@nbacoaches.com. He was drafted 32nd overall in the 1999 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls and had a nine-year NBA and professional playing career, with stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Utah, Washington, Milwaukee, Portland, as well as overseas in Spain. Atlanta will give Snyder a five-year contract and he could be coaching as soon as Tuesday, when the Hawks face Washington. Apr 26 @ NYK, PHO (43-18) beat NYK, 118-110, 62. Do you have a blog? 104,027 (4th of 30), NBA 2021 Playoffs: The Gates announcement came earlier in the summer following the departure of Willie Green to the New Orleans Pelicans. At 39, Green would become the third-youngest coach in the NBA behind the Oklahoma City Thunder's Mark Daigneault (35) and the Memphis Grizzlies' Taylor Jenkins (36). [4] Cotton Fitzsimmons, Mike D'Antoni and Monty Williams are the only coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Suns. Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton has a right knee contusion that could cause him to miss Sunday's game against the Dallas Mavericks. The 2021-22 Phoenix Suns season was their 54th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 29th season at the currently named Footprint Center, their first full season under that name after taking over the naming rights to the previously named Phoenix Suns Arena on July 16, 2021, during the 2021 NBA Prior to his time at Gonzaga, Fois served as a graduate assistant for the mens basketball program at Pepperdine University from 2012-2014. We present them here for purely educational purposes. It was only Kevin Durant's first game with the Suns but the tantalizing upside of him in the Valley came oozing out of Wednesday's win. Player development/video coordinator: Jamal Gross. He worked with Monty Williams during the 2018-19 campaign in Philadelphia. Alvin Gentry coached the coached the Phoenix Suns the 20092013, to a Western Conference Finals appearance in 2010. Phoenix coach Monty Williams is hiring Bryan Gates as an assistant to replace Willie Green, who left to become New Orleans head coach, sources tell ESPN. Won NBA Western Conference First Round (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers Def Rtg: 111.3 (9th of 30) Bryan Gates, Jarrett Jack, and Steve Scalzi have joined the coaching ranks for Phoenix as well. Fois also assisted Gonzagas head coach Mark Few as the video coordinator for the 2015 USA Basketball Pan American Games Team coached by Few that won bronze in Toronto. Feb 28 @ MIN, PHO (22-11) beat MIN, 118-99, 34. Gross spent the last two seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers as an assistant for video and player development while Vinson will be entering his second year with the Suns, previously assisting with player development and video. In addition to his time at ASU, Greers coaching background includes serving as a college assistant coach at Wright State University (2003-2005), Boston University (1994-2003) and Brandeis University (1989-1992), in addition to working as recruiting coordinator at Boston College from 1992-1994. He joined the Suns following four seasons as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers, helping the Sixers qualify for the playoffs in each of his final three seasons with the team. 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Its a tremendous collection of bright basketball minds who are also outstanding people, and we are already hard at work.. Prior to his time on the Sixers coaching staff, Young spent nine seasons as a coach in the NBA G League, including time as head coach of the Delaware Blue Coats, Iowa Energy and Utah Flash. (Series Stats)Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Clippers Maurice Cheeks, Josh Longstaff, John Bryant, Damian Cotter and Billy Schmidt join head coach Billy Donovans staff. Jan 18 @ MEM, PHO (7-5) lost to MEM, 104-108, 13. Founded in 1976, the NBCA consists of all NBA Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches and alumni, and works closely with the NBA on all matters that pertain to the coaching profession. Monty Williams is the Head Coach of the Phoenix Suns. . He played four seasons at Bucknell University from 2012-2016, helping lead the Bison to three postseason appearances including a 2013 NCAA tournament bid and two NIT berths. Gambling problem? The coaching staffs of the Suns and Heat were split among the four teams: Team Worthy, Team Payton, Team Isiah and Team Barry. Before his coaching career, Ayers played at Miami and led the team to an upset of defending champion Marquette in the first round of the 1978 NCAA tournament. Blakes most successful seasons as a player came with Portland in 2005-06 and from 2007-2010 when Williams served as an assistant coach for the Trail Blazers. Assistant Coach: 2021-2022: 2-United States: Brian Randle: Assistant Coach: 2020 . The Pelicans will announce the hiring of Green after the 2021 NBA Finals. Dec 26 @ SAC, PHO (1-1) lost to SAC, 103-106, 3. May 13, PHO (49-21) beat POR, 118-117, 71. Green also has previous experience in New Orleans, as he played one season with the team in 2010-11, when it was the Hornets. New faces will accompany Monty Williams for the 2021-22 season. Steve Scalzi is coming to the Suns after coaching seven years in Oklahoma City. As Portlands starting point guard, Blake averaged a career-high 11.0 points in 2008-09 and a career-high 5.1 assists in 2007-08, helping the Trail Blazers improve from 32 wins before he returned in 2007 to 41 wins in 2007-08 then 54 wins and a playoff berth in 2008-09. Bryant played 15 total NBA seasons from 1988-2003 with Portland, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Denver and Boston, averaging 5.4 points on 50.0% shooting and 3.8 rebounds in 797 regular season games, and also appeared in 79 playoff games with trips to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992 as a member of the Trail Blazers. The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Do Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving offset Suns trouble with Mavericks? Young served as an assistant coach in his first season with the Suns in 2020-21 after four seasons as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. Championship +4000, Over-Under Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Jeremy Sochan, Christian Wood make the list, NBA Power Rankings: Kevin Durant's return could rock the West, Sources: Suns' Green front-runner for Pelicans job, S. Van Gundy: Zion was not behind Pelicans exit. Overall, the 6-9 power forward averaged 6.0 points on 52.2% shooting and 4.1 rebounds in 111 games (40 starts) with Phoenix, in addition to 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in eight playoff games. In the 2020-2021 NBA Season, Coach Williams led the Phoenix Suns to a 51-21 regular season record and a 2021 NBA Finals appearance - this was the Suns first NBA Finals appearance in 28 years (1993). Apr 25 @ BRK, PHO (42-18) lost to BRK, 119-128, 61. Entering the NBA as the 22nd overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, Jack played collegiately at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he led the Yellow Jackets to a national runner-up finish in 2004. The way Green has been able to relate to players, while also keeping them in line with great fundamental tutelage, is a solid base to become a future NBA head coach. Blake, 39, comes to Phoenix after spending the last two seasons working for the Portland Trail Blazers. The Pelicans went 31-41 in 2020-21, a disappointing result after the season started with playoff aspirations. At the time, the Hawks were expected to conduct a wide-ranging search but . Durant, a four-time scoring champion, now sets his sights on Hakeem Olajuwon in 12th place. newsletter, Phoenixs new twin towers have flashed greatness early, REPORT: Suns hiring Pistons executive Josh Bartelstein as new CEO, Suns JAM Session Podcast: Suns (35-29) @ Bulls Post Game Pod. Feb 26 @ CHI, PHO (21-11) beat CHI, 106-97, 33. Bryant, a former Suns player, returns to Phoenix after most recently spending 12 seasons as an assistant coach with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Orlando is beginning their rebuild officially after toiling around for years in limbo. Opp PTS/G: Young, considered a good coach and even better person, coached the offense in Philly with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. Last season, Ruffin was an assistant for Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA G League. In 2014, while Rajakovic was serving as Tulsas head coach, Oklahoma City head coach Scott Brooks included him as one of his assistant coaches at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. May 4 @ CLE, PHO (47-18) beat CLE, 134-118, 66. Fois was an assistant coach for Italys national team at FIBA EuroBasket 2017, serving on the staff of Ettore Messina, one of the best European basketball coaches of all time and currently an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs. The Suns (26-7) currently have two players in health and safety protocols, Deandre Ayton and Jae Crowder, both of whom didn't play Monday. A native of Detroit, he won Horizon League Player of the Year as a senior in 2003 and helped the Titans to two NIT appearances in 2001 and 2002, including a trip to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in 2001. Five years later, Jeff Van Gundy still gets emotional, recalling the funeral service for Ingrid Williams, wife of Suns coach Monty Williams. Apr 17, PHO (40-16) lost to SAS, 85-111, 57. A graduate of Boise State University, Gates also has experience as an assistant coach in the G League and as head coach of the Oklahoma Storm in the United States Basketball League, Hickory Nutz in the Carolinas Basketball League and Beirut Blues Stars in the Lebanese Basketball League. In terms of immediate on-court success, Washington could be the best landing spot for Green. May 2 @ OKC, PHO (46-18) beat OKC, 123-120, 65. [4] Cotton Fitzsimmons, Mike D'Antoniand Monty Williamsare the only coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Awardwith the Suns. [6] Gentry left the Phoenix Suns under mutual agreement to part ways on January 18, 2013. Mar 2 @ LAL, PHO (23-11) beat LAL, 114-104, 36. Young played collegiately at Clayton State University prior to his coaching career. On May 3, 2019, Williams became the 20th Head Coach* in Suns history. Coach Ruffin was born in Denver, Colorado and played for and graduated from the University of Tulsa. Apr 28, PHO (44-18) beat LAC, 109-101, 63. Mar 23 @ MIA, PHO (29-13) beat MIA, 110-100, 43. Does that change with two new stars? The deal is expected to be finalized this week. Jan 22, PHO (8-6) lost to DEN, 126-130, 15. A 12-year NBA veteran, Green has been an assistant with the Suns for the past two seasons and spent the previous three seasons on the Golden State Warriors' coaching staff. 109.5 (7th of 30), SRS: 5.67 (3rd of 30) Follow him on Twitter at @DuaneRankin. Brian Agler: A very successful former WNBA coach, Agler won titles with Seattle (2010) and Los Angeles (2016). AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. New Orleans has an enticing core led by Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram that would make any coach giddy to lead them. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. With Ruffin on the Suns staff, he joins fellow new assistant coaches Kevin Gates, Jarrett Jack and Steve Scalzi alongside the returning Randy Ayers, Mark Bryant, Brian Randle and Kevin Young. Suns head coach Monty Williams has six assistant coaches working under him. He served as an assistant coach for the Timberwolves in 2018-19 after working as the clubs advance scout in 2017-18. Ja Morant will be away from the Memphis Grizzlies for at least two games as the NBA investigates a social media post after he livestreamed himself holding what appeared to be a gun at a club. Gates joins Williams staff after two seasons as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Dallas Mavericks have had the Phoenix Suns' number since the tail-end of their playoff series. Head coach: Monty Williams. Overall, wherever Green eventually lands, hes received rave reviews from Phoenix. Net Rtg: +5.9 (3rd of 30), Preseason Odds: In assembling a staff, the goal was simple: identify high-character individuals with high-level experience who will work relentlessly to develop a culture of championship habits here in Phoenix. The 2022-23 Phoenix Suns season is their 55th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 30th season at the Footprint Center. The 6-3 point guard was a member of nine teams to qualify for the playoffs, averaging 4.6 points and 2.5 assists in 53 career postseason games (13 starts). Young cores who are in need of guidance with a true culture-building mentality. The Phoenix Suns on Friday announced the addition of assistant coach Michael Ruffin, plus Jamal Gross and Corey Vinson to the title of player development coach/video coordinator. Gates coached under Williams in New Orleans, Jack played for him in New Orleans and Portland while Scalzi was with the Oklahoma City Thunder when Williams was an associate head coach there in 2015-16. Suns assistant and former NBA player Willie Green is nearing completion on a deal with the Pelicans to become the team's next head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The announcement was made this morning by Williams on the Suns podcast, The Outlet, which can be viewed here. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected 53rd overall in the third round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls, then played professionally for the Reno Bighorns of the Western Basketball Association before returning to Miami and entering the coaching ranks. Agler now is in college athletic . Before entering the coaching ranks, Greer played collegiately at Northeastern University and was the teams captain during his senior season in 1988-89. Philadelphia announced the coaches who will join Doc Rivers this upcoming season. The Suns will reportedly hire assistant coach Bryan Gates to reunite him with Monty Williams after being an assistant to Phoenix's head coach in New Orleans from 2010-15. Feb 16, PHO (17-10) lost to BRK, 124-128, 28. Start your online subscription. Paul Westphal has the highest all-time winning percentage with the Suns with a .685 percentage. National Basketball Coaches Association release: Phoenix Suns Head Coach Monty Williams is the 2021 recipient of the Michael H. Goldberg NBCA Coach of the Year Award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 2012, the Serbian native initially joined the Thunder organization as head coach of their NBA G League affiliate, the Tulsa 66ers, becoming the first head coach born outside North America in NBA G League history. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Also named were Jamal Gross. Find out more. Jack joins the coaching ranks after a 13-year NBA career as a player from 2005-2018. According to Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer, Suns lead assistant Willie Green has interviewed for three head coach openings with the New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic, and Washington. He most recently coached the Dallas Wings in 2019. With two top 10 picks in this years draft, Green being able to install good habits with an extremely young core could finally lead to stability Orlando has craved for years. Bryant and Williams were teammates together with the 76ers for part of the 2002-03 season. Ayers entered coaching as a graduate assistant for two seasons at his alma mater, Miami University in Ohio, then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point before joining Ohio States staff. A 13-year NBA veteran as a player, Blake last played in 2016 and entered the coaching ranks with Portland, first as a coaching intern in 2017-18 then as an on-court assistant in 2018-19 where he helped the team advance to the Western Conference Finals. Frazier entered the coaching world as a graduate manager for the mens basketball program at George Mason University in 2017-18. Washington is an interesting fit, because they are in win-now mode with some young pieces flanking the dynamic duo of Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook. Jan 23, PHO (8-7) lost to DEN, 112-120, 16. Ayers also spent two seasons as an assistant coach with both the Orlando Magic (2005-2007) and Washington Wizards (2007-2009), and another season as an assistant coach with Philadelphia in 2009-10, before joining Williams staff in New Orleans. Young and Williams were both assistants in Philadelphia under Brett Brown. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Record: In each of his first two seasons as a coach, he helped the Warriors win back-to-back NBA Championships in 2017 and 2018 before returning to the NBA Finals in 2019, and has received high praise from many in Golden States organization and beyond for his coaching knowledge and demeanor. (Series Stats)Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Milwaukee Bucks Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. When he first moved to the United States, Fois played one season at Pepperdine in 2007-08 and was named to the WCC Commissioners Honor Roll. Prior to joining the Thunders coaching staff, Bryant served as assistant coach/player development with the Orlando Magic from 2005-2007 and his first coaching job was as a member of the Dallas Mavericks player development staff in 2004-05. Ayers, 63, brings to the Suns over 35 years of coaching experience, including as an NBA and college head coach, and has most recently spent the past three seasons as a pro scout with the Brooklyn Nets. Former Timberwolves player development coach Brian Randle is joining Monty Williams' staff with the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach, . He has since been replaced by former Suns player Jeff Hornacek. He served as a player development coach and director of analysis and opposition scouting, including when Williams was the teams associate head coach in 2015-16. Mar 28 @ CHO, PHO (31-14) beat CHO, 101-97, 46. PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns today announced the promotion of Kevin Young to associate head coach, as well as the additions of Bryan Gates, Jarrett Jack and Steve Scalzi as assistant. Jan 11 @ WAS, PHO (7-4) lost to WAS, 107-128, 12. In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Phoenix Suns assistant coach Willie Green looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Denver Greer joins the Suns following two seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves. His first coaching position in pro basketball was as head coach of the Shamrock Rovers in the Irish Super League for the 2006-07 season, which followed time as an assistant coach at Utah Valley University and Oxford College. Bryant joined the Thunder franchise in 2007 before the teams final season in Seattle then relocated to Oklahoma City and helped one of the leagues youngest rosters develop into a team that has averaged 52 wins and made the playoffs nine times over the last 10 seasons. A 6-11 forward/center as a player, Strong played five seasons in the G League from 2011-2016, averaging 7.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 183 career games with the Iowa Energy, Delaware 87ers, Austin Toros and Westchester Knicks. The Phoenix Suns franchise has had 20 head coaches. Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 202122season. All of the franchises Green has interviewed with were all in the same position as Phoenix two seasons ago. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Now the Liked by Steve Scalzi Experience. After being with the Golden State Warriors working under Steve Kerr, Green joined Monty Williams staff in Phoenix when he was hired during the 2019 offseason. He has been a NBA assistant coach since 2009 and served on Williams staff for each of their five seasons together in New Orleans from 2010-2015. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Most recently the Georgia Tech alum played with the 2021 NBA G League Ignite. The Suns are also chronologically the third-oldest team in the NBA to have never won an NBA Championship while having played in the NBA Finals at least once. The native of New York, New York received his bachelors degree from Northeastern. He was a member of Italys U16 National Team at the 2003 FIBA Europe U16 Championship in Madrid, and was a teammate of NBA veterans Danilo Gallinari and Gigi Datome in Italys junior national team program. Attendance: Michael Ruffin | The Official Website of The NBA Coaches Association MICHAEL RUFFIN PHOENIX SUNS ASSISTANT COACH In 2021, Michael Ruffin became an Assistant Coach for the Phoenix Suns.

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