Coach

With the NBA head coaching well drying up, diminishing the likelihood that out-of-work candidates land a prominent gig in time for next season, former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt has no plans to take off for the 2016-17 crusade. He will be working somewhere, anywhere, even if it’s not in the NBA. As he [...]

How long will Jeff Hornacek’s honeymoon last with the New York Knicks? Not too long. Like, not even before he officially signs his contract to become the team’s next head coach. Apparently, though Phil Jackson was blown away from Hornacek’s interview, he only turned to him because Kurt Rambis wouldn’t fly with the rest of [...]

News came down Wednesday evening that the New York Knicks and President of Basketball Operations Phil Jackson made the decision to hire Jeff Hornacek as their head coach. [tweet https://twitter.com/HowardBeck/status/733079407607353345] The news comes as a bit of a surprise for Knicks fans and many who were covering the situation as many assumed Phil Jackson would [...]

As the NBA head coaching vacancies start to try up, former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt continues to watch from the sidelines, going through interviews, but leaving without job offers. NBA job offers, that is. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, David Blatt has a standing invite to circle back to his old stomping ground: [...]

Frank Vogel will not be spending much time on the unemployment line. After head coach Scott Skiles, who was hired only last summer, abruptly stepped down from his post, the Orlando Magic are now reportedly set to sync up with Vogel, who was essentially canned by the Pacers not two weeks ago, according to Josh [...]

According to numerous reports from the major outlets and the Houston Chronicle, Mike D’Antoni appears to be the leading candidate to land the Houston Rockets head coaching position. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/732738051110113280] Other candidates who have interviewed recently include Frank Vogel and Jeff Van Gundy. Gundy is no longer being considered according to Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/733001172785762304] [...]

The Memphis Grizzlies are looking for a new head coach in at least one of the right places: Miami. No, they aren’t trying to woo Miami Heat head honcho Erik Spoelstra. They’re after his assistant David Fizdale: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/732646697248002048] This is a good move. A very, very good move. Fizdale has been mentioned as one [...]

At the heart of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ unstoppable postseason play style, there is head coach Tyronn Lue, the man responsible for reinventing a team that lacked unity under former head honcho David Blatt. What’s Lue’s secret? Well, one of his secrets includes a willingness to put LeBron James in his place, not only behind the [...]

Jeff Hornacek will have a job by the start of the 2016-17 NBA regular season. What that job will be, we don’t know. But he is most definitely going to have one. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/732287028218335232] Oh? The New York Knicks? That’s surprising, in a long-shot kind of way. No one really expects [...]

Larry Bird’s unexpected and uneventful coaching search came to an end Monday morning as the Pacers have announced they are promoting assistant coach Nate McMillan to their head coaching position. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/732262055399448576] McMillan had been a Pacers assistant for 3 seasons after being let go as the head coach of the Blazers after the 2012-13 [...]