Head Coach

J.B. Bickerstaff took over for Kevin McHale in November after McHale was fired in the first week of the season. Bickerstaff was able to guide the team to a playoff birth despite a tumultuous season. But a first round exit at the hands of the Warriors has the team on summer vacation, and management looking [...]

Carmelo Anthony still wants to have some input on who the New York Knicks hire to be their next head coach. But, at this point, it feels like Jackson has other plans. Melo sat down with Russ Bengtson over at Complex Sports to shed some light on New York’s coaching expedition, and he offered the [...]

The Sacramento Kings’ extensive head coaching search may lead them to former Golden State Warriors head honcho Mark Jackson. It may also lead them to more than a dozen other candidates, because they’ve been linked to everyone under the sun. But certain prospects will be eliminated from consideration as the search progresses. That’s just how [...]

Luke Walton is now an official member of the Los Angeles Lakers’ search for Byron Scott’s replacement. Not that this comes as a shock. His name has been kicked around the rumor mill to no end. His candidacy was a formality. It just wasn’t openly official. Now it is, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Steve Kerr, [...]

So maybe Kurt Rambis isn’t a lock to become the New York Knicks’ permanent head coach after all. This most definitely comes as surprise. Team president Phil Jackson seemed to only have eyes for Rambis. He eschewed the opportunity to take a look at top candidates Tom Thibodeau and Scott Brooks, both of whom now [...]

Derek Fisher’s disastrous end to his tenure with the New York Knicks has not turned him off from coaching. Or from big markets. Or from the idea that he, not even two years removed from retiring as a player, can coach in big markets. Per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com (h/t CBS Sports): Sources indicate Derek [...]

News came down Thursday afternoon that the Washington Wizards have officially hired their top candidate to fill their head coaching vacancy, Scott Brooks. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/723266137807552513] Brooks signed a five-year, $35 million contract with the Wizards. Scott Brooks was 338-207 in 7 seasons coaching the Oklahoma City Thunder, including three trips to the western conference finals [...]

Two NBA head coaching vacancies have now been filled. The Brooklyn Nets already hired Atlanta Hawks assistant Kenny Atkinson, a sneaky-great choice, and the Phoenix Suns have now named interim head coach Earl Watson their indefinite head honcho, per a team release that, by normal standards, went nearly unnoticed: The Phoenix Suns have reached an [...]

Mike Woodson may be coming to an NBA sideline near you…as a head coach…provided you live in Sacramento. As the Sacramento Kings begin their search for George Karl’s replacement, sources told The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Woodson looms as a serious candidate for the position: As part of a broad search process for a head [...]

Now that the NBA regular season is over, the New York Knicks can resume their rumor-mill prominence. What’s that, you say? Oh, they never left the rumor mill? Like not even for a millisecond? Okay then. Well, on that note, they won’t be leaving it anytime soon, either. The Knicks are now left to hire [...]