Head Coach

Mark Jackson, come on down. You’re the next contestant on “Whose name will be thrown into the New York Knicks’ head coaching rumor mill?” Congratulations. Here’s Tommy Dee for SNY.TV: Phil Jackson has called on one of New York’s own to gauge interest in guiding the team’s rebuilding process from the sidelines. A source close [...]

Jason Kidd comes across as very mild-mannered, unassuming and easy to get along with. But clearly, that’s far from what he actually is, according to some. His exit from Brooklyn was both surprising and puzzling, as he was out of a job seemingly overnight. Reports indicated that management thought he was cocky, arrogant and demanded [...]

Ever since firing Derek Fisher part-way through the season, Phil Jackson has been non-committal on his next head coaching move. He has endorsed Kurt Rambis as the coach, but it has never come across as too convincing. In particular, Tom Thibodeau’s name has been raised but Jackson hasn’t said as much. But is David Blatt [...]

Jay Wright is the hottest coaching name in basketball right now after leading a small, not supremely talented Villanova team to the national championship. Unsurprisingly with a slew of NBA head coaching vacancies this offseason, his name has surfaced in the NBA coaching rumor mill. [tweet https://twitter.com/hoopshype/status/718103049626103809] The Suns fired former head coach Jeff Hornacek [...]

Here’s something you don’t hear everyday. Jason Terry, though still playing for the Houston Rockets, interviewed with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to become their next head coach, as relayed to us by Terry himself through Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston: Terry said the interview took place on Thursday in Houston, site [...]

Where will Kevin Durant end up? That’s what we all want to know and maybe he hasn’t made up his mind yet. But what we do know is that the Knicks are on his short list. Allegedly. But has that changed? KD and Derek Fisher were teammates a few years ago in OKC and were [...]

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, the Phoenix Suns fired Head Coach Jeff Hornacek once the team arrived back at their facilities last night after a 91-78 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, their 19th loss in their last 21 games. The Phoenix Suns fired coach Jeff Hornacek, league sources tell The Vertical. — Adrian [...]

All of those years in the NBA have apparently caught up to Jason Kidd. The 42 year-old Bucks head coach is being forced to take a leave of absence from the team in order to undergo hip surgery. This comes at a bad time for the Bucks as they are underachieving with an 11-18 record [...]

Former NBA players that turn into head coaches were usually journeymen who had middling careers. At least the successful ones are. It’s rare that you’ll see an all-time great player become a great head coach. That’s primarily because most players aren’t as good as they were, so they have a tough time understanding why all [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This morning THD’s Dan Favale discussed Carmelo Anthony vs. Mike D’Antoni. As it turns out ‘Melo won that battle and will now be likely facing criticism from some that he forced out his coach. Then again, that will only hold up if Melo can turn things around under [...]