The Sacramento Kings introduced at present that Mike Woodson has been named affiliate head coach. Per group coverage, phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
“Mike Woodson brings a long time of teaching expertise to this workers,” stated head coach Doug Christie. “His influence will probably be extraordinarily helpful, and I’m wanting ahead to attending to work with him.”
Woodson joins the Kings after greater than 40 years within the NBA neighborhood. Woodson performed 11 seasons within the NBA (1980-1991), earlier than transitioning into teaching the place he served as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks (2004-2010) and New York Knicks (2012-2014), main each franchises to a number of playoff appearances. In 2021, he returned to his alma mater, Indiana College, as head coach of the boys’s basketball group.
He started his teaching profession as an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1996 and later held assistant roles with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Detroit Pistons, the place he helped lead the group to the 2004 NBA Championship. In 2004, he was named head coach of the Atlanta Hawks. Throughout his six-year tenure in Atlanta he led the Hawks to back-to-back 50-win seasons and three consecutive playoff appearances.
