Former College of Utah basketball participant and Utah Jazz assistant Johnnie Bryant because the Jazz and the Miami Warmth play NBA basketball Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Salt Lake Metropolis. Tom Sensible, Deseret Information
Because the Utah Jazz start the method of figuring out the one who will exchange Quin Snyder as head coach of the franchise, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Tuesday night time that, per sources, the staff has obtained permission to interview a bunch of present assistant coaches across the NBA.
Such must occur when coaches are at the moment underneath contract with one other staff.
Wojnarowski’s checklist is as follows:
- New York Knicks affiliate head coach Johnnie Bryant.
- Boston Celtics assistant coach Will Hardy.
- Boston Celtics assistant coach Joe Mazzulla.
- Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach Charles Lee.
Wojnarowski reported that Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen and former Portland Path Blazers coach Terry Stotts may even be among the many first group to interview for the job.
Wojnarowski added that “the checklist will develop longer with assistants and former head coaches; anticipate a prolonged, wide-open course of.”
ESPN Sources: The Jazz obtained permission to interview a number of assistant coaches for head job, together with Johnnie Bryant (Knicks), Will Hardy (Celtics), Charles Lee (Bucks), and Joe Mazzulla (Celtics). Jazz assistant Alex Jensen and Terry Stotts will interview too.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 7, 2022
Most of those names have been reported by varied retailers — together with the Deseret Information — as being potential candidates for the job, though Mazzulla is believed to be a brand new one.
Mazzulla, 33, has been an assistant with the Celtics since 2019, when Jazz CEO Danny Ainge was with that group (Hardy was employed final 12 months after Ainge left).
He performed collegiately at West Virginia and commenced his teaching profession quickly after his enjoying days have been over.