Lakers Assistant Coaches
Losing an experienced coach like hollins is a tough pill to swallow for the lakers.
Lakers assistant coaches. On friday former lakers assistant coach and current utah valley head coach mark madsen talked with cbs sports radio host zach gelb about the tumultuous 2018 19 season in los angeles. Simon returns for his third season with the lakers after playing a key role in the team s on. The lakers still bring an experienced and deep coaching staff to the orlando restart with frank vogel and the head coach jason kidd as his lead assistant plus phil handy miles simon mike.
Lakers assistant coach lionel hollins deemed a higher risk individual due to underlying medical conditions will not join the team next week for the restart of the nba season a source confirms. In 291 games as head coach of the milwaukee bucks kidd held a 139 152. Los angeles lakers general manager mitch kupchak announced today that paul pressey jim eyen and mark madsen will serve as assistant coaches on byron scott s staff while clay moser larry lewis.
The 66 year old assistant has led the brooklyn nets and memphis grizzlies to the playoffs in the past. A native of san leandro handy returns to the lakers after spending 2011 13 as an assistant coach. Madsen has served as an assistant coach with the lakers for the past two seasons and spent the 2013 14 season behind the bench as a player development coach for the organization.
Madsen was apart of a coaching staff that traversed through lebron james first season with playoff aspirations trade rumors and an abrupt resignation at the end of the year. An nba fixture shared with me in the spring that los angeles lakers assistant coach phil handy could be a nets coaching option and shared that kyrie irving and handy were very close in.
