Cavaliers Reveal Complete Coaching And Support Staff For Kenny Atkinson

New head coach Kenny Atkinson will be leading the Cavaliers from the sideline, however he won’t be the only voice at practice and on the bench. Kenny Atkinson, NBA, Cavaliers, Cavs

The Cavs exposed as much Thursday, formally revealing the list of assistants and support personnel.

That list: Johnnie Bryant as associate head coach and Jordan Ott, Mike Gerrity, DeMarre Carroll, Trevor Hendry, Omar Cook, Bryan Tibaldi and Nate Reinking as assistants.

Also, called to the assistance personnel: Alex Sarama as director of gamer advancement and Patrick Licursi as advance scout. DJ Ham has actually been called gamer development/video assistant, Andrew Olson as shooting coach and Austin Peterson as supervisor of training analytics. Along with all that, the Cavaliers have actually likewise employed Aaron Robinson and Luke Webb as video assistants, in addition to Adrian Culea as special assistant to the head coach.

Atkinson, 57, gets here to the Cavaliers from the one-time competitor Golden State Warriors, investing the previous 3 seasons as an assistant under previous Cavs guard Steve Kerr. Before that, he served one year as an assistant under ex-Cavs coach Tyronn Lue (2020-21).

Atkinson’s just previous run as a head coach included the Brooklyn Nets, assisting a relatively undermanned group to a 118-190 record in three-plus seasons (2016-20). He was the last coach fired in 2020 before the season closed down due to the fact that of the coronavirus.

The Cavs are relying greatly on Atkinson and the brand-new training personnel, considered that they are returning most of the lineup and are among simply 3 groups that have actually not signed an outdoors complimentary representative to a basic agreement.

They completed 48-34 last season, sufficient for 4th location in the Eastern Conference, advancing to the conference semifinals before losing to the Boston Celtics.

They pointer off the 2024-25 preseason with Media Day on Sept. 30, before heading to IMG Academy in Florida for the very first week of training school. The Cavaliers will deal with the Chicago Bulls in the house in an exhibit video game on Oct. 8.