The Cleveland Charge of the G League have actually promoted Chris Darnell to head coach, the group revealed in a news release.

Darnell will change Mike Gerrity, who signed up with the Cavaliers’ personnel of assistants under Kenny Atkinson.

“We thank Mike Gerrity for his leadership and successful two-year stretch as we are excited for this opportunity for Coach Darnell after all of his hard work and dedication to our organization over the last five seasons,” Charge basic supervisor Liron Fanan stated in a declaration.  “We know he is ready for the challenge to lead this team and put his own mark on our fantastic player development program.”

Darnell is a previous gamer advancement coach with the Cavs, signing up with the Charge as assistant head coach before the 2021-22 season.

“In that position over the last three years, he spearheaded the team’s offensive and defensive game-planning strategy, opponent scouting and on-court application of analytical data,” the group composed in the release. “The Charge had 11 player call-ups during Darnell’s three seasons as Associate Head Coach and was hands-on in development working with current Cavs players Sam Merrill, Emoni Bates, Dean Wade, Craig Porter Jr. and Pete Nance.”

Darnell has actually likewise invested one season with the Utah Jazz and 6 with the Phoenix Suns before that, “holding various roles from Basketball Ops Intern to Head Video Coordinator to Player Development Coach,” the Charge release read.

This news follows a statement from the Cavs earlier relating to Atkinson’s training personnel. We have that complete story here.