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In 2013, Fernández served as an assistant coach for Spain's U19 men's national team. [13] From 2017 until 2019, he worked as an assistant coach on the Spanish men's national team. [14] Fernández was an assistant coach for the Nigeria national team under Mike Brown at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [15]
In 2000, Igor Kokoškov from Serbia became the first non-American to hold a full-time assistant coach position in the NBA. [1] In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff. [2] In 2018, he became the first fully European head coach in the NBA. [3]
On June 27, 2023, Sacramento Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernández was hired to replace Nick Nurse as Team Canada's head coach. [11] [12] Leading up to the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Canada Basketball announced a five-game exhibition series where they would play matches in Germany and Spain, against some of the top nations in the world.
Once the 2024-25 season begins, Fernandez, 41, will make NBA history as the first Spanish-born head coach. Before joining the Nets, the Badalona, Spain, native spent the prior two seasons as ...
Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernandez looks up at the end of the National Anthem before the Kings play against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the NBA basketball game Saturday, March ...
Jordi Fernandez, 41, ... Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk (0) talks with associate head coach Jordi Fernandez during an NBA game between the Sacramento Kings and the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, Jan ...
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.
Kings head coach Mike Brown won the league’s Coach of the Year award during that campaign, too. Fernandez then helped the Kings finish with a 46-36 record this season and earn a spot in the NBA ...