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Jordi Fernández Torres (born December 27, 1982) is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coaching career [ edit ]
Here are three things to know about Brooklyn's new head coach: Jordi Fernandez is first Spanish-born NBA head coach. December 16, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings associate head ...
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]
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 ...
Jordi Fernandez, 41, has been regarded as one of the NBA’s best young assistant coaches over the past few years. Report: Brooklyn Nets hiring Sacramento Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez as head coach
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.
Fernandez will now be the Nets' fourth full-time head coach since 2020. Vaughn, a longtime assistant in the organization, took over for Steve Nash after he was fired just seven games into last season.
In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than the assistant coaches. Lenny Wilkens has coached the most regular season games. He has coached 2,487 games with six teams in 32 seasons. Gregg Popovich has won the most regular season games with 1,388.