Nuggets To Hire Dave Joerger As Top Assistant Coach

The Nuggets will rent Dave Joerger to be the highest assistant coach underneath head coach David AdelmanShams Charania of ESPN experiences (via Twitter).

Mark Stein reported a pair weeks in the past that Denver was seen as an “increasingly likely” touchdown spot for Joerger, who has been an NBA assistant or head coach since 2007. Joerger interviewed in June for the lead assistant place, as Stein previously reported.

Joerger, who additionally drew curiosity from Australia’s Melbourne United and EuroLeague workforce Paris Basketball, determined to remain within the NBA in an assistant position fairly than making the transfer abroad.

The 52-year-old spent a number of years as an assistant in Memphis earlier than being promoted to the Grizzlies’ head coach within the 2013 offseason. He compiled a 147-99 file (.598 win-loss share) in three years because the Grizzlies prime coach, making the playoffs on every event, earlier than being let go in May 2016.

Joerger was shortly employed by Sacramento and spent the subsequent three seasons because the Kings’ head coach, going 98-148 (.398) earlier than being fired in 2019. He has spent the previous a number of years as an assistant in Philadelphia and — most lately — Milwaukee.

The Nuggets have been on the lookout for an skilled No. 2 coach underneath Adelman, a longtime assistant who took over as Denver’s head coach when Michael Malone was fired final April. The Nuggets went 54-28 final season and entered the playoffs because the third seed within the Western Conference, however have been eradicated within the first spherical of the playoffs by Minnesota.