Two more coaches have joined the list of candidates the Jazz intend to interview for their open head coaching position, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link), who reports that Frank Vogel and Lamar Skeeter are expected to sit down with the team.
Vogel coached the Lakers for the last three seasons, leading the team to a 127-98 (.564) regular season record and a 2020 championship before being dismissed in April. He reportedly interviewed with the Hornets following his exit from Los Angeles, but isn’t believed to be a finalist for Charlotte’s job.
Unlike Vogel, who has coached over 800 regular season games in Indiana, Orlando, and L.A., Skeeter doesn’t have any NBA head coaching experience, though he did coach the Jazz’s Summer League team in 2019. He has been a member of Utah’s staff for the last eight years, initially in a player development/video role and more recently as an assistant on Quin Snyder‘s staff.
Vogel and Skeeter are the seventh and eighth candidates reported to be getting interviews with the Jazz. Terry Stotts, Alex Jensen, Will Hardy, Johnnie Bryant, Charles Lee, and Joe Mazzulla are also said to be meeting with the team, while veteran assistants Adrian Griffin and Kevin Young have been mentioned as possible candidates too.
We’re keeping tabs on Utah’s head coaching search – and Charlotte’s – in our 2022 head coach search tracker.
Tricky Ricky Pitino living/working in SLC as the next Jazz head coach is tailor made for at least a half dozen seasons of classic sitcom humor. Let’s reunite him w/ Spida & why not give Rick Jr the head assistant job while we’re at it
I hope Griffin gets a chance. He has been in line a long time.
Vogel would be a great option
I’d like to see the Knicks hold onto Bryant, having nothing to do with DM. The latter narrative is ridiculous, really, Players don’t follow coaches. Today, in fact, they pick or veto coaches.
Bryant would, however, be a good choice for the Jazz if they want to do a rebuild or are otherwise OK with not making a splash (whatever that means). If they come back with the same group, then a guy like Vogel might be a better fit.
Plenty to choose from it seems.
It might work out for the best yet.