Associate head coach Kevin Young plans to remain with the Suns under new head coach Frank Vogel, and he will be getting a new contract that will make him the highest-paid assistant in the league, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Young will earn more than $2MM per year in the role, according to Wojnarowski, who notes that Phoenix was determined to keep the veteran assistant rather than having him join Monty Williams in Detroit.
Young had been a finalist for the head coaching job along with Vogel and Doc Rivers, with the position ultimately going to Vogel.
Young also interviewed for the vacancies in Houston, Toronto and Milwaukee this spring. The Raptors’ coaching search is still ongoing, but it seems Young is no longer a candidate.
The 41-year-old has been with Phoenix since 2020 as an assistant under Williams, who was fired after a second consecutive second-round playoff ouster. Young was also an assistant with Philadelphia from 2016-20.
Dude got into coaching at 18 huh nice
Since 2000 sheesh
They meant 2020.
Thanks, yeah. Typo.
Good news for Lakers, some Phil Handy rumors were circulating recently
I wonder if Doc Rivers could return to the Sixers as an assistant coach
I mean they are still paying him
Maybe that would be weird
Is it rational to consider that Ishbia is actually paying Young annually MORE $$ than Vogel? Ishbia just saved $21MM from Monty being hired by DET and turned around and gave that $21MM + $10MM to Vogel over 5 years. He’s $2MM out of pocket for Vogel basically.