The Hornets have added Lakers assistant Jordan Ott and former Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse to their list of head coaching candidates, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
Ott has been with the Lakers since Darvin Ham brought him in as an assistant in September 2022. He was previously on the Nets’ staff.
Stackhouse was hired by the Commodores in 2019 and fired last month. The former All-Star guard has also been an assistant with the Raptors and Grizzlies and was also the head coach of the G League 905 Raptors.
Rockets assistant Royal Ivey will also be interviewed, according to the Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen. Ivey was also a Nets assistant for three seasons before joining coach Ime Udoka with the Rockets this season. Ivey has also been an assistant with the Thunder and Knicks.
Denver’s David Adelman, Boston’s Charles Lee, Sacramento’s Jordi Fernandez, the Clippers’ Jay Larranaga, Phoenix’s Kevin Young and Kings G League coach Lindsey Harding have also been identified as candidates to be interviewed for Charlotte’s position. Steve Clifford announced prior to the end of the season that he’d be stepping down.
Stackhouse offered to cage fight the other candidates to differentiate himself.
Stack was fired this March or last March?
This March
This is not an impressive group. Hopefully, they’ll expand their search.
Everyone loved Stacks.
Mike D’Antoni has been interviewed twice for this job and twice they’ve gone another way. He is a point guard/ offensive proven commodity and since we are building around Melo and B Miller hire the guy and let’s at least have an exciting brand of ball that fans can enjoy. Stop acting like a JV NBA team and bring in a proven commodity.
Even though Stack had a bad run at Vandy, I always expected him to become a great coach during his 905 days. I think this might work, I would love seeing him get the opportunity to be a HC in the nba.