After understanding a contract extension with head coach Mike Brown earlier this offseason, the Kings introduced some further teaching information on Monday, revealing in a press launch that Jay Triano has been promoted to affiliate head coach.
Triano, who has been on Brown’s employees as an assistant since 2022, has constructed a powerful teaching résumé over the past two-plus many years. He served as a head coach in Toronto (2008-11) and Phoenix (2017-18) and had stints as an assistant with the Raptors (2002-08), Path Blazers (2012-16), Suns (2016-17), and Hornets (2018-22) earlier than arriving in Sacramento.
Triano will take the place beforehand occupied by Jordi Fernandez, who left the Kings this spring to take the pinnacle teaching job in Brooklyn.
The Kings introduced just a few extra modifications to their teaching employees in Monday’s launch, confirming that former Path Blazers G League coach Jim Moran and Arizona Wildcats assistant Riccardo Fois have been employed as assistants below Brown. The additions of Moran and Fois had been each beforehand reported.
Sacramento additionally introduced the next promotions:
- Jawad Williams has been named assistant coach and director of participant improvement.
- Charles Allen has been named participant improvement coach.
- Dipesh Mistry has been named head video coordinator and participant improvement coach.
- Shandon Goldman has been named video assistant.