Sixers Name Mike D'Antoni As Associate Head Coach
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Philadelphia 76ers Friday announced the team has agreed to terms with Mike D'Antoni to become Associate Head Coach.
The Sixers have named Mike D'Antoni as Associate Head Coach. » https://t.co/OfDxhfQ3mk pic.twitter.com/SOVKGLUXzB
— Philadelphia 76ers (@Sixers) December 18, 2015
D'Antoni, 64, has been out of the NBA since stepping down from his head coaching position with the Los Angeles Lakers after the 2013-14 season. Previously, D'Antoni was the head coach of the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, and New York Knicks. His most success came with the Suns (2003-2008), where D'Antoni went 253-136 which included two 60-win seasons and consecutive Western Conference Finals appearances.
D'Antoni became known his fast-paced, three-point reliant offensive system.
The hire comes six days after the Sixers gave head coach Brett Brown a two-year extension and less than two weeks after naming Jerry Colangelo as the team's chairman of operations.