Alvin Gentry won’t return to the Sacramento Kings bench next season and the team will begin searching for their next season.
The Sacramento Kings won't bring back interim coach Alvin Gentry and are opening up a search for a new head coach, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 11, 2022
Gentry joined the Kings as an Associate Head Coach in 2020 and was promoted to interim head coach after the team fired Luke Walton one month into the season. As Gentry still has one more year in his contract, the team is discussing with him a role in the front office, according to Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN.
“The entire Kings organization is grateful for the leadership of Alvin Gentry, who stepped up when he got the call mid-season.” said the teams’s General Manager Monte McNair on a statement.
With Gentry, the Kings had a 24-41 record and were in the twelfth seed of the Western Conference.
Now, the team will spent the next weeks looking for a new head coach. Jason Anderson from the Sacramento Bee reported Mike D’Antoni, Mike Brown, Steve Clifford and Terry Stotts as potential candidates. Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN added Kenny Atkinson, Mark Jackson, and Bucks assistants Charles Lee and Darvin Ham to the list.
