Monty Williams will not be returning to the NBA sidelines this upcoming season. Instead, he will be taking his powers to the front office of one of the most important organizations in the NBA.
Williams left the Oklahoma City Thunder shortly after the tragic death of his wife. Williams displayed strength and perseverance after his wife’s passing and took his time to return to the NBA. He came back into the fold of coaching this past summer with the USA Men’s Basketball team as an assistant.
There were some rumblings about his future with the San Antonio Spurs and it now appears he has a job with the organization. Not as a coach but instead as the team’s Vice President of Basketball operations.
The Spurs reported Williams’ hiring on their site along with a whole handful of other staff additions.
The San Antonio Spurs today announced multiple additions and promotions to the basketball operations staff. Brian Wright joins the organization as assistant general manager while Monty Williams comes on as vice president of basketball operations.
Phil Cullen joins the Spurs staff as director of basketball strategy and Pat Sund has been named pro personnel scout/Austin Spurs assistant general manager. Nick Repole joins the Silver and Black as director of basketball of basketball information systems while Landry Fields has been named a college scout.
In addition, the following members of the Spurs basketball operations department have received promotions: Will Hardy has been elevated to assistant coach while Andy Birdsong has been promoted to director of pro player personnel/Austin Spurs general manager.
Brandon James has been elevated to assistant general counsel/director of basketball administration and Dave Telep has been promoted to director of scouting. Xavi Schelling is now the team’s director of sports science and athletic performance while Niraj Mulji has been elevated to basketball operations manager. Dutch Gaitley has been promoted to video coordinator.
