The Clippers have officially announced Tyronn Lue‘s coaching staff for the 2020-21 season, confirming Monday in a press release that former Heat assistant Dan Craig has come aboard as L.A.’s associate head coach.
The team has also hired Kenny Atkinson, Chauncey Billups, Larry Drew and former Bulls assistant Roy Rogers as assistant coaches. Rogers, who was let go by Chicago earlier this fall, reportedly drew interest from Doc Rivers in Philadelphia but will instead join Rivers’ old team.
Previous reports indicated that Craig, Atkinson, Billups and Drew would be part of Lue’s staff.
Cam Hodges, Shaun Fein, Beau Levesque and Dahntay Jones — who played for Lue in Cleveland in 2016 and 2017 — will also be part of the new-look staff in various coaching and player development roles, according to the team. Additionally, L.A. retained assistants Jeremy Castleberry and Brendan O’Connor, and Andrew Greif of The Los Angeles Times tweets that player development assistant Natalie Nakase will remain part of the coaching staff.
“We have assembled a strong and experienced group of coaches with diverse backgrounds and perspectives,” Lue said in a statement. “They will provide our players with every opportunity to improve individually and excel as a team. As coaches, their skillsets are different, but they are all great teachers with a passion for player development, who understand how to impart their knowledge. I couldn’t be more excited to get on the court with this group.”
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