Kings promote Jay Triano to associate head coach

After working out a contract extension with head coach Mike Brown earlier this offseason, the Kings announced some additional coaching news on Monday, revealing in a press release that Jay Triano has been promoted to associate head coach.

Triano, who has been on Brown’s staff as an assistant since 2022, has built an impressive coaching resume over the last two-plus decades. He served as a head coach in Toronto (2008-2011) and Phoenix (2017-2018) and had stints as an assistant with the Raptors (2002-2008), Trail Blazers (2012-2016), Suns (2016-2017) and Hornets (2018-2022) before arriving in Sacramento.

Triano will take the position previously occupied by Jordi Fernandez, who left the Kings this spring to take the head-coaching job in Brooklyn.

The Kings announced a few more changes to their coaching staff in Monday’s release, confirming that former Trail Blazers G League coach Jim Moran and Arizona Wildcats assistant Riccardo Fois have been hired as assistants under Brown. The additions of Moran and Fois were both previously reported.

Sacramento also announced the following promotions:

• Jawad Williams has been named assistant coach and director of player development.
• Charles Allen has been named player development coach.
• Dipesh Mistry has been named head video coordinator and player development coach.
• Shandon Goldman has been named video assistant.