Mavericks announce 2025-26 coaching staff

The Mavericks have officially confirmed head coach Jason Kidd‘s staff for the 2025-26 season, announcing a press release ( via X).

Here are the new hires, all of whom are assistant coaches:

• Former Pacers, Magic, Lakers and Suns head coach Frank Vogel will be Kidd’s top assistant, with an official title of associate head coach (our story). Vogel, who won a title as the Lakers’ top coach in 2020, was a coaching consultant for Dallas last season.
• Jay Triano , a veteran assistant who spent the past three years with Sacramento and had prior head coaching jobs with Toronto and Phoenix. He will reportedly be the No. 2 assistant under Kidd.
• Ex-NBA forward Popeye Jones, who played with Kidd for two years in Dallas, is another new assistant. Since transitioning to coaching in 2007, Jones has spent time with the Mavericks as a player development coach (2007-10) and with the Nets (2010-13), Pacers (2013-20), Sixers (2020-21), and Nuggets (2021-25) as an assistant. The 55-year-old will reportedly be the No. 3 assistant and focus on defense.
• Phil Handy, a former Cavaliers, Raptors and Lakers assistant. Handy’s teams have won three championships during his coaching career (one apiece with Cleveland, Toronto and Los Angeles).
• Mike Penberthy, a former professional player who has had NBA coaching jobs with the Wolves, Pelicans, Lakers and — most recently — the Nuggets.
• Dru Anthrop, who most recently was an assistant on Vogel’s staff in Phoenix during the 2023-24 campaign. Anthrop was previously a video coordinator with the Magic, Grizzlies and Lakers (he also had a player development role in L.A.).
• Jordan Sears is rejoining the staff after spending the past two years as head coach of the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, the Dallas Legends. He was the Mavs’ head video coordinator from 2021-23 and was a video intern and assistant video coordinator with Milwaukee from 2019-21.

Eric Hughes, Josh Broghamer and Keith Veney will return as assistant coaches, per the announcement.