The Chicago Bulls have employed Quincy Pondexter as the brand new head coach of their NBA G League affiliate, the Windy Metropolis Bulls, in keeping with Ok.C. Johnson of the Chicago Sports activities Community.
Pondexter, 38, is getting into his first skilled head-coaching position after spending a number of years as a school assistant.
The previous NBA participant appeared for 5 groups between 2010 and 2019, together with a stint with Chicago.
After his enjoying profession, Pondexter joined the teaching workers at his alma mater, Washington, the place he labored as an assistant from 2021 to 2024.
He later spent a season at USC earlier than returning to Washington final yr.
Pondexter beforehand spoke about his ambition to ultimately turn out to be an NBA head coach.
Taking cost of Windy Metropolis provides him a possibility to maneuver nearer to that aim whereas making an attempt to show round a crew that has posted dropping information in every of the previous three seasons.
He replaces Billy Donovan III, who coached the Windy Metropolis Bulls for the earlier two seasons.
Donovan’s father, former Bulls head coach Billy Donovan, left Chicago after final season and is ready to function the Spurs’ lead assistant.
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