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Jason Terry leaving Arizona to coach Nuggets’ G League team

Jason Terry is leaving his Arizona assistant coaching position to be the head coach of the Denver Nuggets’ new G League team—the Grand Rapids Gold—according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Jason Terry is finalizing a deal to become the new head of the Grand Rapids Gold, the new G League affiliate of the Denver Nuggets, sources tell ESPN. Terry has been an assistant at the University of Arizona. He played 19 years in the NBA.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 19, 2021

Terry, a former All-American and member of Arizona’s 1997 national championship team, was hired by Sean Miller prior to the 2020-21 season and retained by new head coach Tommy Lloyd this spring.