The Dallas Mavericks are pursuing ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy for an assistant coaching position, per NBA reporter Marc Stein.
“I’m also told that [the Mavericks] plan to gauge Jeff Van Gundy’s interest in a potential return to the bench as an aide to Kidd after 15-plus years in broadcasting,” Stein writes in his newsletter.
The former New York Knicks and Houston Rockets head coach hasn’t been on the sidelines for more than 15 years, but his name has occasionally surfaced in head coaching searches over the years.
Van Gundy spent time as an assistant under Pat Riley with the Knicks, and took over as head coach in New York when Riley’s replacement, Don Nelson, was fired.