The Rockets on Tuesday were finalizing an agreement to promote Mahmoud Abdelfattah to be head coach for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, a person with knowledge of the team’s plans said.
The Vipers have scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m. to make the announcement.
Abdelfattah was an assistant on Joseph Blair’s staff last season when the Vipers won the G League championship. Blair since became an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Abdelfattah was an assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Cloud, before joining the Vipers as a basketball operations assistant in 2017-18, moving to the coaching staff the following season when former Vipers coach Matt Brase joined the Rockets’ coaching staff and Blair took over as head coach.