Johnathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle and Adrian Wojnarowsky of ESPN are both reporting that Jeff Bzdelik is the Houston Rockets “Once and Future Defensive Coach”.
According to the reports Bzdelik will rejoin the Rockets at the end of the month of November and resume his duties as the defensive mind behind the Rockets. According to the reports, his retirement was related to personal issues, rather than basketball ones. Evidently those issues will be resolved well enough for Bzdelik to return to coaching for the Rockets. It also seems Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta has been in frequent contact with Bzdelik, urging him to return to the team.