PLAYA VISTA – The latest move in the shakeup of the Clippers’ coaching staff comes on the developmental side. Dave Severns, who has been with the team since 2010, and the Clippers are parting ways, clearing a spot for development guru John Welch to join Doc Rivers’ staff.
“He pushes you – if you do a Welch workout, you know it,” Corey Brewer told the Denver Post in 2012. “He’s the hardest-working coach I’ve ever played with. He’s there every day, constantly wants to work you out, tries to get you better.”
Already this offseason, Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ “defensive coordinator,” moved into a front-office position and Kevin Eastman, a longtime assistant with Rivers’ teams, retired.