The Los Angeles Lakers’ G-League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, have officially named Miles Simon as its new head coach, succeeding Coby Karl, who had held the job since 2016. Simon has been an assistant with the Lakers for the last four years and will maintain his role on Frank Vogel’s staff as well.
Simon has also served as the head coach of the Lakers’ summer league team on two different occasions and had previously served as an assistant at his alma mater, the University of Arizona.
South Bay President and CEO Jesse Buss touted the new hire and what he believes he will be bringing to the G-League franchise in the official announcement:
“We are extremely excited to have Miles lead the South Bay Lakers as our new head coach,” Buss said.