Monty Williams agreed to join the 76ers’ coaching staff as Brett Brown’s lead assistant coach.
Williams, 46, had served as the San Antonio Spurs vice president of basketball operations the last two seasons.
Williams, a former head coach of the New Orlean’s Pelicans and associate head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, reunites with Brown and with the Sixers. He played in 21 games for the team during the 2002-03 season. It was the final year of his nine-year playing career that also included stops with the New York Knicks, Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and Orlando Magic.
He’ll replace former Sixers assistant Lloyd Pierce, who accepted the head coaching job with the Atlanta Hawks.