Former NBA center and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Sean Rooks has died today, 7 June 2016, at the age of 46. He had just completed an interview with the New York Knicks for an assistant-coaching position earlier in the day. He was one of head coach Brett Brown’s right hand men, a true player developer whose warmth and gentlemanly demeanor was the perfect disposition to work with the new arrivals to the NBA.
Rooks had taken the commuter train to New York and back on Tuesday to meet with Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek, general manager Steve Mills and president Phil Jackson about becoming an assistant coach.