Former Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach, and brief interim head coach, Kaleb Canales has been named associate head coach of Mexico’s national team according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Longtime NBA assistant Kaleb Canales has been named the associate head coach for Mexico’s national basketball team, sources tell ESPN. Canales will assist Mexico in the upcoming FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Cup.
Canales was the NBA’s first Mexican-American head coach with Portland in 2012, and more recently has been an assistant coach with the Mavericks, Knicks and Pacers.