Kings hire Jenny Boucek as Assistant Player Development Coach

With the season underway, the Kings keep making moves to strengthen their staff, bringing in former coach of the Sacramento Monarchs, Jenny Boucek. Per the Kings, Boucek will join Joerger’s staff Assistant Player Development coach. This is Boucek’s first job in the NBA. After an injury cut short her professional playing career in 1999, she landed her first coaching job as an assistant with the Washington Mystics, and spent nearly two decades around the WNBA as both a head coach and assistant.

Boucek should prove to be a valuable addition to the Kings bench. Aside from her tenure with the Monarchs, Boucek also served as head coach for the Seattle Storm, where she was recently let go. As an…