The NBA Playoffs are still in full swing and the Utah Jazz are doing their best to shock the world against the West’s top-seeded Houston Rockets. However, the team has already incurred a major offseason loss for the second consecutive year.
Igor Kokoskov — the top assistant to Jazz coach Quin Snyder — has officially accepted an offer from the Phoenix Suns to become their 19th head coach. Kokoskov previously spent five years with the Suns from 2008-13 as an assistant. It was during that time that he became an American citizen.
When he begins his tenure as the Suns’ head coach, he’ll make history as the first-ever non-American to lead an NBA bench on a full-time basis.