Utah Jazz request permission to interview Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney, report says

Another group is within the providers of Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Sean Sweeney.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday, the Utah Jazz have requested permission to interview Sweeney for the group’s vacant head teaching place.

Quin Snyder resigned Sunday as coach of the Jazz, ending an eight-year run of standard season success however with the group by no means getting previous the second spherical of the playoffs in his tenure.

Snyder guided the Utah Jazz to six consecutive playoff appearances, was an NBA coach of the yr finalist simply final season and received almost 60% of his video games with the franchise. But after one other early playoff exit, dropping in six video games to Dallas on this first spherical this postseason, he determined that was sufficient.

He went 372-264 with the Jazz, his successful share of .585 rating as 18th-best amongst NBA coaches who’ve labored for at the least that lengthy. He’s considered one of solely two coaches to have a successful file with the Jazz, Jerry Sloan being the opposite.

The Charlotte Hornets additionally requested to interview Sweeney for a similar place final month.

Sweeney joined the Mavericks over the 2021 offseason as a part of the brand new workers underneath incoming head coach Jason Kidd, and is basically credited for Dallas’ defensive turnaround this season which noticed an increase from No. 8 in scoring protection to No. 2, the best end in franchise historical past.

Sweeney had beforehand served as an assistant within the NBA for eight seasons, together with each of Kidd’s final two stops as a head coach — first on Kidd’s workers with the Brooklyn Nets (2013-14), then with the Milwaukee Bucks (2014-18).

The Associated Press contributed to this submit.

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