Spanish Coach Jordi Fernández Emerges as Top Candidate for Brooklyn Nets Head Coach Position

Apr 15, 2024, 11:40 p.m. ET

The Brooklyn Nets are thinking of Spanish Jordi Fernández to be the team’s new coach.

Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets’ choice to be the franchise’s next coach, parting ways amid a sweeping, month-long search that now has the Nets set to hire the Sacramento Kings’ top assistant.

The Brooklyn Nets are thinking of Spanish Jordi Fernández to be the team’s new coach. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO

Fernandez, 41, has been a rapidly rising coaching candidate over the past two years and will land the Nets head coaching job, sources revealed.

Fernandez will take over a Nets franchise that completed a 32-50 season under interim coach Kevin Ollie, his fifth coach since 2020.

Brooklyn is reshaping its team in the post-Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving era, signing Fernandez to revitalize a roster that includes Mikal Bridges, Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, Cameron Johnson and Noah Clowney.

Nets general manager Sean Marks has met with dozens of candidates in recent weeks and Fernandez recently moved forward to meet with owner Joe Tsai, sources added.

Fernandez was part of 2023 NBA Coach of the Year Mike Brown’s resurgence with the Kings and began building his head coaching candidacy in stops with the Denver Nuggets over six seasons under Michael Malone and with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Fernández’s medal-winning work as Canadian national coach at the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup caused league executives to begin further scrutiny of him as one of the league’s top young assistants.

Fernandez, a native of Barcelona, ​​Spain, interviewed for head coaching positions with the Toronto Raptors, Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks last year. Fernández has previously coached in national team programs in Spain and Nigeria.

2024-04-16 03:40:00
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