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The Charlotte Hornets are finalizing head coach Charles Lee’s coaching staff. Lee’s bench will include assistant coaches Lamar Skeeter, Josh Longstaff, Chris Jent, Ryan Frazier, Zach Peterson, Matt Hill, and Blaine Mueller, league sources told HoopsHype.
The Atlanta Hawks today announced their roster for the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2021 in Las Vegas, taking place Sunday, Aug. 8 through Tuesday, Aug. 17. Assistant Coach Matt Hill will serve as head coach of the Hawks' summer league squad and will be assisted by Hawks' assistant coaches Jamelle McMillan and Marlon Garnett, along with College Park SkyHawks Head Coach Steve Gansey.
Sarah K. Spencer: Also, Hawks assistant coach Matt Hill will be the team's Summer League coach.
Hawks add Joe Prunty, Jamelle McMillan to coaching staff
Chris Kirschner: The Hawks have announced the hirings of Joe Prunty and Jamelle McMillan to Nate McMillan’s coaching staff. Chris Jent, Marlon Garnett and Matt Hill have been retained.
Pierce and the Hawks are trying to be leaders in Atlanta for change. For the past several days, Pierce has been in several meetings with his coaching staff and the front office to discuss injustice. Pierce was visibly emotional in his meeting with his assistants Thursday, and Chris Jent said he was embarrassed and disgusted in himself for being a white man who hasn’t done more to create change. After the meeting, Jent had a conversation with his teenage daughter about systemic racism and how she can avoid becoming Amy Cooper one day. Matt Hill, a normally quiet assistant, spoke out more than he has in his two seasons in Atlanta and also said he wants to do more for the community.
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The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club has named Melvin Hunt, Chris Jent, Greg Foster, Marlon Garnett and Matt Hill as assistant coaches on Head Coach Lloyd Pierce’s coaching staff. Nate Babcock has also been added as Special Assistant to the Head Coach. “When we set out to assemble a staff, we were looking for A-plus talent and A-plus people, and that speaks to the individuals we added,” said Pierce. “These coaches embody what we’re looking for in terms of character and credibility, and will help us grow our program and our organization. They will be great teachers and mentors for the players they’ll be working with and great representatives for the Hawks.”
Josh Robbins: Matt Hill, the lone assistant coach retained by the Magic from Frank Vogel's staff, will join the Atlanta Hawks as an assistant coach. Hill got his start with the Magic in 2012 as a video analyst in the basketball operations department.
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