By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Igor Kokoskov has signed a deal to become Quin Snyder’s top assistant with the Atlanta Hawks, sources tell ESPN.
The Serbian coach spent a year as the Suns’ head coach and previously worked for Snyder on his Utah Jazz and Missouri staffs.
On 2 May 2018, Kokoskov was hired as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, returning to the team he was previously with from 2008 to 2013. He became the first head coach born and raised outside of North America in NBA history.
His NBA career started in 2000 with the Clippers after that he worked for the Pistons, Suns, Cavaliers, Magic, Jazz, Kings, Mavericks, and Nets.
He had a short stint in EuroLeague when he coached Fenerbahce in 2020/21.
As the head coach of the national team of Slovenia, he won the EuroBasket gold medal in 2017. with Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic on the court.