Kenny Atkinson

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For the English chef, see Kenny Atkinson (chef).

Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 166: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Kenneth Neil "Kenny" Atkinson (born June 2, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the head coach for the Brooklyn Nets. He previously served as the Director of Player Development for the Houston Rockets in 2007–08. Born in Huntington, New York, Atkinson played college basketball for University of Richmond, where he led the Spiders to a Sweet Sixteen berth in 1988.

Playing career

He had played professionally in Italy,[1] France,[2][3] Germany,[4][5] Spain[6] and the Netherlands[7][8] from 1990 to 2004. He had tryouts with several NBA teams, including the Knicks in summer of 1991.

NBA coaching career

Atkinson joined the New York Knicks coaching staff as an assistant coach on August 6, 2008.[9]

In 2012, after four seasons with the Knicks, he joined the Atlanta Hawks coaching staff.

Brooklyn Nets

On April 17, 2016, it was announced that Atkinson would take the head coach job with the Brooklyn Nets once the Hawks' season comes to an end.[10]

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Lega Basket Serie A stats
  2. ↑ LNB profile
  3. ↑ basketinfo.com profile
  4. ↑ BBL stats 2003
  5. ↑ BBL stats 1998-99
  6. ↑ Liga ACB profile
  7. ↑ NBB stats
  8. ↑ ULEB Cup stats
  9. ↑ Knicks Name Atkinson Assistant Coach
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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