Like Darvin Ham or Ime Udoka, Sam Cassell passes interviews every summer to become a “head coach”, but unlike his colleagues, he has never managed to convince a franchise to hire him. This time, selon The Athleticit was the Jazz who decided to meet him, and the current Sixers assistant has a support of choice in the franchise since it was Danny Ainge who gave him his chance.
It was in 2009 in Boston. Still a player, Sam Cassell was unofficially assistant to Doc Rivers. The following season, the young retiree had joined the late Flip Saunders at the Wizards where he will play the mentors of John Wall. In 2014, he found Doc Rivers at the Clippers, and he has not left him since, accompanying him to Philadelphia for two seasons.
Sam Cassell joins a long list of potential candidates to succeed Quin Snyder with Jason Terry (G-League), Sean Sweeney (Mavs), Terry Stotts, Frank Vogel, Alex Jensen (Jazz), Lamar Skeeter (Jazz), Johnnie Bryant ( Knicks), Will Hardy (Celtics), Kevin Young (Suns), Chris Quinn (Heat), Adrian Griffin (Raptors), Charles Lee (Bucks) and Joe Mazzulla (Celtics).
