Cleveland Cavaliers | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Northport, New York, U.S. | June 2, 1967
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Anthony's (South Huntington, New York) |
College | Richmond (1986–1990) |
NBA draft | 1990: undrafted |
Playing career | 1990–2004 |
Position | Point guard |
Coaching career | 2004–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1990–1991 | Wichita Falls Texans |
1991 | Long Island Surf |
1991–1992 | Wichita Falls Texans |
1993–1995 | Real Canoe NC |
1995 | Vino de Toro Zamora |
1995–1996 | Baloncesto Salamanca |
1996–1997 | Calpe Aguas de Valencia |
1997–1998 | Pasta Baronia Napoli |
1998–1999 | SG Braunschweig |
1999–2000 | Montpellier Paillade Basket |
2000–2001 | AS Golbey Épinal |
2001 | FC Mulhouse Basket |
2001–2002 | Hermine de Nantes Atlantique |
2002 | ALM Évreux Basket |
2003 | DJK Würzburg |
2003 | Demon Astronauts |
2003–2004 | Hermine de Nantes Atlantique |
As coach: | |
2004–2006 | Paris Basket Racing (assistant) |
2008–2012 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
2012–2016 | Atlanta Hawks (assistant) |
2016–2020 | Brooklyn Nets |
2020–2021 | Los Angeles Clippers (assistant) |
2021–2024 | Golden State Warriors (assistant) |
2023–present | France (assistant) |
2024–present | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Career highlights and awards | |
As assistant coach: | |
Kenneth Neil Atkinson (born June 2, 1967) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets from 2016 to 2020. Atkinson was born in Huntington, New York and played college basketball for University of Richmond leading the Spiders to a Sweet Sixteen berth in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1988.
Atkinson averaged 18.9 points per game during his senior season at Richmond [1] [2] and played professionally in Italy, [3] France, [4] [5] Germany, [6] [7] Spain, [8] and the Netherlands [9] [10] from 1993 to 2004. He had tryouts with several NBA teams including the Knicks in summer of 1991. He was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
Atkinson joined the New York Knicks coaching staff as an assistant coach under Mike D'Antoni on August 6, 2008. [11]
In 2012 after four seasons with the Knicks, he joined the Atlanta Hawks coaching staff under Mike Budenholzer. On April 17, 2016, it was announced that Atkinson become the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets after the Hawks' season ended. [12]
Atkinson made his NBA head coaching debut on October 26, 2016, in a 122–117 loss to the Boston Celtics. [13] He got his first win as an NBA head coach two days later when the Nets defeated the Indiana Pacers 103–94. [14] The Nets finished the season with a 20–62 record, with a 0–10 record in February 2017.
Brook Lopez left the team in Atkinson's second season; Lopez was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in an off-season deal. The Nets were competitive for the early part of the season before going 1–9 in February, ending any chance to be in the playoffs. They finished the season with a 28–54 record, which was an eight-game improvement from the previous season.
In Atkinson's third season with the Nets he led the team to a 42–40 record, winning 14 games more than the previous season, and a playoff berth with the sixth seed. The Nets lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in five games in the first round of the playoffs.
In Atkinson's fourth season with the Nets he led the team to a 28–34 record, before stepping down as head coach on March 7, 2020. [15]
On November 16, 2020, Atkinson was hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers under head coach Tyronn Lue. [16]
On August 13, 2021, the Golden State Warriors hired Atkinson as an assistant coach. [17] He won his first NBA championship as the Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in six games in the 2022 NBA Finals. During the NBA Finals, the Charlotte Hornets offered Atkinson the position of head coach, [18] but he reportedly turned it down after informally agreeing to take the job. [19] [20] On February 12, 2024, Atkinson coached the Warriors to a 129–107 victory against the Utah Jazz while head coach Steve Kerr attended Dejan Milojević's funeral in Serbia. [21] [22]
On June 28, 2024, Atkinson was hired by the Cleveland Cavaliers as head coach. [23]
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Brooklyn | 2016–17 | 82 | 20 | 62 | .244 | 5th in Atlantic | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
Brooklyn | 2017–18 | 82 | 28 | 54 | .341 | 5th in Atlantic | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
Brooklyn | 2018–19 | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 4th in Atlantic | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost in First Round |
Brooklyn | 2019–20 | 62 | 28 | 34 | .452 | (resigned) | — | — | — | — | — |
Career | 308 | 118 | 190 | .383 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 |
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