Knicks Coaching Search: New York to Formally Interview Taylor Jenkins, Mike Brown Next Week, per Reports
- The New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on June 3, 2025, after losing in the Eastern Conference finals to the Indiana Pacers.
- Thibodeau was dismissed after guiding the Knicks to their deepest playoff run in a quarter-century, though he was unable to break the team's 52-year championship drought.
- The Knicks are scheduled to conduct formal interviews next week with Mike Brown, who previously coached the Sacramento Kings, and Taylor Jenkins, who was the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies.
- Jenkins, 40, posted a 250-214 record over six seasons with Memphis, while Brown, 55, has 11 seasons coaching experience with a 454-304 record and two NBA Coach of the Year awards.
- These interviews mark the Knicks' first formal steps in a stalled coaching search amid denials to interview other candidates like Jason Kidd, suggesting continued efforts to fill the vacancy.
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Mike Brown, Taylor Jenkins Reportedly Eyed More Seriously by Knicks amid HC Search
Having already been rebuffed by five different teams in their requests to interview replacements for Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks may finally be ready to start looking outside the realm of currently employed coaches in their search for a new bench boss.
New coach in the big block? Knicks will start talks with Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins The New York team fired Tom Thibodeau after playing the Eastern Conference Finals Sat, 14/06/2025 - 16:25 The Knicks never cease to amaze the world. First, the New York ensemble arrived at the East Conference Finals for the first time in 25 years, which ultimately lost to Indiana Pacers. Then, they fired one of the creators of such a New York feat, Coach Tom T…
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