Reports: Knicks Reach Deal With Hornacek, Expected To Introduce Him As Coach This Week
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The Knicks and Jeff Hornacek have reportedly agreed to a three-year contract to make him the team's next head coach.
Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reported the agreement Wednesday. Newsday confirmed that an agreement has been reached in principle.
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Both reports said that a news conference is expected later this week.
News first broke May 18 that the Knicks were working toward hiring the former Suns coach and had begun notifying other candidates for the job about their intention.
A former All-Star guard with the Suns, Hornacek, 53, returned to his old team in 2013 as coach and went 101-112 in 2½ seasons there. He, however, never reached the playoffs, and his won-loss percentage declined each season. The Suns fired Hornacek in February. Before becoming Phoenix's head coach, Hornacek was an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz.
The Houston Rockets also interviewed Hornacek, and the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies were interested in him, according to various reports.
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The Knicks also reportedly interviewed former Cavaliers coach David Blatt and ex-Pacers coach Frank Vogel and were considering promoting Kurt Rambis, who served as interim coach after Derek Fisher was fired in February.
New York fired Derek Fisher in February after he went 23-31 this past season. His career record with the Knicks was 40-96.
Rambis went 9-19 as the interim coach.
