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Former Notre Dame coach Mike Brey will be part of the Atlanta Hawks’ teaching employees subsequent season after main the Fighting Irish for 23 years, in line with a number of reviews. The transfer will reunite Brey with Quin Snyder, who turned head coach of the Hawks in late February and is main the crew because it takes on the No. 2 seed Boston Celtics within the first spherical of the NBA Playoffs.
Snyder performed at Duke from 1985-89, crossing paths with Brey, who turned an assistant for the Blue Devils in 1987 below legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. Snyder later returned to Duke as an assistant in 1995, engaged on employees with Brey till Snyder left to turn out to be the top coach at Missouri in 1999.
Brey, 64, posted a 483-280 mark at Notre Dame highlighted by back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 2015 and 2016. He introduced in January that he deliberate to step down on the finish of the 2022-23 season however made it clear he did not essentially plan to retire. Subsequently, his identify got here up in reference to the open head teaching positions at Georgetown and South Florida earlier than these jobs went to Providence’s Ed Cooley and Amir Abdur-Rahim of Kennesaw State, respectively.
No title or position has been introduced or reported for Brey’s position on the Hawks employees, however the stint will likely be his first within the NBA. Snyder is teaching within the playoffs for a seventh straight season after an eight-year stint with the Utah Jazz highlighted by six straight postseason appearances to shut his tenure.
