My vote for the next Utah Jazz head coach is......

[homeytennis]

I disagree. The guy is a FIERCE competitor...he's just not a hot head. Good qualities in a coach. I think he'd get the best out of his team and not take any crap.

That said, I don't think he wants to do it right now. Maybe in the future. But right now if it's not going to be Stockton I'm with a few of the others here - Alex Jensen. Up and coming team, up and coming coach.

Billy the Kid once went to Jazz training camp as a point guard and did not make the team. Perhaps he has some love for Utah.

 

[Jeffrey32]

Earl Watson or Chauncey Billups

 

[akirac73]

Kevin Ollie?

 

[SojoDave]

Jazz will decide what to do with Ty by the end of April. End of April! Doesn't sound like they are in a hurry to re-up him and his staff...He's a gonner.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/232812/Jazz-To-Make-Decision-On-Tyrone-Corbin-By-End-Of-April

 

[Tarkanian]

my coach would be the one whose twin bro is a famous pornstar.

 

[Diamond77]

I think the Jazz will choose an experienced coach....I don't want George Karl but if he is in good health I think he has good chances to be selected.

My vote is Lionel Hollins.

But if the Jazz had the bright idea to aim at an international coach then I would say Zeljko Obradovic or David Blatt!

 

[akirac73]

Just my opinion but I think that the Jazz head coaching position would be an extremely attractive job opportunity for potential candidates. If you're a good coach, you can have your job for a lifetime... even if you're a bottom 5 coach in this league and have no clue what you're doing, the Jazz will give you at least 4 seasons to learn on the job. What other franchises can say that?

 

[silesian]

Stockton will never be an NBA head coach. He is old school and not willing to adapt to today's league. Read his autobiography, it was heartbreaking hearing him describe the last few years. He admitted that he was not an effective leader of the team in that era. He has enough self-awareness to realize that today's players/ prima donnas would drive him batty. He also wrote extensively about how much he hated being in the public eye and how he relished his time at home when people respected his privacy. All that goes out the window if he becomes an NBA head coach. I'd give him an outside shot at front office or assistant role, but even that is unlikely in my opinion. I see him being a great college coach someday. If Mark Few were not so young and successful, I'd put him as a shoe in for Gonzaga head coach.

 

[Doublea]

I can't wait for a new coach! I'm so excited!

 

[Jeffrey32]

Mark Price should also get a look--as a player he was a combination of Hornacek and Stockton. He is currently an assistant coach in Charlotte, serving in a similar role as Hornacek did for the Jazz: assistant coach and shooting coach.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Billy the Kid once went to Jazz training camp as a point guard and did not make the team. Perhaps he has some love for Utah.

Getting drafted and then cut by the Jazz before playing a single regular season game... That is no doubt a very fond memory for Donovan.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Stockton would be amazing, but he would have nothing to gain.

What?! The team is at rock bottom. How much worse could they possibly get? There is nowhere to go but up. And the beloved Stockton would have the longest leash of any leash there ever was. Much longer than Hornacek has in Phoenix.

If Stockton has ever had an inkling to coach in the NBA, this would be the ideal time and opening for him. How could it be any more perfect?