Kings Hire Former Player Bobby Jackson As Assistant Coach
SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – The Sacramento Kings may not be playing basketball right now due to the lockout but they are still making some personnel moves.
The Kings have hired Keith Smart and former King Bobby Jackson as assistant coaches to Head Coach Paul Westphal.
Smart was dismissed after going 36-46 in his lone season running the Warriors despite making a 10-game improvement from the previous season. He took over last minute in September 2010 for the NBA's career wins leader, Don Nelson.
ackson, who played 12 NBA seasons, becomes an assistant after two years as the Kings' basketball operations special assistant working in scouting, player evaluations and NBA Draft preparation.
The organization also hired Dwayne Wilson as Equipment Manager and promoted both Pete Youngman to Director of Sports Medicine and Manny Romero to Head Athletic Trainer.
