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Suns add Alvin Gentry to coaching staff

May 30, 2004 5:11 PM EST

New Orleans Hornets lead assistant coach Alvin Gentry resigned to become an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns. An official announcement will be made by the Phoenix organization Tuesday, after the holiday weekend.

Gentry sought permission from the New Orleans front office to seek other job opportunities May 7, when former head coach Tim Floyd was fired.

New Orleans named Byron Scott, a former New Jersey Nets head coach and Sacramento Kings assistant coach, its coach earlier in the week.

The rest of Floyd's assistant coaches -- Kenny Gattison, Jan Van Breda Kolff, and Jeff Bower -- remain on the team's payroll and will be given an opportunity to be retained by Scott. In the meantime, they have been assisting in pre-draft workouts for the Hornets.

Gentry is a former head coach with the Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat, and has extensive assistant coaching experience with San Antonio, the Clippers, Detroit, Miami, and New Orleans.

Via Tommie De Riemaecker, RealGM.com

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Scott to become New Orleans head coach

May 27, 2004 9:52 PM EST

ESPN has learned that ex Nets coach Byron Scott will takeover the reigns of the New Orleans Hornets head coaching position.

"They were real interested in me, as I was in them, and I jumped on it," Scott said.

Scott currently works as a tv analyst but has said he can't wait to start working as a coach again.

In the past two season with the Nets, he took his team to the Finals both times.

Via ESPN

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Scott Interviews with Hornets

May 17, 2004 6:21 AM EST

George Shinn, the majority-owner of the New Orleans Hornets, will interview Byron Scott for the head coaching position today.

Shinn has a wish list and will now begin the final interview process. Mentioned among the other top candidates are Mike Fratello, Brian Hill and George Karl. Scott's fellow former Laker, Michael Cooper, now coaching the Los Angeles Spark of the WNBA, is also considered a potential candidate.

Scott's only comments on the prospect of becoming the Hornets' coach came during ABC's NBA studio show before Thursday's broadcast. Scott said he was interested in the job and was a fan of Baron Davis and other Hornet players.

"If the owner gives me a call, I'll be more than happy to go down there and talk with them," Scott said during the show.

While Shinn has said he wants a coach with experience winning in the NBA, a league source says he's also considering NBA assistant coaches such as Donald Newman with the Nets and Lionel Hollins with the Grizzlies. Native New Orleanian Avery Johnson is also mentioned as a possibility.

Via The Times Picayune

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Hornets May 2004 Archive

  • Floyd: " I didn't see it coming"

    John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 14, 2004

    Former New Orleans head coach Tim Floyd was stunned about his firing last week.

  • Hornets to begin interviews this weekend?

    Jimmy Smith and John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 13, 2004

    According to sources, the New Orleans Hornets will begin interviewing head coaching canadiates this weekend.

  • Hornets hope to interview Scott

    ESPN | May 11, 2004

    When New Orleans owner George Shinn announced he wanted "someone who has succeeded in the NBA, a person who can manage egos and the personalities" as his next head coach, not many pointed to Byron Scott as the guy.

  • Brian Hill a head coach again?

    Orlando Sentinel | May 10, 2004

    Following the firints of Terry Stotts and Tim Floyd from their respective teams last week, Atlanta and New Orleans become teams in need of a new head coach.

  • Shinn wants a winner as his next head coach

    John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 8, 2004

    Byron Scott is rumored to be a canadiate for the job.

  • Floyd gets canned

    Yahoo! | May 7, 2004

    Another coach bites the dust.

  • Hornets VP Bob Bass retires

    ESPN | May 5, 2004

    New Orleans general manager Bob Bass retired Wednesday after a career that lasted over 50 years.

  • Hornets changes imminent

    The Times-Picayune | May 5, 2004

    New Orleans coach Tim Floyd knows that changes are coming, and so do the players.

  • Hornets lose Davis, Heat take series

    The Times-Picayune | May 5, 2004

    When Hornets guard left the game after playing only three minutes in the third quarter not to return after hurting his tailbone late in the first half, the Hornets season was over.

  • Anger, passion collide for a Game 7 -- the best thing in sports

    Miami Herald | May 3, 2004

    So we finally have a Game 7.

  • Delay game is a heavy weight

    Boston Globe | May 3, 2004

    Is there any reason for the Hornets-Heat series to go 2 1/2 weeks? That is the question asked by Peter May of the Boston Globe.

  • Heat in for a fight as team looks to finish off Hornets

    Miami Herald | May 2, 2004

    The despiration is certain to be on the rise as the Miami Heat and New Orleans Hornets meet today with the Hornets facing elimination, and with Game 5 a heated affair the players don't know what to expect in this one.

  • Jones' defense of Davis key

    Palm Beach Post | May 1, 2004

    Having seen enough of Hornets' guard Baron Davis' dominance of his Miami Heat, Eddie Jones put up his hand to Stan Van Gundy to let him have his turn trying to shut Davis down.