Report: Grizzlies hire Jerry Stackhouse as assistant coach

Jason Owens
·Staff writer
The Grizzlies have reportedly hired Jerry Stackhouse to be an assistant coach after the NBA Veteran saw his coaching star rise as a G League head coach. (AP)
The Grizzlies have reportedly hired Jerry Stackhouse to be an assistant coach after the NBA Veteran saw his coaching star rise as a G League head coach. (AP)

The Memphis Grizzlies have hired Jerry Stackhouse to be an assistant under head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, ESPN reports.

The 18-year NBA veteran’s name has come up in multiple coaching vacancies recently. Since retiring as a player in 2013, Stackhouse has served as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors and most recently as head coach of the Raptors’ G League affiliate Raptors 905.

The two-time All-Star has seen his coaching star rise after leading Raptors 905 to back to back G League Finals, including the 2017 championship. He was the G League coach of the year in 2017.

He interviewed for the Raptors and New York Knicks head coaching vacancies last month.

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