A Quote by Kelvin Sampson
There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.
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I put myself around good people, including my assistant coaches. A lot of head coaches are intimidated by their assistant coaches, they'd rather get people that are far less talented than them because it's not threatening.
No head coach does it by himself. I don't care who the coach is or how great he might be. Mike Krzyzewski is is a great friend of mine and he's a great coach but he has great, great assistant coaches and they bring a lot to the table and that's what it takes.
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I've lost count of all my assistant coaches who have been made head coaches.
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Not head coach - Assistant would be very attractive, but I don't think I have the discipline to deal with all the egos and personalities a head coach has to deal with.
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What I would say is every assistant coach in the NBA wants to be head coach.
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