Can Mike Budenholzer Bring Spurs Brand of Success to Atlanta Hawks?

May 28th, 2013 by Jesse Dorsey Leave a reply »

According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, Mike Budenholzer, assistant coach to Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs, has been hired by the Atlanta Hawks to be the team's new head coach for the 2013-14 season.

The longtime Spurs assistant will continue on with the Spurs through the NBA Finals and will join the Hawks following the end of the season.

Budenholzer has been an assistant with the Spurs for 19 seasons, starting with a stint as the team's video coordinator back in 1994.

He was promoted to assistant coach in 1996, the same season that Pop would take over as the team's head coach. Budenholzer has been working alongside Popovich ever since.

For years now the San Antonio front office and coaching staff have been a breeding ground of sorts. A year hardly goes by without a Spurs assistant coach or front office member getting at least an interview with another team.



Popovich has ties to multiple teams and other head coaches around the NBA.

Mike Brown, P.J. Carlesimo and Vinny Del Negro are former assistants; Avery Johnson, Doc Rivers, Danny Ferry and Dell Demps are former pl ...

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