***COURTESY NEW YORK KNICKS*** Kurt Rambis Named Interim Head Coach NEW YORK, February 8, 2016 – New York Knickerbockers President Phil Jackson announced today that Derek Fisher has been relieved of his coaching duties. Associate Head Coach Kurt Rambis has been named the interim head coach. Fisher, who was originally hired on Jun. 10, 2014, […]
Phil Jackson met with the media Monday after relieving Derek Fisher of his coaching duties earlier in the day. “It was time for us to make a change and turn this team around,” Jackson said. [MORE JACKSON: Could Phil Take Over as Coach?; What Rambis Brings to Knicks] The Knicks, 23-31, have dropped nine of […]
It’s been almost a month since Derek Fisher was named head coach of the Knicks, but he has gone weeks without a coaching staff in place and many of you have asked me via Twitter about this. A lot of the hold up had to do with some of the candidates being under contract with […]