The Charlotte Hornets have been given permission to interview San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Ettore Messina, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN:
The Charlotte Hornets have received permission to interview San Antonio Spurs assistant Ettore Messina for head coach opening, league sources tell ESPN. GM Mitch Kupchak and Messina worked together with Lakers, when Messina was part of Mike Brown’s coaching staff.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 15, 2018
As Woj points out, Kupchak knows Messina from his days working on Mike Brown’s staff. While that was Messina’s only previous NBA coaching experience (and he basically served as a consultant), he has a long and highly successful career coaching in Europe, and boy is it something.