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Rio Grande Valley Vipers to promote Mahmoud Abdelfattah as head coach

The Rockets on Tuesday were finalizing an agreement to promote Mahmoud Abdelfattah to be head coach for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, a person with knowledge of the team’s plans said.

The Vipers have scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m. to make the announcement.

Abdelfattah was an assistant on Joseph Blair’s staff last season when the Vipers won the G League championship. Blair since became an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Abdelfattah was an assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Cloud, before joining the Vipers as a basketball operations assistant in 2017-18, moving to the coaching staff the following season when former Vipers coach Matt Brase joined the Rockets’ coaching staff and Blair took over as head coach.