Jeff Hornacek was so hush-hush before his Knicks interview Monday with Phil Jackson, he refused to tell his mother or brother.
“He told us he had an interview with a team but couldn’t tell her who it was with — it was a secret,” his brother, John Hornacek, told The Post by phone Thursday.
John Hornacek owns a golf retail shop in Scottsdale, Ariz., and attended many of the Suns’ games his brother coached for 2 ½ seasons in which Jeff Hornacek recorded a 101-112 mark.
Hornacek was fired in February after a 14-35 start amid a bevy of injuries and reports his players had stopped responding.