Monty Williams has spent nearly his entire life in basketball, as a player or a coach, but tragedy struck a little over two years ago and it wasn't clear when he would return to the game.
"It's a great time for me to get back to full-time coaching. It was Brett [Brown], it was the team. I've played here before so I kind of know the culture of the city," Williams said Monday night at Brown's annual coaching clinic. "Most importantly, my family was ready for me to get back into coaching."
In February 2016, when Williams was an associate head coach with the Oklahoma City Thunder, less than a year removed from his head coaching position with the New Orleans Pelicans, his wife, Ingrid, died from injuries she suffered in a car accident.