Tuomas Iisalo was named head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, the NBA club announced, after serving as the interim coach for the club into the NBA playoffs.
The 42-year-old from Helsinki becomes the NBA's first head coach from Finland after going 4-5 to close the regular season and guiding Memphis in an opening-round playoff sweep loss to Western Conference top seed Oklahoma City.
"I have full confidence in Tuomas serving as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies going forward," Grizzlies president of basketball operations Zachary Kleiman said.
"Tuomas's teams at every level have been disciplined, tenacious and connected on both ends of the floor, consistently exceeding expectations.