At 47 years old, Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka isn’t that far removed from his days as an NBA player. In practices during the 2025 playoffs, he occasionally joined the team’s current players in shooting drills.
Many of Udoka’s assistant coaches with the Rockets (Ben Sullivan, Royal Ivey, Garrett Jackson, Cam Hodges, Mike Moser, and Will Dunn) are of a similar age demographic or even younger.
That’s by design. In an exclusive interview with Space City Home Network’s Vanessa Richardson, the in-game, sideline reporter for Houston’s regional TV broadcasts, Udoka elaborated on his philosophy for hiring and retaining coaches.