The Utah Jazz finished with 17 wins and the worst record in the NBA this season, and in the three years Will Hardy has been the coach they have a 85-161 record and haven’t even made the play-in.
None of that has impacted the reputation of coach Will Hardy around the league — he is seen as having done a good job developing players and managing a rotation amid the front office tearing the roster down to the studs for a rebuild. His rep is so good that Hardy — with strong ties to the Spurs coaching tree — was a name that came up as a possible Gregg Popovich replacement before San Antonio chose continuity with Mitch Johnson.