NY Times · Feb 8, 2016
Next! Kurt Rambis Is the Knicks’ Coach for Now
Photo Kurt Rambis, third from right, worked his first Knicks practice as the teams interim head coach on Monday. Credit Seth Wenig/Associated Press Welcome once again to the transitory world of the New York Knicks, where head coaches, at least in this century, do not last very long.
The latest one to go is Derek Fisher, who survived a season and a half, is still owed a ton of money, and will be replaced, at least on an interim basis, by Kurt Rambis. It is all part of an unhappy trend that became pronounced when Jeff Van Gundy, who had real success with the Knicks, quit during the 2001-2 season and was replaced by Don Chaney.