When Igor Kokoskov departed the Utah Jazz to become the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, Jazz coach Quin Snyder didn’t want to replace him with just one man.
“It’s more about how we redistribute responsibility than ‘we lost a quarterback, we’ve gotta go find a quarterback,’” Snyder said.
But Kokoskov was important to the Jazz. He had been Quin Snyder’s right-hand man since 1999, when Snyder made Kokoskov the first European full-time assistant coach in NCAA history. While they occasionally split for various jobs over the years, Kokoskov was a natural hire for Snyder just a year after he became Jazz head coach.