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The Dallas Mavericks announced head coach Jason Kidd’s coaching staff for the 2025-26 season on Monday, highlighted by Frank Vogel stepping into the role of associate head coach. The announcement caps one of the NBA’s biggest staff shakeups of the offseason. Six assistants departed, including lead assistant Sean Sweeney, who...

The Dallas Mavericks are hiring Popeye Jones as an assistant coach, sources confirmed to DallasHoopsJournal.com. He will serve as the team’s No. 3 assistant and focus on defense. Jones replaces Jared Dudley, who left the Mavericks to join the Denver Nuggets. The move is part of a broader reshaping of...

The Dallas Mavericks are hiring veteran shooting coach Mike Penberthy to join Jason Kidd’s staff, league sources told DallasHoopsJournal.com. Penberthy, a former NBA champion both as a player and assistant, most recently worked with the Denver Nuggets as a shooting coach and pro scout. Known for his technical precision and...

Jared Dudley is joining the Denver Nuggets' coaching staff in a lead assistant role, league sources told DallasHoopsJournal.com. Dudley had served as one of the top assistants on Jason Kidd’s staff in Dallas and was pursued by multiple teams this offseason. The move marks another notable bench change for the...

The Denver Nuggets have hired former Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea as an assistant coach and have formally requested permission to interview Mavericks assistant Jared Dudley, league sources told DallasHoopsJournal.com. Barea, 41, joins head coach David Adelman’s staff following a decorated 14-year NBA career that included two stints with the...

With the Dallas Mavericks still navigating a turbulent coaching offseason, assistant coach Jared Dudley has emerged as a target for rival teams—and now, the Denver Nuggets have formally entered the picture. League sources tell DallasHoopsJournal.com that the Nuggets recently gained permission to interview Dudley for a potential bench promotion as...

As the Dallas Mavericks usher in a new era with No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg, questions about the team’s leadership off the court remain in the spotlight. Jason Kidd’s future as head coach has drawn increased attention recently, with the New York Knicks pursuing him and contract extension talks with...

Sean Sweeney is departing the Dallas Mavericks to join the San Antonio Spurs as associate head coach under head coach Mitch Johnson, DallasHoopsJournal.com has confirmed. Sweeney, who joined the Mavericks in 2021, was not looking to leave Dallas for anything other than a head coaching role but was not offered...

The echoes of bouncing basketballs filled the gym at the Tarrant County Juvenile Services facility Thursday — a gym that, until this week, hadn’t seen new paint or a fresh court in decades. For Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jared Dudley, it wasn’t the court itself that mattered. It was what...

The Dallas Mavericks are adding longtime NBA coach Jay Triano to their coaching staff as an assistant, sources confirmed to DallasHoopsJournal.com. Triano, 65, brings more than two decades of NBA coaching experience to Dallas, including stints as both a head coach and lead assistant for offense. He will serve as...