LOS ANGELES, United States —
Monty Williams, last season’s NBA Coach of the Year, has agreed to a long-term
contract extension to continue guiding the
Phoenix Suns, ESPN reported
Saturday.
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The 50-year-old American, who played in the
NBA from
1994 to 2003 as a forward, had two years remaining on his original five-year
deal with the Suns.
No terms were detailed in the report, which cited
unnamed sources.
Williams, an assistant coach on last year’s US
Olympic gold medal squad, coached at New Orleans from 2010-2015 and served as
an executive with the San Antonio Spurs and an assistant coach at Philadelphia
before taking charge of the Suns in May 2019.
After the Suns missed the playoffs for a 10th
consecutive campaign in his first season, Williams guided Phoenix to a 51–21
record and a trip to the 2021 NBA Finals, where the Suns lost to the Milwaukee
Bucks.
Last season, the Suns went a league-best 64–18,
setting a club record for season wins and delivering a team-record 18-game win
streak. But they were upset by
Dallas in the second round of the playoffs.
Williams has a career record of 322–299 as an NBA head
coach. In three seasons with the Suns, his record is 149–78.
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