Sacramento Kings Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Vlade Divac today named Dave Joerger as the team’s new head coach.
Joerger has agreed to a three-year, $12 million contract that includes a team option for a fourth season that could make the contract worth $16 million, according to The Vertical.
Joerger joins the Kings after spending the previous three years as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, where he accrued a 147-99 regular season mark (.598) and guided the franchise to postseason berths in each of his seasons at the helm.
Following three straight 50-win campaigns for the first time in club history (2012-13 thru 2014-15), two under Joerger, Memphis again qualified for the playoffs even after injuries forced the team to dress a league-record 28 players last season. Until then, no NBA team had reached the playoffs utilizing 24 or more athletes on its roster in a single season.