Coach Glove is formally getting one other go at it.
The Faculty of Alameda announced on Saturday that it has employed retired NBA nice Gary Payton to steer its males’s basketball program. Payton might be taking up as head coach for the junior faculty, which is positioned on an island in Alameda, Calif.
Now 56, Payton, a local of the Bay Space, performed within the NBA from 1990-2007, primarily for the Seattle SuperSonics, however for 4 different groups in a while in his profession as properly. Identified for his relentless protection, Payton was a nine-time NBA All-Star, a nine-time All-Defensive choice, in addition to a seven-time All-NBA honoree. He gained an NBA championship in 2006 with the Miami Warmth and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2013.
Since retiring, Payton has gotten teaching expertise at a number of totally different ranges of basketball. He has been a head coach within the BIG3 since 2017 and was not too long ago named BIG3 Coach of the 12 months after serving to lead his Bivouac group to the league title this season. Payton has additionally spent the final three years within the collegiate ranks as the pinnacle coach of Lincoln College in Oakland, Calif.
Granted, Payton parted methods with Lincoln earlier this yr amid reported disagreements with the university over finances. The job at Alameda gained’t be a simple one both as its males’s basketball group went a dismal 7-21 final season within the Bay Valley Convention. However Payton is clearly prepared for a brand new problem as a head coach, which is an attention-grabbing character arc for a man who once admitted to wanting to kill his own head coach.
