Grizzlies hire Ahearn as assistant coach
Ahearn, 36, left his role as head coach of the NBA G League's Austin Spurs to take the position. He will assist head coach Taylor Jenkins with player development efforts, including shooting development, the team said in a news release.
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The Memphis Grizzlies added Blake Ahearn to the staff as an assistant coach on Saturday. Ahearn, 36, left his role as head coach of the NBA G League's Austin Spurs to take the position.
He will assist head coach Taylor Jenkins with player development efforts, including shooting development, the team said in a news release. Ahearn and Jenkins have a history together, as Jenkins was an assistant with the G League's Austin Toros when Ahearn played with the team in 2008-09.
Ahearn played collegiately at Missouri State. He appeared in a total of 19 NBA games with the Miami Heat (2007-08), San Antonio Spurs (2008-09) and Utah Jazz (2011-12). Hired as the head coach in Austin in August 2017, he guided the Spurs to the G League championship in his first season in 2017-18.
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