Sacramento Kings announce several new hires, staff promotions for 2022-23 NBA season
The Kings announced several new hires and staff promotions as they prepared to host media day Monday at Golden 1 Center with training camp set to begin Tuesday.
Jas Randhawa has been promoted to senior director of athlete health following the departure of former vice president of health and performance Teena Murray, who left to take a job with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
Joel Noland has been promoted to head athletic trainer. Zac Howe has been elevated to head strength and conditioning coach. Rachel Mack has been promoted to performance chef and nutritionist.
Alvin Gentry, a former assistant who served as interim head coach after Luke Walton was fired last season, was officially announced as the team’s vice president of basketball engagement. Gentry accepted this role in May after the Kings launched their search for a new head coach, leading to the hiring of former Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown.
In addition, Mark Toyoda has been elevated to senior director of basketball administration; Melanie Stocking has been promoted to senior director of team operations; Saagar Sarin has been promoted to director of pro personnel; Aram Palamoudian has been promoted to basketball operations coordinator; and Avery Jacobs has been promoted to media relations coordinator.
The Kings also announced a number of new additions to their staff, including: Damarious Borden (performance culinary intern); Olivia Gordon (basketball operations intern); Devin Green (scout); Cory Kennedy (director of performance); Shane Lawal (player development associate); Scott Layden (scout); Crystal Lee (assistant athletic trainer); Sam Longwood (coaching associate); Samantha Lord (basketball administration coordinator); Shannon Malone (director of media relations); Michael Martinez (manager of media relations); and Nicholas Taylor (assistant strength and conditioning coach).
Layden, the son of former Utah Jazz coach and general manager Frank Layden, comes to Sacramento with extensive NBA experience. He held various coaching and scouting jobs for the Jazz in the 1980s and 1990s. He served as vice president/general manager of the New York Knicks from 1999-2001 and as president/general manager from 2001-03.
More recently, Layden worked as general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2016-20, serving in an advisory role to team presidents Tom Thibodeau and, later, Gersson Rosas.
This story was originally published September 26, 2022 at 10:12 AM.
