Kenny Atkinson wasn’t able to land a new head coaching job after he and the Brooklyn Nets parted ways back in March — right before the COVID-19 pandemic led to the NBA’s hiatus and the shutdown of other sports.
But, the former Nets head coach did manage to find a new home with a contender in the Western Conference after Ty Lue took over for Doc Rivers as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Now an assistant coach under Lue, it appears Atkinson has brought a little bit of Brooklyn with him to Los Angeles.
The Clippers announced Shaun Fein and Beau Levesque have both joined their organizations.
Fein was with the Nets organization for the last four seasons, most recently serving as head coach of Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. He will be a player development coach for the Clippers.
Levesque will hold the title of player development and video coach after spending the last two seasons in Brooklyn, most recently working as an assistant video coordinator/player development assistant.