Andscape and ESPN’s Marc Spears says the assistant has support “key Suns players.”
Add another name to the finalists for the Phoenix Suns’ newest head coach. Current Phoenix associate coach and former NMemphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks NBA head coach David Fizdale is expected to be in the third round of of interviews for the team’s head coaching job, Andscape and ESPN’s Marc Spears reported on “X” Thursday.
Suns associate head coach and former NBA head coach David Fizdale is expected to be a part of a third round of interviews for the Suns head coach job. The former Grizzlies and Knicks head coach has the support of some key Suns players as well, sources said.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) May 29, 2025
Fizdale, 50, has been an assistant with the Valley the past two seasons and has multiple years of head coaching experience. He also won two championships as an assistant with the Miami Heat.
With the well-reported tension many Suns players had with Frank Vogel and Mike Budenholzer’s decisions, Spears’ report that he “has the support of some key Suns players,” could be what has helped him get to the third round of interviews after Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro reported last week that he is a “long shot” to get the job.
Whoever the Suns hire, it will be the team’s fourth head coach in as many seasons. Phoenix missed the playoffs and were under .500 for the first time in five seasons. According to Gambadoro, the head coaching process is expected to go into “late May, early June.”
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