""I guess now might be a good time to announce, I decided about a year ago that this would be my last year," Carlisle said Monday night before the Pacers played in Boston. "This is my 20th year. My term will end at the end of this month. We've held our elections, and the membership has made a tremendous and phenomenal choice to succeed me, and that's going to be J.B. Bickerstaff.""
""J.B. is not only a trusted friend of mine and many, many coaches, he's proven to be a great leader," Carlisle said. "He's had to take over difficult situations in his career: interim coaching positions etc., etc. "The job he did in Cleveland, taking that team from the lottery to winning in the playoffs was phenomenal. The job he's done in Detroit the last year and a half speaks for itself. He's a great leader and passionate guy for coaches.""
Rick Carlisle will step down as president of the National Basketball Coaches Association at the end of the month after deciding a year ago this would be his final year. The NBCA membership elected J.B. Bickerstaff to replace him. Carlisle praised Bickerstaff's leadership, his ability to handle difficult interim situations, and his work in Cleveland and Detroit. Bickerstaff began coaching in 2004, served as an associate and interim coach in Memphis, became Grizzlies head coach in 2018, was promoted to Cleveland head coach in 2020, and was hired as Pistons coach in July 2024. Carlisle is one win shy of 1,000 career victories.
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