Former Notre Dame head coach to join Atlanta Hawks staff: reports

Mike Brey was not unemployed for long.

previous Basketball Notre Dame The head coach will join the staff of the Atlanta Hawks next season, according to ESPN.

Brey’s specific role will be determined after Atlanta’s season.

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The South Bend Tribune was first to report the news, noting the relationship between Brey and falcons head coach Who Snyder.

Brey trained Snyder as an assistant coach at Duke and the two have remained close, according to the publication.

Notre Dame and Brey announced in January that the 23-year-old coach from South Bend, Indiana, would leave the program after the season.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Mike Brey watches his team during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 14, 2023 in Durham, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Brey, the all-time winningest coach in program history, finished his career at Notre Dame with a 483-280 record, leading the Irish to the NCAA Tournament 13 times and reaching the Elite Eight in 2015 and 2016.

Brey has made it clear that he is not done coaching and interviewed for the head coaching job in South Florida, but was not offered the position.

«I’m definitely not done training,» Brey told Stadium in February.

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Snyder was named the Hawks’ head coach in February after leaving the Utah Jazz after eight seasons.

Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder, left, and Atlanta Hawks number 11 Trae Young during a game against the Miami Heat at the Kaseya Center on April 11, 2023 in Miami. (Bryan Cereijo/Getty Images)

Snyder and the Hawks won in the NBA play-in game to become the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

In Game 1 against the boston celticsAtlanta fell behind by 32 points before losing 112-99.