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William Hardy (born January 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach and former collegiate player who is the head coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- Age Ain't Nothing But A Number. While a lot of talk will be centered around Hardy's coaching lineage — a very impressive one at that — lost in the shuffle is the fact that he will be the youngest head coach in the NBA this season.
- Impressive Coaching Journey. His NBA journey began in San Antonio in 2010 as a video intern under the legendary Gregg Popovich. From 2013-15, he was the Spurs team video coordinator before being promoted to Popovich's coaching staff where he also led San Antonio’s summer league squads for four consecutive years.
- He Has Been A Head Coach Before. When Hardy takes the court as head coach of the Jazz in October, it won't be the first time he's been tasked as a leading man.
- Experience With Current Roster. Despite being a first-year guy on the job, Hardy has previous experience working with and against a trio of Jazz players.
Will Hardy is the ninth head coach in Jazz history, hired in 2022 after serving as an assistant for the Spurs and the Celtics. He won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2014 and played college basketball at Williams College.
Jun 28, 2022 · The Utah Jazz have named Will Hardy former Boston Celtics assistant the franchise's next head coach, the team announced Wednesday.
- Destined For Greatness
- The Right Arm of The Goat
- ‘Super-High Emotional Intelligence’
That’s hardly the first time Hardy has been cast in such a luminous spotlight. In fact, he’s been projected for big things dating all the way back to his time at the K-12, private, all-boys St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, Va. Chris Brown, who spent three years as an assistant coach for St. Chris’s basketball team before taking over as head co...
Before graduating from Williams with a degree in English in the spring of 2010, Hardy was applying for all sorts of jobs — working in the finance sector, writing press releases for politicians. None of them were particularly appealing to him. And the people around him were increasingly alarmed that the presumed “raging success” was on the verge of ...
The Utah Jazz were reeling from chemistry problems at the end of last season, in spite of (or perhaps because of) maintaining the same core for multiple years. Their recent offseason maneuvers, meanwhile, are sure to bring about further discombobulation. How fortuitous, then, that Hardy is described as being uniquely equipped to bring a team togeth...
Jul 5, 2022 · Will Hardy, 34, was hired as the head coach of the Utah Jazz after Quin Snyder stepped down and Rudy Gobert was traded. He impressed the Jazz front office with his basketball acumen and philosophy, and will guide the team with Donovan Mitchell as the cornerstone.
Jun 29, 2022 · Will Hardy, 34, has agreed to take over as the ninth head coach in Jazz franchise history. He has worked under Gregg Popovich in San Antonio and Ime Udoka in Boston, and helped both teams reach the playoffs and win championships.
