The New York Knicks are anticipated to rent Saint Joseph’s head coach Billy Lange for a task with the franchise, sources instructed ESPN.
Lange was set to begin his seventh season answerable for the Hawks. He went 81-104 throughout his time at St. Joe’s however gained greater than 20 video games in every of the previous two seasons.
He led the Hawks to the NIT in 2024 and 2025 whereas additionally seeing ahead Rasheer Fleming grow to be the primary Saint Joseph’s participant chosen within the NBA draft since 2016. Fleming was the primary decide of the second spherical by the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in June.
Previous to changing Phil Martelli in 2019, Lange was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers for six years. He was additionally the pinnacle coach at Navy for seven seasons and frolicked as an assistant beneath Jay Wright at Villanova for 5 years over two separate stints.
The Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau in June after 5 seasons, changing him a month later with two-time NBA Coach of the Yr Mike Brown.
Saint Joseph’s introduced Wednesday that Steve Donahue, who joined the employees as affiliate head coach within the spring, will grow to be this system’s subsequent head coach.
The varsity stated Donahue “will lead the Hawks into the 2025-26 season and past.”
“Coach Donahue has had an unbelievable influence on collegiate basketball up and down the East Coast and on the nationwide stage,” athletic director Jill Bodensteiner stated. “He’s a uncommon and achieved coach who’s as revered for his basketball acumen as he’s for his character.”
Different notable assistant coach hires by the Knicks since Brown took over embody former Charlotte Hornets assistant Chris Jent and T.J. Saint, who was the pinnacle coach of the G League’s Birmingham Squadron.
