SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� The Sacramento Kings have hired longtime NBA and college head coach Mike Woodson as an associate head coach on .
Christie announced the addition on Monday to bring Woodson back to the NBA after he spent the past four seasons as .
Woodson has extensive NBA experience, having played in the league for 11 seasons, including five seasons with the Kings franchise. He then coached from 1996-2021 as both an assistant and head coach before going back to college.
Woodson was an assistant on Detroit's title-winning team in 2004 and has been a head coach for parts of nine seasons. He made the playoffs three times in six seasons with Atlanta and twice in three seasons with the Knicks. Woodson has a 315-365 career record as an NBA head coach.
Christie had a 27-25 record as interim coach last season for the Kings after replacing the fired Mike Brown in December before losing in the Play-In Tournament.
New general manager Scott Perry decided two weeks ago to keep Christie as the full-time head coach.
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