The Lakers have employed Dr. Vanessa Brooks as their head athletic coach, individuals with information of the state of affairs not licensed to talk publicly on the matter informed The Occasions. The place on the Lakers’ medical workers had been open after Roger Sancho left the group to take a job with the Phoenix Suns.
Brooks labored with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder since 2019. She was the primary Black lady to be twin licensed as an athletic coach and bodily therapist.
She’s the most recent rent in a restructuring of the Lakers’ medical workers this offseason, with Brooks working underneath Dr. Leroy Sims, who the group employed as its director of participant efficiency.
In keeping with Brooks’ LinkedIn profile, she’s considered one of two licensed trainers on the NBA’s Emergency Preparedness Committee, which crafts the cardiac, neck and backbone emergency protocols for the league.
The Lakers will maintain media day on Monday earlier than opening coaching camp on Tuesday.
She’s anticipated to be with the group at the beginning of coaching camp.
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This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Occasions.
