Monty Williams would be the highest-paid highschool basketball coach in America this upcoming season.
Williams, who was fired by the Detroit Pistons after the group went 14-68 in his solely season, will coach his sons at TMI Episcopal in San Antonio. The Pistons can pay him $65 million over the remaining 5 years of his contract, which was totally assured.
The prep college introduced the hiring on Sunday on Instagram.
“We’re excited to announce that Monty Williams will likely be our new Head Coach for the Boys’ Basketball Group,” the college stated on Instagram. “Coach Williams brings in depth teaching expertise, together with his most up-to-date roles within the NBA because the Head Coach of the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns (the place he was named NBA Coach of the Yr in 2022).
“He and his spouse, Lisa, just lately moved to San Antonio and are additionally TMI mother and father to Elijah, Class of ‘26, and Micah, Class of ‘29.”
Elijah Williams, 6-foot-6, is ranked because the Eleventh-best highschool prospect within the nation and No. 4 small ahead by Rivals.
With one in every of his sons set to graduate in 2029, Williams might conceivably coach him by means of his complete highschool profession. He’ll proceed to be paid lavishly for not taking one other NBA teaching job.
Williams performed three seasons for the San Antonio Spurs from 1995-98 and later labored for the group as a training intern, then the vice chairman of basketball operations from 2016-17 earlier than returning to teaching with the Philadelphia 76ers.
He supposed to take a 12 months off from teaching within the NBA after the Phoenix Suns fired him following the 2022-23 season. However Pistons proprietor Tom Gores persevered in trying to rent Williams after Duane Casey determined to maneuver as much as the group’s entrance workplace. He lastly gave Williams a suggestion that could not be refused: a assured $75.5 million with a six-year contract.
Gores dismissed Williams quickly after hiring Trajan Langdon because the Pistons’ new president of basketball operations. Apart from the 14-68 document, the group tied an NBA document with a 28-game dropping streak. Younger gamers together with Jaden Ivey, Ausar Thompson and Jalen Duren noticed their improvement endure as Williams typically appeared disinterested. Langdon finally employed J.B. Bickerstaff as Detroit’s new head coach.
As an NBA head coach, Williams has a 381-404 document over 10 seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans, Suns and Pistons. He was named NBA Coach of the Yr for the 2021-22 season after Phoenix completed with the league’s greatest document at 64-18.
