The Sacramento Kings will choose between veteran head coaches Mike Brown and Mark Jackson for their head coaching job “by the end of the weekend, if not sooner,” according to a report from Carmichael Dave of Sports 1140 KHTK on Thursday. Steve Clifford, who conducted his second interview with the Kings on Monday, is no longer in the running.
Jackson was one of the first people to be tied to the Kings’ head coaching vacancy and according to multiple reports, he’s also the preferred candidate of the team’s majority owner Vivek Ranadivé. However, Brown seems to have the backing of Kings general manager Monte McNair, who according to Sam Amick of The Athletic, will be given the “leeway” to appoint a head coach.