{"id":619615,"date":"2026-04-20T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/619615\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:36:09","slug":"sources-nets-sign-coach-jordi-fernandez-staff-to-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/619615\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Nets sign coach Jordi Fernandez, staff to extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets<\/a> have signed head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multiyear contract extensions, sources told ESPN on Monday.<\/p>\n

Nets owner Joe Tsai and general manager Sean Marks landed on the extensions with the staff this week, sources told ESPN, showing long-term commitment to Fernandez after two seasons at the helm.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/a><\/p>\n

Fernandez has pushed the Nets to competitive play amid consecutive rebuilding seasons in which he’s gone a combined 46-118, focusing on player development from the team’s young players and career years from veterans such as Michael Porter Jr<\/a>., Nic Claxton<\/a> and Day’Ron Sharpe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fernandez was hired by the Nets in 2024 after two seasons as the associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings<\/a> under Mike Brown. Fernandez was an assistant on Michael Malone’s staff with the Denver Nuggets<\/a> from 2016 to 2022 after seven years in the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>‘ organization.<\/p>\n

During his first season with the Nets, the team hovered around .500 before trading away Dennis Schroder<\/a> and Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a> in December 2024. Brooklyn lost 15 of 17 games after Dec. 27 and later had a stretch where the Nets lost 16 of 18 games en route to finishing 26-56 that season.<\/p>\n

The Nets finished this past season with the NBA’s youngest roster, half of which is under 24 years old and included a league-record five players selected in the first round of the 2025 draft.<\/p>\n

Jordi Fernandez guided the Nets, who finished the season with the NBA’s youngest roster, to a 20-62 record. The team has 13 first-round picks available in the next seven years, including nine that can be traded. It also has 19 second-rounders.\u00a0Jordan Bank\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The offseason presents an opportunity for Brooklyn to improve significantly. Heading into the May 10 lottery, there is a 40% chance that the Nets select in the top three for the first time since 2010. For the second straight offseason, the Nets will have over $30 million in cap space to use in trades or in free agency.<\/p>\n

The Nets finished the season 27th in defense but showed a blueprint for success during a 15-game stretch in late November and December, during which the Nets ranked second in defense and allowed the fewest 3s, offensive rebounds and points.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn also has 13 first-round picks available over the next seven years, including nine that can be traded. It also has 19 second-rounders.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Bobby Marks contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets have signed head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multiyear contract extensions,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-619615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}