{"id":876271,"date":"2026-08-29T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/876271\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:48:09","slug":"jason-kidd-open-to-future-coaching-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/876271\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kidd Open To Future Coaching Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mavericks and former head coach Jason Kidd mutually agreed to part ways<\/a> in May, but the 53-year-old remains interested in continuing his coaching career, writes Grant Afseth of Dallas Sports Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kidd is currently in the Philippines for an NBA-related fan event. He indicated in an interview with Rappler (YouTube link) that he\u2019d be open to future coaching opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never say no to coaching, maybe somewhere down the future,\u201d Kidd said. \u201cBut right now, I\u2019m just at home really trying to enjoy my family. And then also just watching the game and seeing if I can help others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStill from the coaching side, I\u2019m always talking to Jalen Brunson<\/a> and to Giannis (Antetokounmpo)<\/a>,\u201d Kidd continued. \u201cSo just trying to help others now that I\u2019m not coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidd, who coached Brunson in Dallas and Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, compiled a 205-205 record in five seasons as the Mavs\u2019 head coach. He helped the team advance to the Western Conference Finals in 2022 and the NBA Finals in 2024, but Dallas missed the playoffs each of the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

The second overall pick in the 1994 draft, Kidd was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 for his standout playing career, which included 10 All-Star appearances in 19 seasons. He immediately transitioned to coaching after retiring as a player in 2013, spending one season as Brooklyn\u2019s head coach and parts of four years as the Bucks\u2019 top coach. He was an assistant with the Lakers for two seasons prior to being hired as Dallas\u2019 head coach.<\/p>\n

Kidd reportedly still had four years and $40MM+ left on his contract when he left the Mavs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mavericks and former head coach Jason Kidd mutually agreed to part ways in May, but the 53-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,8228,19284,77834,459,82],"class_list":["post-876271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-jason-kidd","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}