{"id":204259,"date":"2026-04-21T03:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204259\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:09:51","slug":"nets-sign-coach-jordi-fernandez-staff-to-contract-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204259\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets sign coach Jordi Fernandez, staff to contract extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Monday signed head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multiyear contract extensions.<\/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

“Jordi is a tremendous leader who, along with his coaching staff, put his stamp on this franchise from the moment he arrived in Brooklyn,” Marks said in a statement. “Over his first two seasons, Jordi has built a strong foundation rooted in player development, a competitive spirit and honest communication, all of which have been embraced throughout our roster.”<\/p>\n

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Fernandez has pushed the Nets to competitive play amid consecutive rebuilding seasons in which he has 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

Fernandez’s assistants include Steve Hetzel, Juwan Howard, Jay Hernandez, Dutch Gaitley, Deividas Dulkys, Ryan Forehan-Kelly, Connor Griffin, Corey Vinson and Travis Bader.<\/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 and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets on Monday signed head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multiyear contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-204259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}