{"id":856185,"date":"2026-09-22T03:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/856185\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T03:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:51:22","slug":"knicks-to-hire-ed-flynn-as-mike-browns-new-replay-challenge-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/856185\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks to hire Ed Flynn as Mike Brown&#8217;s new replay &#8216;challenge guy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Knicks have a new replay maestro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ed Flynn, a video coordinator with the Pelicans for the past three seasons, will serve as Mike Brown\u2019s \u201cchallenge guy,\u201d The Post has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a pressurized role defined by split-second decisions to recommend a challenge or pass, depending on real-time replays on his iPad. More than most positions on the Knicks staff, Flynn\u2019s successes and failures can be quantified and directly impact a game\u2019s result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Brink held that job for the Knicks the past two seasons, challenging at an impressive success rate while helping win Game 2 of the NBA Finals with a momentum-shifting challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brink\u2019s challenge recommendation changed a Knicks turnover into three OG Anunoby free throws with 2:37 remaining in New York\u2019s 105-104 victory over the Spurs. He will get a championship ring and an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/14\/sports\/knicks-lose-valued-assistant-and-challenges-guru-jordan-brink-to-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">assistant position with the Chicago Bulls<\/a> under new coach Tiago Splitter.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.42817294;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40927131\" width=\"843\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-york-knicks-vs-san-130871381.jpg\" alt=\"New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown reacting during Game 5 of the NBA Finals.\" class=\"wp-image-40927131\"\/>New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown reacts on the baseline during the first quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Brink\u2019s contract with the Knicks expired, and the Bulls gig represented a promotion, league sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before Brink, Scott King and Darren Erman were the \u201cchallenge guys.\u201d Now, Flynn will monitor the important iPad. His official title is assistant coach\/special situations, a league source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Flynn\u2019s online bios, he\u2019s tall (6-foot-10) and played for Williams College in Massachusetts. He served as a graduate assistant at the University of Miami, then as a video intern and coordinator with the Charlotte Hornets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Flynn joined the Pelicans and left as their head video coordinator. The Pelicans had significant staff turnover after hiring head coach Jamahl Mosley in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.90332031;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40927141\" width=\"533\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11-warms-assistant-coach-jordan-130515906.jpg\" alt=\"New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson warms up with assistant coach Jordan Brink.\" class=\"wp-image-40927141\"\/>New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) warms up with assistant coach Carson Shanks before Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Jason Szenes for the New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks coaching staff remains mostly the same from last season. Top assistants Chris Jent, Rick Brunson, Brendan O\u2019Connor and Erman are all returning, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kwadzo Ahelegbe and Peter Patton, who have earned high praise from players for their individual development work, also return.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks have a new replay maestro.\u00a0 Ed Flynn, a video coordinator with the Pelicans for the past&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[6043,355,6932,361,99],"class_list":["post-856185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-mike-brown","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}