The Knicks are in the process of hiring a new head coach, having conducted a second interview with Mike Brown. Other candidates, Micah Nori and James Borrego, may also receive second interviews. Brown is favored for the position, especially as peak coaching candidates remain unavailable. Following the firing of Tom Thibodeau, the team aims to finalize their coaching staff before the Las Vegas Summer League starting July 10. They plan to retain several assistant coaches from the previous season.
The Knicks held a second interview with Mike Brown Tuesday, moving a step closer toward the coaching search that has gone on for a month now. While a league source confirmed the second interview, the source also said that Micah Nori and James Borrego could be returning for second interviews, too, with Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan now joining the interview process.
Brown has been considered the front-runner as long as the currently employed coaches, particularly Dallas head coach Jason Kidd, remain out of reach. The Knicks, having fired Tom Thibodeau just days after the conclusion of a 51-win regular season that finally ended with the first trip to the Eastern Conference finals in 25 years, are headed into the 2025-26 season as one of the favorites to win the conference.
Nori, lead assistant for the Minnesota Timberwolves, does not have that qualification. Borrego has been a head coach, spending 30 games as an interim coach for Orlando in 2014-15 before landing the Charlotte Hornets job in 2018-19. He spent four seasons there, compiling a 138-163 record, never making it past a play-in game.
The Knicks goal all along was to go through the process and secure a new coach ahead of the Las Vegas Summer League, which begins July 10, with the Knicks' first game the following day.
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