The Cleveland Cavaliers and head coach Kenny Atkinson have finalized their coaching staff for the upcoming 2024-25 season. The team announced on Thursday that Johnnie Bryant has been named Associate Head Coach, and Jordan Ott, Mike Gerrity, DeMarre Carroll, Trevor Hendry, Omar Cook, Bryan Tibaldi, and Nate Reinking have been named Assistant Coaches.
Bryant brings over a decade of NBA experience to Atkinson’s staff, including the previous four seasons as associate head coach of the New York Knicks. Before joining New York, Bryant spent eight seasons with the Utah Jazz, serving as an assistant coach for six seasons (2014-2020) and two seasons as a player development assistant (2012-2014). While in Utah, Bryant spent time and built a relationship with Cavs star Donovan Mitchell.
Ott was recently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers (2022-2024) for the past two seasons. Before his tenure with the Lakers, Ott served as an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets for six seasons (2016-2022), where he worked under Atkinson on the sidelines for his first four years in Brooklyn.
Gerrity joins Atkinson’s staff after serving the previous two seasons (2022-2024) as head coach of the Cleveland Charge. In his first season at the helm, he led the Charge to a 30-20 record, tying for the second-most regular season wins in team history and securing the franchise’s first playoff win since the 2015-16 season. Gerrity also served as an assistant coach for the Cavaliers in 2021-22 and spent three seasons as the team’s Director of Player Development/Assistant Coach from 2018 to 2021.
Carroll comes to Cleveland after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the Lakers (2023-24) and Milwaukee Bucks (2022-23). Before joining the coaching ranks, Carroll played in the NBA for 11 seasons, including two seasons under Atkinson during their time with the Brooklyn Nets. Over his NBA playing career, Carroll appeared in a combined 578 games (339 starts) for Houston, San Antonio, Brooklyn, Toronto, Atlanta, Utah, Denver, and Memphis.
Hendry arrives in Cleveland after spending the previous two seasons (2022-24) as an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets and the four seasons before that (2018-22) as Brooklyn’s head video coordinator.
Cook was an assistant coach/player development with the Cavaliers last season. He originally joined the organization in 2022-23 as an assistant coach with the Charge after a successful 22-year professional basketball career, including stints in the NBA and NBA G League and playing professionally in over half a dozen countries internationally. The Brooklyn, NY native was a McDonalds All-American and First-Team Parade All-American at Christ the King High School and starred at St. John’s University before being drafted by the Orlando Magic as the 31st overall pick in 2001.
Tibaldi was most recently the Cavaliers’ player development/video assistant (2021-2024) after joining the organization as an assistant coach with the Charge during the 2019-20 campaign.
Reinking enters his second season as an Assistant Coach with the Cavaliers. He was previously an Assistant Coach/G-League Liaison from 2021-2023 and the Head Coach for the Charge from 2016-2021. Reinking has over 20 years of collegiate, professional, and international experience as both a player and coach. He was named the head coach of the Great Britain National Team in the summer of 2019.
To support the coaching staff, the Cavaliers have hired Alex Sarama as Director of Player Development and Patrick Licursi as Advance Scout. DJ Ham has been named Player Development/Video Assistant, Andrew Olson as Shooting Coach, and Austin Peterson as Manager of Coaching Analytics. Additionally, the Cavaliers have hired Aaron Robinson and Luke Webb as Video Assistants and Adrian Culea as Special Assistant to the Head Coach.
