Spanish Sergi Oliva, after six years with the Philadelphia 76ers, has been hired by the Utah Jazz as Quin Snyder's new assistant coach, the franchise reported. Salt Lake City.
Born in Gelida, a town in the Alto Penedés region of Barcelona, he developed as a coach in his city's team and in Hortonenc of the Catalan Third Division. Later, after his time at the Catalan Basketball Federation, he applied for a job offer from the aforementioned Sixers and since then he has been working for this franchise until becoming Vice President of Strategy.
Sergi Oliva thus joins the select group of Spanish coaches who are already successful in the NBA, such as Jordi Fernández (assistant at Denver Nuggets); Marti Artigas (scouting Orlando Magic international) or Toni Caparrós (physical trainer at the Memphis Grizzlies).
