Jim Eyen
| Los Angeles Lakers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| College | UC Santa Barbara (1979) |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1979–1982 | Santa Barbara CC (Assistant) |
| 1982–1984 | Dos Pueblos HS |
| 1984–1988 | UC Santa Barbara (Assistant) |
| 1988–1989 | Los Angeles Clippers (Assistant) |
| 1989–1993 | Los Angeles Lakers (Assistant) |
| 1993–1996 | Milwaukee Bucks (Assistant) |
| 1997–2001 | Portland Trail Blazers (Assistant) |
| 2003–2009 | Los Angeles Clippers (Assistant) |
| 2009–2013 | Sacramento Kings (Assistant) |
| 2013–present | Los Angeles Lakers (Assistant) |
Jim Eyen is a basketball assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Early career
Eyen graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies in 1979 and he earned a master's degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University in 1984. [1] He began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Santa Barbara City College in 1979 where he helped lead the Vaqueros to the state tournament three consecutive years. In 1982, Eyen was named head coach of Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, Calif., and led his team to the 1984 CIF playoffs as well as coaching the county all-star team. From 1984-88 Eyen served as an assistant for his alma mater, the University of California at Santa Barbara for four seasons, helping the Gauchos earn their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.
NBA coaching career
Jim Eyen is a 22-year veteran NBA assistant coach, with 25 years working in the NBA. Eyen originally began his NBA coaching career with the Clippers in 1988 when he served as an assistant coach under then head coach Don Casey. The following season, he moved to the Lakers, assisting Pat Riley and was retained when Mike Dunleavy was named Lakers' head coach in 1990. After three seasons with the Lakers, Eyen followed Dunleavy to Milwaukee, where he remained through 1996. In 1997, Eyen again joined Dunleavy, only this time in Portland, where he worked as an assistant through the 2000-01 campaign. When Dunleavy was named head coach of the Clippers prior to the 2003-04 season, he again asked Eyen to join him as the team's lead assistant. Eyen spent six seasons as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. In 2009, Eyen joined the Sacramento Kings under new head coach Paul Westphal as his lead assistant and was then retained by Keith Smart in 2012.[2] Eyen's basketball interests also extend internationally. He has served as a consultant to clubs in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan, where in 1996 he worked with the Japanese National Team.
On June 5, 2013, new Kings coach Michael Malone announced that the 2012–13 assistant coaches would not be retained for the 2013–14 season.[3]
References
- ↑ "Jim Eyen". nba.com. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ "Westphal names assistant coaches". espn.com. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ Mike Malone tells assistant Kings coaches they will not be retained