Here is all you need to know about who is Joe Prunty, interim head coach of Atlanta Hawks, his age, career, family, wife, net worth and salary
The Atlanta Hawks confirmed on Tuesday that Nate McMillan had been sacked as coach after leading the NBA team to a 29-30 start to the 2022โ23 season.
Assistant coach Joe Prunty will take over as head coach in the interim, according to Hawks general manager Landry Fields.
Who is Joe Prunty interim head coach of Atlanta Hawks, his salary, net worth, age, wife, coaching stats
Joe Prunty has been named interim head coach.
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After being fired mid-season in 2021, McMillan began as the Hawks’ interim coach and led Atlanta to the Eastern Conference finals. He finished with a 99-80 record.
Even though the Hawks only have 23 games left, team executives think there is still time for them to improve and move up the standings. Atlanta is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 29โ30. The New York Knicks, who are now in sixth position, are only 3ยฝ games ahead of the Hawks.
In July 2021, Prunty, 54, was hired by the Hawks as an assistant coach. Except for two times when he served as Milwaukee’s interim head coach and went 29-25, he has been an assistant NBA coach since 1996.
Between 1999 and 2005, he served as an assistant coach in San Antonio for three NBA championship teams.
Who is Joe Prunty?
Joe Prunty, an American basketball professional and interim head coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), was born on February 12, 1969 and he is currently 54 years old.
He previously worked as the Milwaukee Bucks’ interim head coach in 2018 and was in charge of the Great Britain men’s national basketball team from June 2013 to September 2017.
Prunty, 54, is from Fremont, California and played college basketball at De Anza College and began his coaching career at the University of San Diego. During his short time as the Milwaukee Bucks head coach, Prunty finished with a 21-16 record in 37 games and the Bucks went on to lose in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Joe Prunty wife and kids
Laura Prunty is Joe Prunty’s wife, and the two exchanged vows back in 2002. They are parents to two kids, the oldest of whom is Luke Joseph and was born in 2009. Emma is their second child, she was born in July 2012.
Laura Marie Green, Joe Prunty’s wife, is a native of Bexar, Texas. Due to her preference for maintaining a quiet existence, there isn’t much information about her on internet.
Joe Prunty net worth
Joe Prunty’s estimated net worth is reportedly $5 Million but his salary isn’t known.