Brad Stevens and the Celtics will begin their extensive search for a new head coach after Stevens transition to the president role following Danny Ainge’s retirement today. Boston got a head start on the other teams as the first to move on from its coach, and the ability to lead Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum into the future is expected to make the job an enticing destination.<\/p>\n
Stevens first needs to address his current staff who now fall into limbo under their old head coach and the new lead he’ll hire. No decision is made on what will happen to assistant coach Jay Larranaga and the rest of the staff yet, though Marc J. Spears reported Boston assistant Jerome Allen will be interviewed<\/a> and Betonline.ag lists Larranaga (+300) as the favorite to succeed Stevens.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n “The majority of my focus today and tomorrow is making sure I sit down with my coaching staff,” Stevens said. “And we talk about their next steps and what we can do. The biggest challenge in any of these transitions are the people who are affected by it, and we have an unbelievable group of people who have done a good job here and it’s my hope that we can have people around for longer. At the same time, if not, we want to help them in any way that we can.”<\/p>\n