DETROIT – The Detroit Pistons have hired G League coach Kevin Burleson as an assistant coach.
ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski first reported Burleson’s hiring on Friday (July 12) at 9:10 p.m. on X where he said the former Houston Rockets G League head coach was joining new Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s staff.
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Kevin Burleson has agreed to take an assistant coaching job with J.B. Bickerstaff and the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. Burleson spent the past two years as the Rockets’ G League head coach. He’s also had stops with Minnesota and Memphis. pic.twitter.com/bzlCkPKntB
Burleson is the older brother of former Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson. He said he was proud of him and that the city now has another Burleson in the D.
I am so proud of my big brother! He’s one of the best coaches in the game and an even better man. @DetroitPistons just landed one more beautiful basketball ball mind to the team.
— Nathaniel E Burleson (@nateburleson) July 13, 2024
Kevin spent two seasons with the Rockets G League team, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Before that, the former 6′3″ guard played for the Charlotte Bobcats in the National Basketball Association from 2005-2006.
New York Knicks' Nate Robinson, left, drives to the basket as he is guarded by Charlotte Bobcats' Kevin Burleson during third quarter NBA basketball Monday night, April 17, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Bobcats beat the Knicks, 98-91. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) (Associated Press)
Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.
