Search firms often operate in the shadows, quietly working back channels to get the process moving. Hughes chatted with The Associated Press not long after helping the Minnesota Timberwolves hire Tom Thibodeau as president of basketball operations and coach to shed some light on the process.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's coaching change season in the NBA, and that means teams are conducting searches for new leadership in all sorts of different ways.
Some teams employ a search firm to streamline the process. One of the more prominent names in the business is Korn Ferry,Adam Oates Jersey, led by Jed Hughes, the vice chairman and global sector leader of its sports division. He's helped put Masai Ujiri with the Toronto Raptors,Fjallraven Kanken Zaino Saldi, Hue Jackson with the Cleveland Browns and Jim Harbaugh with the Michigan Wolverines, among many others.
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