
The makings of the Knicks’ new coaching staff, from color-coded notes to laundry chores
NY Post
Eric Musselman has been doing the coaching thing for a while. From the CBA to the USBL to the D-League to the NBA to the NCAA, Musselman, now the head coach at USC, has toured the b-ball league acronyms.
And if you’re around any business long enough, you’ll create a network, a web of former colleagues and friends and like-minded workers.
Coincidentally, the Knicks’ new-look staff, assembled after months of roller-coaster searching, carries strong ties to Musselman. He went to the same college as Mike Brown, the University of San Diego, and then served as the Lakers’ D-League coach during Brown’s stint guiding Kobe and company.
Musselman gave Brendan O’Connor, the Knicks’ new defensive coordinator, his first coaching opportunity with the Florida Sharks of the USBL, where O’Connor was quickly elevated from laundry duty to assistant coach.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












