Does anyone know what one has to do or the path he or she has to take if they want to be a head coach or GM of an NBA franchise? The only path that I could figure out to becoming a head coach (if you're not a former player, that is) is- first coaching a high school team successfully for at least 10 years, getting hired by a college team, doing well, and then being noticed by a GM and getting hired. Speaking of, how do you become a GM? I would love to have that job one day in the future.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rudeezy:</div><div class="quote_post">You have to know people in high places, be highly skilled, and very lucky.</div> More than very lucky...but knowin people and skilled is the key. And experiance..but if you know people that usually has then best %
The best way to become a GM is to start off by getting a scouting job. How you get one of those is beyond me...
For starters you need to know alot of about salary cap,every player in the league and how to give the right contracts out.Now to have a chance to be a GM now days..In my opinion you need to be at least an NBA all-star throughout your career.You will always be considered for a GM spot around the league if you were a well known player.MJ is a good example of that...He from what I have seen was a terrible GM and made some bad moves...but he is michael Jordan...so no matter what or how good he did as GM would get respect.
It's just about as easy a proposition (if not more difficult) than becoming a player in the league. My best guess other than those already mentioned would probably be for starters - go to school for either a business or PhysEd degree. NBA coaches are hardly ever hired from the college ranks, but if you can somehow make it that far, I guess you'd have a shot. Becoming a GM is probably even harder than a coaching job. From what I can tell, you have to be either a lawyer, a fortune-500 business owner or the offspring of the current or former GM. Are you planning on going into coaching first, then going into the front office?
I have actually been looking into stuff like this. I practice with salery education and free agents and stuff with simulation leagues, and I like it a lot. I do know however, there is a slight chance I will actually get a job. But, I plan to at least try and I do know SOME people. So I got a decent chance of at least being noticed.
Yeah, it seems to me that it is nearly impossible to become GM or head coach without either being a former player or having connections in the league. Has anyone heard of a case in which something like this happened?
I can think of a few coaches that never played in the league, but as far as having connections or not I am not sure. Van Gundy (Both), Tim Floyd and Kevin O'Neill. These are the only guys I can think of that are current coaches who have never played in the NBA. GM's, I have no idea. The best thing to start out with, especially if you're going to school at the time, might be to look for an internship with your local team - the Warriors I assume. This will allow you to start making your connections while involved in daily team business. It is not an impossible dream though, look at guys like Theo Epstein with the Red Sox and Cashman with the Yankees. They were both under 30 years old when they became GM's of two of MLB's most historic franchises.
That's a pretty good idea... getting an internship. While we're on the topic of NBA-related jobs, does anyone know what kind of degree or education that one needs to be a sports agent? Even though it's a tough job, you get to interact with players on a regular basis and you also get paid a lot. While the money isn't my motivation for this job, it's an added bonus .
