Los Angeles Lakers Former Coach. Former los angeles lakers coach phil jackson is unable to travel from his montana home to attend monday night's jersey retirement for kobe bryant, league sources told espn. Lebron james' former coach calls luke walton 'perfect guy' for lakers.
The los angeles lakers had an opening on the coaching staff after former assistant coach jason kidd departed to become the head coach of the dallas mavericks. On wednesday, espn’s adrian wojnarowski revealed that. Los angeles didn’t take too long to find a replacement.