{"id":43823,"date":"2025-05-19T21:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/43823\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T21:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:10:11","slug":"report-heat-assistant-chris-quinn-earns-second-interview-for-suns-coaching-search-hot-hot-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/43823\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Heat assistant Chris Quinn earns second interview for Suns coaching search &#8211; Hot Hot Hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-082643-1024x553.png\" alt=\"Chris Quinn Heat\" class=\"wp-image-3567\"  \/>(Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Last offseason, both the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers checked in on Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn as part of their head coaching search.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, the Phoenix Suns are doing the same, as Quinn is one of nine candidates to record second interviews with the organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeLFischer\/status\/1924179399814811951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according<\/a> to NBA insider Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns are casting a wide net for their head coaching search. Heat assistant Chris Quinn is a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns are on the precipice of hiring their fourth head coach in four years. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/44671389\/sources-suns-fire-coach-mike-budenholzer-one-season&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjK0KWFrrCNAxU7DjQIHfOuFJwQFnoECBsQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ewnUHUE29_e6ctzNGrsej\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fired<\/a> Mike Budenholzer after a 36-46 season in mid-April after letting go of Monty Williams and Frank Vogel in consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix casted a wide net for their search, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/05\/latest-on-suns-head-coaching-search-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">initially interviewing<\/a> 15-20 candidates. According to Fischer, here were the candidates to receive second interviews:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Quinn (Heat assistant)<\/p>\n<p>Dave Bliss (Thunder assistant) <\/p>\n<p>David Fizdale (Suns assistant)<\/p>\n<p>James Borrego (Pelicans assistant)<\/p>\n<p>Johnnie Bryant (Cavaliers assistant)<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Ott (Cavaliers assistant)<\/p>\n<p>Micah Nori (Timberwolves assistant)<\/p>\n<p>Sean Sweeney (Mavericks assistant)<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hetzel (Nets assistant)<\/p>\n<p>The stars are aligning for the Suns to hire a first-year head coach, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/valleyofthesuns.com\/suns-reported-coaching-choice-hints-full-culture-reset-phoenix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">priority<\/a> of theirs; Fizdale and Borrego are the only aforementioned names with previous head coaching experience.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn, 40, is also the Heat\u2019s longest-tenured assistant under head coach Erik Spoelstra, having been one of its primary player developmental staffers for the last decade. He joined Miami ahead of the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been interviewed by the Bucks, Jazz, Hornets, Pistons and Pacers in the past for their head coaching gigs. <\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when the Suns will decide on their head coach, but it\u2019s cool to see a respected assistant consistently see his name involved.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>To check out our other content, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hothothoops.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Hot Hot Hoops on Twitter\/X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hothothoops?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Follow Hot Hot Hoops on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hothothoops?fbclid=PAAaZK-uxa3cMPUQcM2z6aGmK3faJ-G1R7YKtEOcPJNPO4VwfOvw1epBIoCyk_aem_Ad_aZ7zQwWkfVN5rHfd0UkIWrYEnU4j4Ulz0SRK__Qt1738L-NeQ3cZC5voFks7V6K8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hothothoops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images) Last offseason, both the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers checked in on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[5340,7,11780,12094,12095,12096,12097,144,3948,12098,189,3953,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-43823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-2025-miami-heat-offseason","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-chris-quinn","11":"tag-chris-quinn-head-coach","12":"tag-chris-quinn-heat","13":"tag-chris-quinn-miami-heat","14":"tag-chris-quinn-phoenix-suns","15":"tag-heat","16":"tag-heat-news","17":"tag-heat-suns","18":"tag-miami-heat","19":"tag-miami-heat-news","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-phoenix","22":"tag-phoenix-suns","23":"tag-phoenixsuns","24":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114536554684767602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}