10:29 am: The Hawks have confirmed the extension in a press release, although terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed. “I am grateful to the Ressler family and humbled to continue leading this team. I love this group of players, love coaching this team and am fortunate to have a tremendous coaching staff. Atlanta has truly been home for my family, and I am excited to continue this journey,” Snyder said. “Tony, Jami (Gertz) and the entire Ressler family are deeply committed to providing us every resource we need for success and the partnership Onsi and I have developed is strong, with the shared focus of bringing Hawks fans the success they deserve.”
9:54 am: Hawks head coach Quin Snyder has agreed to a multiyear contract extension, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
The team also recently extended Onsi Saleh while promoting him from general manager to president of basketball operations and is focused on “organizational continuity,” per Charania.
Snyder led Atlanta to its first playoff appearance in three years, ending the season on a 20-6 run to grab the sixth seed. The Hawks lost to New York in six games in the opening round, but they’re still the only team to defeat the Knicks during this postseason.
The playoff berth came amidst a season of change that saw Trae Young get traded to Washington in January. The Hawks opted to place more emphasis on defense with a collection of young, athletic players, and CJ McCollum, who was acquired in that deal, became a reliable scorer and a late-game hero in their two playoff victories.
Snyder, 59, came to Atlanta midway through the 2022/23 season following a successful eight-year run in Utah. He has a 132-135 record with the Hawks and a 504-399 mark overall.
Charania points out that Snyder is the only head coach to ever have consecutive Most Improved Players, with Dyson Daniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker winning the award the past two seasons.
An extension for Snyder was considered “inevitable,” Jake Fischer and Marc Stein of The Stein Line stated last month. They cited rumors during the regular season that Snyder was viewed as a potential replacement for Kenny Atkinson in Cleveland, but the Cavaliers weren’t ready for a coaching change.
Quin sinks the 8 ball for another big win. Gets to put his mark on another line. Congrats Quin.
Worst beat down in Playoff history, Billy Donovan was getting an extension for being horrible at his job, Is the NBA losing it’s mind? LOL
I actually sorta like Quin Snyder but this is clearly another example of white privelege. Nate McMillan was a better head coach of the Hawks by every measure yet he was fired & given less time than Quin has already had. I could almost understand letting him coach this last yr on his contract as a prove it type season. These guys actually went and rewarded him for winning 0 playoff series & gave him a contract extension. Mike Woodson, Larry Drew, Nate McMillan, all Black head coaches that were better than Quin as our HC. All 3 guys fired after being dragged in the local media. Quin gets nothing but praise from local (& apparently national) media even with little to no results. This is the type of stuff that was supposed to have gone away with Danny Ferry. I can only hope that they at least attempted to lure Dusty May away from Michigan before they gave Quin this new contract. And it should go without saying that Quin should be taking a significant pay cut here. Terrible news for Hawks fans to start the week smh.