Right now, the Utah Jazz introduced workers updates inside the teaching workers and basketball operations division forward of the 2024-25 season.
Shane Fenske, who beforehand served as Vice President of Analytics and Insights has been moved into the function of Assistant Normal Supervisor. Previous to his time with the Jazz, the Blackduck, Minn., native spent six seasons with the Boston Celtics as a basketball operations and wage cap analyst and basketball operations know-how developer. He has a bachelor’s diploma in laptop science from Yale.
Assistant Coach Sean Sheldon, who has been with the group for 2 years, will transfer to the entrance of the bench for Will Hardy’s workers. He started within the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, beginning as a top quality assurance assistant within the video division, earlier than being promoted to assistant video coordinator after which head video coordinator. The Traverse Metropolis, Mich., native was a graduate assistant at Michigan State after taking part in professionally in Switzerland for a season. He was a four-year participant at William & Mary from 2012-16.
Andrew Warren, who has served as an assistant video coordinator for the crew for the previous two seasons will transition into the function of Assistant Coach. A local of Indianapolis, he served as a video coordinator for the Birmingham Squadron in the course of the 2021-22 season, after an distinctive 10-plus 12 months worldwide and G League profession, taking part in in Argentina, Australia, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Japan, and New Zealand in addition to for the G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors and Stockton Kings (then Reno Bighorns). He performed collegiately at Bradley (2006-11).
Justin Mazzulla, who served as Assistant Coach and Video Coordinator for the Salt Lake Metropolis Stars, Utah’s G League affiliate, might be shifting to the Jazz video room as an Assistant Video Coordinator. The Johnston, R.I., native, briefly served as a Graduate Assistant at Rhode Island and performed 5 collegiate seasons at George Washington (2017-20) and Vermont (2020-22).
Torin Dorn joins the Jazz video room as Assistant Video Coordinator, after serving as Assistant Coach and Participant Growth Affiliate for the Salt Lake Metropolis Stars. The Charlotte, N.C., native started his taking part in profession at North Carolina-Charlotte earlier than transferring to N.C. State, the place he spent three seasons (2016-18). Following his time with the Wolfpack, Dorn went on to play professionally within the Polish Basketball League (2019-20) and Czech Basketball League (2021-22), earlier than returning to N.C. State as a Graduate Supervisor.
Katie Benzan, who joined the Jazz as a Basketball Operations generalist in 2022-23, will now function Salt Lake Metropolis Stars Assistant Normal Supervisor/Coordinator of Professional Scouting. The Wellesley, Mass., native performed one skilled season with the Washington Mystics of the WNBA in 2022 after a standout collegiate profession at Harvard (2016-19) and Maryland (2020-22), the place she set a program report for three-point share (.474).
Brian Pauga, who served as a scout for the group has been promoted to Director of Faculty Scouting & Basketball Intelligence, with one other former scout, Shenton Wai, being elevated to Supervisor of Professional Scouting. Zach Paige will now function Supervisor of Basketball Operations and Scouting after serving as Coordinator of Basketball Operations. Spencer Siegel has been added as a Information Scientist within the entrance workplace after not too long ago ending his grasp’s diploma in statistics from Stanford, with the crew additionally including Alec Moore as Full Stack Software program Engineer earlier this season.
Moreover, Lynzie Sorenson is being promoted to Director of Household Relations, Josh Raia has been named Govt Chef, Anela Davis has been added as a Basketball Operations Generalist-Analytics, and Bernard Webb is being elevated to Workforce Operations Coordinator.
