Today, the Utah Jazz announced personnel updates within the coaching staff and basketball operations department ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Shane Fenske, who previously served as vice president of analytics and insights, has moved to the role of deputy general manager. Prior to his time with the Jazz, the Blackduck, Minnesota native spent six seasons with the Boston Celtics as a basketball operations and salary cap analyst and basketball operations technology developer. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Yale.
Assistant coach Sean Sheldon, who has been with the organization for two years, will move to the bench for Will Hardy’s staff. He got his start in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, starting as a quality control assistant in the video department, before being promoted to assistant video coordinator and then lead video coordinator. The Traverse City, Michigan, native was a graduate assistant at Michigan State after playing professionally in Switzerland for one season. He was a four-year player at William & Mary from 2012-16.
Andrew Warren, who has served as the team’s assistant video coordinator for the past two seasons, will transition to the role of assistant coach. Originally from Indianapolis, he served as video coordinator for the Birmingham Squadron during the 2021-22 season, after an exceptional international and G League career spanning 10+ years, playing in Argentina, Australia, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Japan. , and New Zealand, as well as for the Santa Cruz Warriors and Stockton Kings of the G League (then Reno Bighorns). He played collegiately at Bradley (2006-11).
Justin Mazzulla, who served as assistant coach and video coordinator for the Salt Lake City Stars, Utah’s G League affiliate, will move to the Jazz’s video room as assistant video coordinator. A native of Johnston, RI, he briefly served as a graduate assistant at Rhode Island and played five collegiate seasons at George Washington (2017-20) and Vermont (2020-22).
Torin Dorn He joins the Jazz video room as assistant video coordinator after serving as an assistant coach and associate player development for the Salt Lake City Stars. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native began his playing career at North Carolina-Charlotte before transferring to NC State, where he spent three seasons (2016-18). Following his tenure with the Wolfpack, Dorn went on to play professionally in the Polish Basketball League (2019-20) and Czech Basketball League (2021-22), before returning to NC State as a Graduate Manager.
Katie Benzan, who joined the Jazz as a Basketball Operations Generalist in 2022-23, will now serve as Assistant General Manager/Pro Scouting Coordinator for the Salt Lake City Stars. The Wellesley, Massachusetts native played one professional season with the WNBA’s Washington Mystics in 2022 after a standout collegiate career at Harvard (2016-19) and Maryland (2020-22), where she set a program record for triples. percentage (.474).
Brian Paugawho served as a scout for the organization has been promoted to Director of College Scouting and Basketball Intelligence, with another former scout, Shenton Waibeing elevated to Pro Scouting Manager. Zach Paige He will now serve as Manager of Basketball Operations and Scouting after serving as Coordinator of Basketball Operations. Spencer Siegel has been added as a data scientist in the front office after recently finishing his master’s in statistics at Stanford, and the team also added Alex Moore as a Full Stack Software Engineer earlier this season.
Besides, Lynzie Sorenson is being promoted to Director of Family Relations, jose raia has been named Executive Chef, anela davis has been added as Basketball Operations Generalist-Analytic, and Bernard Webb is being elevated to Team Operations Coordinator.
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