Overview

• Billy Lange has left Saint Joseph’s to join the New York Knicks, with multiple outlets reporting he will oversee player development as the team finalizes Mike Brown’s retooled staff.
• Saint Joseph’s announced Steve Donahue as its new head coach, promoting the former Penn leader who joined the Hawks as associate head coach in May.
• Reporting indicates Lange’s Knicks role centers on player development, though at least one outlet says he won’t hold an on-bench assistant title.
• Lange previously worked on Brett Brown’s 76ers staff from 2013 to 2019 and went 81–104 in six seasons at St. Joe’s, posting back-to-back 20-win campaigns and NIT bids while developing 2025 No. 31 pick Rasheer Fleming.
• New York has added assistants Chris Jent, Brendan O’Connor and T.J. Saint and is bringing in player-development coaches Charles Allen and Riccardo Fois, a shift aimed at integrating recent draftees like Pacome Dadiet, Tyler Kolek, Kevin McCullar Jr., Ariel Hukporti and Mohamed Diawara.