on November 22, 2008 by the Thunder after a 1–12 start. During his time with the Sonics and Thunder, he coached the USA select basketball team that scrimmaged with the US National Team in preparation for the 2007 FIBA tournament and 2008 Summer Olympics. The team included Kevin Durant and Jeff Green, both players with the Thunder. On May 31, 2010, Carlesimo had reached an agreement to join the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach under Jay Triano. After one season with the Raptors, he was hired as an assistant coach by the New Jersey Nets (now known as the Brooklyn Nets). On December 27, 2012, he was promoted to interim head coach of the Nets after the firing of Avery Johnson. Carlesimo took a team floundering at 14–14, and compiled 35–19 record for a fourth-place finish in the East, earning home-court advantage for the Nets in the first round. On May 5, 2013, Nets general manager Billy King announced Carlesimo would not be retained as head coach after the team lost in their first round series against the Chicago Bulls in 7 games. Head coaching record College NBA |- | align="left" |Portland | align="left" | |82||44||38||.537|| align="center" |4th in Pacific||3||0||3||.000 | align="center" |Lost in first round |- | align="left" |Portland | align="left" | |82||44||38||.537|| align="center" |3rd in Pacific||5||2||3||.400 | align="center" |Lost in first round |- | align="left" |Portland | align="left" | |82||49||33||.598|| align="center" |3rd in Pacific||4||1||3||.250 | align="center" |Lost in first round |- | align="left" |Golden State | align="left" | |82||19||63||.232|| align="center" |6th in Pacific||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed playoffs |- | align="left" |Golden State | align="left" | |50||21||29||.420|| align="center" |6th in Pacific||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed playoffs |- | align="left" |Golden State | align="left" | |27||6||21||.222|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |Seattle | align="left" | |82||20||62||.244|| align="center" |5th in Northwest||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed playoffs |- | align="left" |Oklahoma City | align="left" | |13||1||12||.077|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |Brooklyn | align="left" | |54||35||19|||| align="center" |2nd in Atlantic||7||3||4||.429 | align="center" |Lost in first round |- |-class="sortbottom" | align="left" |Career | ||554||239||315|||| ||19||6||13||.316 Personal life Carlesimo is married and has two sons. He is the son of college basketball coach and athletic director Peter A. Carlesimo. See also List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach References External links College playing statistics 1949 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in