Kenneth Wayne Natt (born October 5, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player and ex-interim head coach for the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings.Theus becomes 6th NBA coach fired this season , updated December 15, 2008 He was a 6'3" guard and played collegiately at Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana-Monroe) and had a three-year NBA playing career. After serving as an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2004 to 2007, Natt was named to the coaching staff of newly appointed Kings head coach and former Kansas City Kings teammate Reggie Theus in 2007.Kings hire Kenny Natt as assistant coach, updated July 7, 2007 He was subsequently named interim head coach on the firing of Theus, but he himself was fired on April 24, 2009, after the Kings finished with an NBA season-low 17 wins.Kings fire interim coach Natt, four assistant coaches , updated April 24, 2009
Professional playing career Natt was selected with the 7th pick of the second round (30th overall) in the 1980 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers. ; retrieved April 13, 2007 He played for three different teams until the 1984–85 season.
Outside of his NBA career, he played for sevenAn exciting time for Natt By MARQ MITCHAM June 5, 2007 total teams in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and the World Basketball League (WBL). He was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1982 and Second Team in 1987.
Coaching career Natt began his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University. Natt then worked as a scout for the Utah Jazz for one season under Jerry Sloan before being an assistant on Sloan's staff from 1996 to 2004. After that, Natt joined the Cleveland Cavaliers' coaching staff in 2004. He has also coached in the CBA and the Canadian NBL with the Cape Breton Breakers, and worked as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University and as a player scout for the Jazz and for the WBL. In 2011, he became the head coach of the India national basketball team.I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt Since 2012, Natt has been director of basketball at the IMG Academy.
In 2003, Kenny Natt was inducted into the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) Hall of Fame. He is the younger brother of former NBA All-Star Calvin Natt.
Career playing statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 19 || 0 || 7.8 || .325 || .250 || .636 || .8 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 22 || 0 || 9.5 || .521 || .000 || .643 || 1.0 || 1.3 || .2 || .0 || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 4 || 0 || 3.3 || .400 || – || .500 || .5 || .0 || .3 || .0 || 1.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Kansas City | 4 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || – || – || .3 || .8 || .3 || .0 || .0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 49 || 0 || 7.9 || .417 || .200 || .621 || .8 || .8 || .2 || .0 || 3.1
Head coaching record
| style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | style="text-align:left;"| |58||11||47|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Pacific||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"|Career |58||11||47|||| ||—||—||—||—
References
External links Kenny Natt coaching profile at NBA.com