Here's where ex-Providence basketball coach Kim English is going next
English will be on the staff of newly hired Tar Heels coach Michael Malone, the former Denver Nuggets coach and a onetime Friars assistant.
Kim English has his next men’s college basketball home. ESPN reported Monday afternoon the former Providence head coach will be hired as part of Michael Malone’s first staff at North Carolina. English spent the last three seasons with the Friars and the previous two leading George Mason.
He was a combined 82-81 over five years, including 48-52 with Providence. English was fired with four years remaining on his contract after an 85-72 loss to St. John’s at the Big East Tournament and replaced by Bryan Hodgson.
Malone was an assistant with the Friars from 1995-98 before moving on to a host of jobs in college and the NBA. His highlight to date was capturing a championship with the Denver Nuggets in 2022-23, part of the decade he spent with the franchise. Malone was fired with three games left in the 2024-25 season and spent last year working in media with ESPN.
Malone is back in college for the first time since working as an assistant for Manhattan from 1999-2001. He jumped to an assistant’s spot with the New York Knicks the following season, a chance with his hometown professional team for the Queens native. Malone spent a short stint leading the Sacramento Kings before his hiring by Denver ahead of the 2015-16 season.
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