According to Jack Pilgrim of KSR, Jamal Crawford has officially turned down an assistant coaching job on Mark Pope’s staff at Kentucky.
“If this were a different time, there’s no doubt. There’s zero doubt,” Crawford told KSR.
Here is an excerpt from Pilgrim’s report:
“If this were a different time, there’s no doubt. There’s zero doubt,” he told KSR. “I have such respect for Coach Pope, Coach Mo (Williams), but just with everything I’m doing right now, and I’m under contract with NBC, and seeing that through, I think that takes precedent. …
“I can’t do it right now. I just can’t, not with everything I’m doing. But I have no doubt I will be a coach in the future. Zero.”
Crawford will not be coaching in Lexington for the upcoming 2026-27 season, but the 46-year-old tells KSR he took Pope’s offer seriously and had a heart-to-heart with his wife, Tori, about the opportunity.
