Former Sixers assistant **Billy Lange** is expected to leave his position as the men’s basketball head coach at Saint Joseph’s University in order to take a job on the **Knicks**‘ staff under new head coach **Mike Brown**, according to Pete Thamel, Jeff Borzello, and Tim Bontemps of ESPN ([Twitter link](https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1965801749132059113)).
A New Jersey native, Lange has been coaching since 1996, primarily in the college ranks. After taking a series of jobs at smaller programs, he joined Villanova as an assistant from 2001-04 under **Jay Wright**, was Navy’s head coach from 2004-11, then rejoined Villanova as Wright’s associate head coach from 2011-13.
Lange subsequently made the leap to the NBA, working as an assistant on **Brett Brown**‘s coaching staff in Philadelphia from 2013-19. He returned to the NCAA in 2019 as the head coach at St. Joe’s and has spent the past six seasons in that role.
According to Ian Begley of SNY.tv ([Twitter link](https://x.com/IanBegley/status/1965806086033707111)), the expectation is that Lange will oversee the Knicks’ player development program. He served in a similar role during his time with the 76ers in addition to being involved in Philadelphia’s offense.
The Knicks have made a handful of changes to their coaching staff since bringing in Brown to replace former head coach **Tom Thibodeau**. New assistants **Chris Jent** and **Brendan O’Connor** are expected to run the offense and defense, respectively, while New York is also bringing in former Birmingham Squadron head coach **T.J. Saint**.
Additionally, the Knicks are retaining several coaches from Thibodeau’s staff, including **Rick Brunson** and **Maurice Cheeks**, and are adding **Charles Allen** and **Riccardo Fois**, a pair of player development assistants who worked under Brown in Sacramento.