Jordi Fernández
Jordi Fernández Torres (born December 27, 1982) is a Spanish basketball coach, currently an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coaching career. Fernandez began his National Basketball Association (NBA) coaching career in 2009 when he was hired by the Cleveland Cavaliers as a player development coach. In 2013, Fernández took an opportunity to join the Canton Charge in the NBA Development League as the top assistant coach. One year later he became the head coach. NBA. In 2009, Mike Brown, former head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, hired Fernandez to be a  player development coach with the team. There, he tutored Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, Matthew Dellavedova and other players. Mike Gansey, the Cavaliers Assistant General Manager, spoke highly of Fernandez during his tenure with the Cavaliers: "Whoever walks through that door, [Fernandez] can relate to them... he's either watched it, lived it or seen it. That's why he's so valuable." Fernandez also worked with LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal during his time with the Cavaliers. He was also on the coaching staff during the Cavaliers' 2016 NBA Championship. To start the 2016–17 season Denver Nuggets added  Fernandez to their coaching staff as an assistant coach. Fernandez was referenced in ESPN’s annual report on potential coaching candidates to watch in April 2018. Players up and down the Nuggets’ roster speak highly of Fernandez. Monte Morris said, "He's an all about business guy." Nigeria national team. Fernandez was an assistant coach for the Nigeria national team under Mike Brown at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Education. Fernandez's background in academia provides him with a unique perspective on coaching. His college degree is in sports sciences, and is one completed academic article away from  his PhD in sports psychology. He has extensively studied and researched the observation of human behavior. In 2009, Fernandez co-authored an academic article titled "Identifying and analyzing the construction and effectiveness of offensive plays in basketball by using systematic observation."