Nuggets Hire Brian Shaw As New Head Coach

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets have found their next head coach.

A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Indiana Pacers assistant coach Brian Shaw has agreed to succeed George Karl.

The Denver Post first announced the agreement with Shaw, and the former Phil Jackson pupil told the newspaper he's been "prepared by the best of the best" for his first NBA head coaching job.

Shaw is a former NBA guard and longtime assistant NBA coach who has interviewed about a dozen times for head coaching positions but kept coming up short until Monday. He takes over a team that set a team-record for victories but was eliminated in the Western Conference quarterfinals, leading to Karl's ouster.