Mike Woodson is returning to the NBA.
The former Knicks coach was officially named the associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings under Doug Christie on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Woodson, 67, will head back to the league after spending the last four years as the head coach at Indiana before stepping down after last season.
The Hoosiers went 82-53 under Woodson, but underwhelmed given the program’s high standards, failing to make it past the Round of 32 in two NCAA Tournament appearances and missing the tournament the last two years.
Indiana had been one of the highest NIL spending teams in the country and was ranked No. 17 in the preseason AP poll.
Woodson, who played college ball under Bobby Knight at Indiana, was drafted 12th overall by the Knicks in the 1980 draft.
He spent 11 years in the NBA, including five seasons with the Kings, before becoming an assistant head coach with the Bucks in 1996.
After several stints across the league, including a head coaching gig with the Hawks from 2004-10.
Woodson became a Knicks assistant in 2011, later becoming the franchise’s head coach from 2012-14, going 109-79.
In 2012-13, Woodson led the Knicks to one of the best seasons in recent franchise history, winning 54 games and reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals.
He later returned to the Knicks as an assistant in 2020 before heading to Indiana.
Woodson will look to help the Kings return to the postseason after falling short in the play-in tournament in each of the past two seasons.
