Houston Rockets head coach Im Udoka has announced his roster for the 2023-24 NBA season. Joining the team as assistant coaches will be Ben Sullivan, Royal Ivy, Garrett Jackson, Thiago Splitter, Cam Hodges and Mike Moser.
Sullivan has been an assistant coach with Boston the past two seasons, including on Udoka’s staff in 2021-22. Prior to joining the Celtics, Sullivan spent seven seasons as an assistant on Mike Bodenholzer’s staff at both Atlanta and Milwaukee and helped the Bucks win a championship in 2020-21. Sullivan began his career in the NBA as an assistant video coordinator with San Antonio after being recommended by Udoka, who was at the time an assistant coach with the Spurs.
Ivey joined the Rockets from Brooklyn, where he has spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach, including alongside Udoka on Steve Nash’s staff in 2020-21. After completing his 10-year career in the NBA, Ivey became an assistant coach for Oklahoma City’s G League affiliate, The Blue. He eventually moved on to assistant coach with the Thunder and was also an assistant coach for his hometown Knicks. Ivey completed his career at the University of Texas at Austin as the school’s starting quarterback.
Jackson has spent the past two seasons as a player enhancement coach in Boston. The Portland native played overseas after his college career at USC and Saint Mary’s. Jackson was the alumni manager for Hawaii’s men’s team in 2018-19 before taking a coaching stint with the Spurs’ video department.
Spliter has spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nets and worked alongside Udoka in the 2020-21 season. After a distinguished playing career in Spain, Splitter joined Tottenham in 2010-11 and started 18 play-off matches during the tournament in 2013-14. He has been an assistant coach for the Brazilian national team and served as the head coach of the U-23 team.
Hodges has been an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers for the past three seasons after serving as the player development coach for Philadelphia in 2019-20 when Odoka was an assistant. He also worked for three seasons as a player development assistant for Tottenham Hotspur. Hodges, who served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve, played overseas before interning with the G-League Erie Bayhawks.
Moser was Boston’s strengthening coach last season after serving as an assistant coach for the Oregon Ducks women’s team in 2021-22. As a senior at Oregon, he earned an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention. Moser played abroad for several years with stops in Lithuania, Israel, Kosovo, Qatar, Finland and France.