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Hawks waste no time, hire Quin Snyder as coach

AP file photo by Rick Bowmer / Quin Snyder, who coached the Utah Jazz the past eight seasons before resigning last summer, has been hired as coach of the Atlanta Hawks.
AP file photo by Rick Bowmer / Quin Snyder, who coached the Utah Jazz the past eight seasons before resigning last summer, has been hired as coach of the Atlanta Hawks. AP file photo by Rick Bowmer / Quin Snyder, who coached the Utah Jazz the past eight seasons before resigning last summer, has been hired as coach of the Atlanta Hawks.

By CHARLES ODUM / The Associated Press 3 min read

ATLANTA — Quin Snyder has been hired as coach of the Atlanta Hawks, the team announced Sunday.

The Hawks reached an agreement with Snyder on a five-year deal only five days after firing Nate McMillan. The team has scheduled a news conference for Monday to introduce Snyder.

The announcement from the team came shortly after the Hawks’ second straight win under interim coach Joe Prunty, a buzzer-beating 129-127 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

When announcing McMillan’s firing, general manager Landry Fields stressed that Atlanta’s eighth-place standing in the Eastern Conference was not acceptable for a team that advanced to the conference title series in 2021. On Wednesday, Fields confirmed Snyder was a candidate.

Because Snyder, 56, was available, the agreement to return to Atlanta, where he was an assistant on Mike Budenholzer’s staff during the 2013-14 season, was reached quickly.