A veteran coach returns to New York in a key role, joining a restructured staff ahead of a season filled with expectations.

Sources inform Shams Charania of ESPN that Charlotte Hornets assistant coach Chris Jent will serve as Mike Brown's associate head coach. His agent, Tyler Glass of CSE Talent, oversaw terms of the deal with the Knicks, Charania adds. Jent logged the 1996-97 season on New York, during the team's halcyon Patrick Ewing days.

The Knicks pursued Pacers assistant Mike Weinar for that spot, according to SNY, before he opted to stay with the NBA finalists under head coach Rick Carlisle. That came after the Knicks already had failed to land assistants like the Timberwolves’ Pablo Prigioni, the Mavericks’ Jay Triano or the Pelicans’ James Borrego.