Kenny Natt

Who is Kenny Natt?

Kenneth Wayne "Kenny" Natt is a retired American professional basketball player and ex-interim head coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. He was a 6'3" 185 lb guard and played collegiately at Northeast Louisiana University and had a three-year NBA playing career. After serving as an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2004 to 2007, Natt was named to the coaching staff of newly appointed Kings head coach and former Kansas City Kings teammate Reggie Theus in 2007. He was subsequently named interim head coach on the firing of Theus, but he himself was fired on April 24, 2009, after the Kings finished with an NBA season-low 17 wins.

Kenny Natt was selected with the 7th pick of the second round in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. He played for three different teams until the 1984–85 season.

Outside of his NBA career, he played for seven total teams in the CBA and the WBL.

Natt was an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz under Jerry Sloan for nine years until joining the Cleveland Cavaliers' coaching staff in 2004. He has also coached in the CBA and the Canadian NBL with the Cape Breton Breakers, and worked as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University and as a player scout for the Jazz and for the WBL. In 2011, he became the head coach of the India national basketball team.