Former Arizona walk-on guard Quinton Crawford has been hired as a Lakers assistant coach, according to the L.A. Times' Brad Turner.
Lakers to hire Quinton Crawford as assistant coach on Frank Vogel's staff, per source. Crawford worked as a head video coordinator/player development with Vogel in Orlando. Crawford spent last season in same role with Charlotte. He began career as assistant VC in Sacramento.
— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) July 19, 2019
The move reunites Crawford with Lakers coach Frank Vogel, who was Orlando's head coach when Crawford worked for the Magic from 2016 to 2018.
Crawford played the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons with the Wildcats, then spending an internship with the UA Wildcat Club in 2012-13. His LinkedIn bio says he later took an NBA summer league internship in 2014 while spending two years as a graduate assistant at Pepperdine.
Crawford joined the Sacramento Kings as assistant video director in 2015-16 and spent two years with the Magic as assistant video coordinator and then head video coordinator. He was hired as Charlotte's head video coordinator last season.
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