Washington Huskies assistant coach Quincy Pondexter is reportedly set to become the head coach of the Chicago Bulls' NBA G-League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls. Pondexter, a standout on the court for the Huskies from 2006-10 who returned for his second coaching stint at his alma mater prior to the 2025-26 season, is expected to be hired as the Windy City Bulls' next coach, according to a report on Sunday. The 6-foot-7 former forward from Fresno, California, played for the Bulls during the 2017-18 season under coach Fred Hoiberg, who has since returned to the college ranks as Nebraska's head coach. Pondexter has never been a head coach since entering the profession at UW in 2021 under former coach Mike Hopkins.
BREAKING: The Windy City Bulls are hiring Quincy Pondexter as their next head coach, per multiple sources. Pondexter joins the Bulls after serving as an assistant since 2021, with stops at USC and Washington. Pondexter played nine seasons in the NBA, most notably with Memphis. pic.twitter.com/VjVtnF8WZc — Hardwood Intel (@hardwoodintel) August 16, 2026 As of Monday afternoon, neither UW nor the Windy City Bulls confirmed the report of Pondexter being hired to replace former coach Billy Donovan III, the son of two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan. Founded in 2016, the NBA G-League franchise has only two winning seasons—the first in 2018-19 and the last in 2022-23—and one playoff appearance while employing five different coaches during that stretch. With Pondexter set to be the sixth coach to lead the team, it's a gamble on both sides, but one each feels now is the right time to take. Pondexter, a first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in the 2010 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, spent three seasons as an assistant under Hopkins from 2021-24, and then made the move with fellow UW assistant and former player Will Conroy to join Eric Musselman's staff at USC for the 2024-25 campaign. He returned to Montlake, along with standout sophomore guard Wesley Yates III, for his second go-round in 2025-26 under coach Danny Sprinkle. Since last season concluded in March, the third-year Huskies' coach has hired two new assistants, DeAndre Haynes from Marquette and Charles Klask from the professional ranks, and not retained another assistant in DeMarlo Slocum after he spent the past two seasons at UW with Sprinkle. Additionally, special assistant Jerry Hobbie left the program to join Jamie Dixon's staff at TCU, and no hire has been made publicly to replace the veteran coach with the same title. Associate head coach Andy Hill, who has been with Sprinkle at both of his previous two schools—Montana State and Utah State—and former Husky turned assistant Abdul Gaddy both remain on the bench from last season going into the 2026-27 season. This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Chicago Bulls G-League Affiliate Reportedly Hires Washington Assistant