Taylor Jenkins

Taylor Jenkins enters his second season as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies after being named to the position on June 11, 2019.

Jenkins led the Grizzlies to franchise-record averages for points, 3-pointers made, rebounds, assists and pace during his first season on the sidelines and guided one of the NBA’s youngest rosters to a play-in game for the final spot in the 2020 Western Conference Playoffs at the NBA restart in Orlando. Jenkins, at age 35, was named Western Conference Coach of the Month for January 2020 after Memphis went 11-4 and established a singlemonth franchise record for scoring average (118.9). Three of the five highest-scoring months in club history were recorded during Jenkins’ first season as head coach.

Jenkins joined the Grizzlies after serving the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach under two-time NBA Coach of the Year Mike Budenholzer with the Milwaukee Bucks, helping guide the team to the NBA’s best regular season record (60-22), a trip to the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals and the league’s highest-scoring offense (118.1 points per game). He was an assistant coach for Team Giannis in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game.

Before his time with the Bucks, Jenkins spent five seasons (2013-18) as an assistant coach under Budenholzer with the Atlanta Hawks, where he helped coach the team to four postseason appearances, including the 2015 Eastern Conference Finals. He was an assistant coach for the 2015 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team.

Jenkins’ previous experience includes one season (2012-13) as head coach of the Austin Toros (now Spurs), the NBA G League affiliate of the San Antonio Spurs, where he led the team to the NBA G League Playoffs. Jenkins had spent four seasons (2008-12) as an assistant coach with the Toros, working under head coaches Quin Snyder and Brad Jones, and was a member of the club’s 2012 championship team and playoff runs in 2009 and 2010. He interned with San Antonio’s basketball operations department during the 2007-08 season.

Jenkins attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics while concentrating in Management and minoring in Psychology. He and his wife, Chantall, have three sons and one daughter.