Stephen Silas

Stephen Silas

Stephen Silas is the head coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He is the son of longtime NBA head coach Paul Silas. Silas worked under his father at the New Orleans Hornets from 2000 to 2003, and for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 to 2005. He and his wife, Keryl, are the parents of two young daughters.

About Stephen Silas in brief

Summary Stephen SilasStephen Silas is the head coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He is the son of longtime NBA head coach Paul Silas. Silas worked under his father at the New Orleans Hornets from 2000 to 2003, and for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 to 2005. At the time of his hiring as an assistant with the Hornets on June 5, 2000, he was the youngest assistant in the NBA at the age of 27. In 2010, he joined the Charlotte Bobcats after his father became interim head coach of the team.

On December 4, 2017, Silas filled in as head coach when Steve Clifford became ill, and continued to do so until Clifford returned on January 16, 2018. On May 24, 2018, Sil as joined the Dallas Mavericks as assistant coach. On October 30, 2020, he will be named the head Coach of the Houston Rocket. He and his wife, Keryl, are the parents of two young daughters.