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The Grizzlies are set to hire former Arizona interim head basketball coach Kevin O’Neill as an assistant to head coach Marc Iavaroni.

O’Neill, who also has NBA coaching experience, will join the Grizzlies’ staff as a defensive guru to help one of the league’s worst teams on defense the past two seasons.

The 51-year-old former University of Tennessee men’s basketball coach took over as interim coach when coach Lute Olson took a personal leave of absence last season. After Olson returned in March, he announced that O’Neill would no longer be a part of his staff.

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