Golden State Warriors assistant coach Willie Green will be the team’s summer league head coach both in the Sacramento and Las Vegas leagues, according to a report from Mark Medina of the Mercury News.

From Medina:

"Warriors assistant coach Willie Green will be the team’s summer-league head coach both in Sacramento and Las Vegas, league sources told The Bay Area News Group. Green has spent the past two years as an assistant coach/player development after cementing a 12-year NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers (2003-2010), former New Orleans Hornets (2010-11), Atlanta Hawks (2011-12), Los Angeles Clippers (2012-14) and Orlando Magic (2014-15). The 36-year-old Green has taken on different roles, including scrimmaging against players in practice, shooting instruction and having individual film sessions players. Warriors coach Steve Kerr has praised Green for how he has related to players, offered perspective on dealing with fluctuating roles and his engaging personality."

Green was hired by the Warriors as an assistant coach in August of 2016 after former Warriors assistant Luke Walton became the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Since then, Green has won two rings with the Warriors on the sideline next to Kerr, who has spoken very highly of Green in the past.

“Willie’s going to be a star,” Kerr said, via KNBR. “I think he’s a future head coach. He just has such a great way about him. And he’s got the combination of confidence having played in the league almost 12, 13 years, but the humility of being a role player and having bounced around a little bit and understanding how the league works.

“I’m really, really happy we were able to get him onto this staff after losing Luke. Because I feel like some of the traits Luke had have been replaced by Willie. And that’s not an easy thing to do. Luke’s got big shoes to fill. But Willie’s doing a great job.”

Green will now get an opportunity to show what he is capable of as the lead decision-maker on the sideline. Player Development Coach Chris DeMarco served as Golden State's head coach for Summer League in Las Vegas last year.

The Warriors will play in an inaugural summer-league tournament in Sacramento on July 2, 3 and 5, which will also include the Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings, and Miami Heat. They will also play in the annual Las Vegas Summer League, which will be held between July 6-17 and feature all 30 NBA teams.