Sam Amick

USA TODAY Sports

Former Utah Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin has reached an agreement to become the lead assistant for Sacramento Kings coach Michael Malone, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the hire had not yet been announced.

Corbin — a former Kings player who spent the last four seasons as Jazz coach, the previous seven as an assistant under legendary Utah coach Jerry Sloan and 16 seasons playing with nine teams — will join a Kings team that went 28-54 in Malone's first season. Malone's Sacramento tenure began with his father, longtime NBA coach Brendan Malone, as his lead assistant, but he left unexpectedly before the regular season even began. Assistant coach Chris Jent had assumed the duties last season and remains on staff.

While the Jazz struggled under Corbin (112-146 and one playoff appearance), he took over at a time when more than two decades of stability had come to an end with the organization. Corbin was credited for maintaining his poise and professionalism during the most challenging of transitions.

He took over for Sloan when he retired abruptly midway through the 2010-11 season, and All-Star point guard Deron Williams was traded to the then-New Jersey Nets not long after. When former San Antonio Spurs executive Dennis Lindsey was hired as general manager in August 2012, a rebuilding effort that continues still was officially underway. The Jazz hired Quin Snyder as Corbin's replacement last month.

"(Corbin is) a good man who was a very good player (and a) very good assistant that led us well through a tough three-plus years where there was significant change of personnel," Lindsey said upon not renewing Corbin's contract. "I think Ty is ... going to be a better coach or is potentially going to be a better head coach for his experience."