Hill: Two things are true the day the Grizzlies fired Taylor Jenkins
Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins talks with players in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at FedExForum. (Brandon Dill/AP)
Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
Since that day, almost six full seasons ago, when Taylor Jenkins was hired two things became true:
1. Jenkins won more regular-season games than any coach in franchise history.
2. That same franchise eventually recognized that this was the appropriate time to move on.
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