August 1, 2005
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SEATTLE - The Seattle SuperSonics today signed assistant coach
Jack Sikma to a contract extension and promoted video coordinator/special assignments coach
Walt Rock to assistant coach/director of video scouting, Sonics General Manager Rick Sund announced.
"Jack has been a tremendous asset to our coaching staff over the last two years," said Sund. "I’m extremely pleased he’s back with us and I know he’ll be a great benefit to our head coach Bob Weiss and the rest of the organization."
Sikma, 49, was selected by the Sonics with the eighth pick overall in the 1977 NBA Draft. As a player, he is among the Sonics’ top 10 in 14 statistical categories including rebounds (first, 7,729) points (third, 12,034) and blocked shots (second, 705). Sikma retired after the 1990-91 NBA season and his jersey was hoisted to the rafters of the former Seattle Center during a halftime ceremony of the Sonics vs. Pistons game on Nov. 21, 1992. He originally joined the Sonics coaching staff in 2003 as a special assignments coach and was promoted to assistant coach last season.
Rock originally joined the Sonics as a video coordinator in 1998. He was promoted to video coordinator/special assignments coach last season.
"Over the last seven years, Walt’s hard work and dedication have been sensational," said Sund. "He has been one of the unsung heroes on our basketball staff and I believe he’ll be a great asset to the organization in his expanded role."
Rock, 44, is a graduate of Southwestern College in Phoenix where he was a four-year starter on the school’s basketball team and was elected team captain by his teammates both his junior and senior seasons. Before joining the Sonics, he was an assistant coach at Grand Canyon University and spent four seasons with the Phoenix Suns as an assistant video coordinator.
