Warriors Announce 2026-27 Basketball Operations Staff

SANTA CRUZ, CA – The Santa Cruz Warriors have announced their Basketball Operations staff before the 2026-27 NBA G League season.

On the coaching staff, Lainn Wilson and Hilton Armstrong return in their same roles from last season, Head Coach and Assistant Coach respectively. Noel Hightower is entering his first season as the Associate Head Coach, but this is his second stint in Santa Cruz, spending two seasons as an assistant coach (2022-24). Since then, he spent two seasons with Golden State as a player development coach (2024-26). Prior to his time with the Warriors organization, he spent a season with the Indiana Pacers as an assistant for on-court player development. Additionally, Alec Vucinich has been promoted to Assistant Coach in what will be his third season with the organization. Vucinich spent the past two seasons as a basketball operations and coaching associate with the Sea Dubs. 

In the Basketball Operations Department, Zach Harris and Noah Robotham remain in their same positions as General Manager and Assistant General Manager respectively. Additionally, Jayson Woodrichand Sam Noland were both hired to be Coaching Associate/Basketball Operations Coordinator.

In Player Health and Performance, Leah Jankowski was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer after spending her first season in Santa Cruz as the Head Associate Athletic Trainer. Isabella Bean, who most recently worked as an assistant athletic trainer at Long Beach State University, has been hired as the team's Assistant Athletic Trainer. Constantine Kutsonreturns for his second season as the Head Performance Coach.

In Team Operations, Kyle Barrera was hired as Team Operations Coordinator following five seasons with Golden State.

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