According to reports, the Sixers are hiring former head coach Jim O'Brien as an assistant coach on Brett Brown's staff.
FOX29's Howard Eskin was the first to report the hire.
O'Brien, 64, was the Sixers' head coach back in 2004-05, when he led the team to a 43-39 record. He was the Celtics' head coach from 2000-2004 and the Pacers' head coach from 2007-2011. In his nine years as an NBA head coach, he has a 303-327 record.
O'Brien, who is from Philadelphia and went to Roman Catholic, last coached in the NBA as an assistant with the Dallas Mavericks in 2012-13.
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