Raptors Let Triano Go as Head Coach

By Hamutal Dotan

SPORTS Word coming from the Raptors this evening that head coach Jay Triano’s contract will not be renewed next season, bringing his two-and-a-half-year tenure as leader of the team to an end. Triano’s relationship with the Raptors won’t come to a complete close, though; he is being “retained as a consultant to the basketball team as a special assistant to the president and general manager,” according to the team’s statement today. Triano is the first Canadian-born coach in the NBA; he leaves the team with an 87–142 record. Triano’s replacement has not yet been selected.