Skip to content
Sixers
Link copied to clipboard

Los Angeles Clippers hire strength coach Todd Wright away from Sixers

Todd Wright, the team’s assistant coach/head of strength and conditioning, accepted a position with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to multiple sources. He will be the Clippers Vice President of Player Performance/ Assistant Coach.

The Los Angles Clippers have hired assistant coach/head strength and conditioning coach Todd Wright away from the Sixers. Wright will work with Kawhi Leonard (center) and other Clippers.
The Los Angles Clippers have hired assistant coach/head strength and conditioning coach Todd Wright away from the Sixers. Wright will work with Kawhi Leonard (center) and other Clippers.Read moreRingo H.W. Chiu / AP
    by Keith Pompey
    Updated 
    Published 

Todd Wright, the 76ers’ assistant coach/head of strength and conditioning, is joining the staff of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Wright was named vice president of player performance/assistant coach. Clippers employees were notified of Wright’s hiring late Friday night.

The thought is that Wright will be a great fit to help keep the Clippers, especially new addition Kawhi Leonard, healthy for the postseason.

Leonard signed a free-agent deal with the Clippers earlier this month after leading the Toronto Raptors to their first NBA title.

He sat out 22 of the Raptors’ regular-season games for “load management.” Toronto was determined to rest Leonard one season after he played just nine games for the San Antonio Spurs because of a quadriceps tendon injury.

News of Wright’s departure comes one week after player-development coach Lindsey Harding accepted an assistant coaching job with the Sacramento Kings.

The Sixers also have parted ways with their vice president of athlete care Dr. Daniel Medina; director of performance research and development Dr. David Martin; massage therapist Sergei Khmelevski; and shooting coach John Townsend.

Wright, a New England native, had been with the Sixers for four seasons after spending the previous 14 as the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Texas men’s basketball team. In his short time in the NBA, he has established himself as one of the most respected strength coaches in the league.