LA Clippers promote Lawrence Frank to basketball ops role

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Clippers have promoted Lawrence Frank to executive vice president of basketball operations under Doc Rivers. Frank has spent the last two

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Clippers have promoted Lawrence Frank to executive vice president of basketball operations under Doc Rivers.

Frank has spent the last two seasons as an assistant under Rivers, who coaches the team and serves as president of basketball operations.

In his new job, Frank will oversee the basketball operations department and report to Rivers.

Frank coached the New Jersey Nets from 2003-10 and the Detroit Pistons from 2011-13. He was an assistant in Vancouver, New Jersey, Boston and Brooklyn before joining the Clippers.